title: Immune modulation by virus-encoded secreted chemokine binding proteins.
abstract: Chemokines are chemoattractant cytokines that mediate the migration of immune cells to sites of infection which play an important role in innate and adaptive immunity. As an immune evasion strategy, large DNA viruses (herpesviruses and poxviruses) encode soluble chemokine binding proteins that bind chemokines with high affinity, even though they do not show sequence similarity to cellular chemokine receptors. This review summarizes the different secreted viral chemokine binding proteins described to date, with special emphasis on the diverse mechanisms of action they exhibit to interfere with chemokine function and their specific contribution to virus pathogenesis.
authors: Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas - Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), Cantoblanco, Madrid, Spain.
authors: Haleh
authors: H
authors: Heidarieh
authors: Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas - Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), Cantoblanco, Madrid, Spain.
authors: Bruno
authors: B
authors: Hernáez
authors: Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas - Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), Cantoblanco, Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: aalcami@cbm.csic.es.
authors: Antonio
authors: A
authors: Alcamí
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018925:Chemokines / Q000378:metabolism*; D004267:DNA Viruses / Q000276:immunology* / Q000502:physiology*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D054884:Host-Pathogen Interactions; D006801:Humans; D057131:Immune Evasion; D007108:Immune Tolerance; D011485:Protein Binding
chemical_list: D018925:Chemokines
keywords: Chemokine binding proteins; Chemokines; Glycosaminoglycans; Herpesviruses; Immune evasion; Poxviruses