Special Issue "Host Responses to Viral Infection"
A special issue of Vaccines (ISSN 2076-393X).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2017) | Viewed by 44882
Special Issue Editors

Interests: host response to infection; virus–host interactions; mechanisms of pathogenesis; experimental model development for highly pathogenic viruses
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Interests: flaviviruses; influenza; RNA viruses; host responses; transcriptomics; tissue deconvolution; prognostic signatures
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue of Vaccines focuses on the many roles of host factors in virus infection and pathogenesis. Viral infection induces vigorous host responses at the genetic, cellular, and organismal levels, which can be hijacked by the virus to facilitate replication or evade antiviral immune responses. Furthermore, although host responses are thought to promote virus clearance, in some cases, unregulated antiviral or inflammatory responses can themselves exacerbate or cause pathology. Recent technological advances in genomic, transcriptomic, proteomic, and metabolomic methods and analyses have dramatically advanced our understanding of the complex, multi-faceted interactions between host and virus that drive infection, pathogenesis, disease outcome, and both long- and short-term immunity. In addition, new models and larger population studies have demonstrated that host susceptibility and functional responses to infection, treatment, or immunization can be very individualized. Thus, developing more effective, personalized means of treating viral pathogens may indicate a precision medicine approach. The contributions included in this Special Issue will review current efforts to elucidate the many ways in which host responses shape virus infection and pathogenesis.
Dr. Angela L. Rasmussen
Dr. Juliet Morrison
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- host factors
- host responses
- omics
- virus
- host-virus interactions
- viral replication
- antiviral immunity