Genetic and Epigenetic Mechanisms of Animals Retrovirus Diseases

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to invite you to submit an article to our Special Issue “Genetic and Epigenetic Mechanisms of Animal Retrovirus Diseases”.

Retroviruses can cause many animal diseases, including avian leukemia virus (ALV) and avian reticulosis virus (REV). Because retroviruses are easy to mutate, so far, there is no effective vaccine for diseases caused by such kinds of viruses, such as avian leukemia. Therefore, avian leukemia is still prevalent and is one of the main threats to poultry production. Interestingly, recent studies have found that there are many endogenous retrovirus sequences with high homology with exogenous retrovirus in the animal genome, but its functions, especially its antiviral function, need to be identified. In order to effectively control the diseases caused by retroviruses, it is very important to study the genetic and epigenetic mechanisms of pathogenesis and the interaction between retrovirus and the host.

This Special Issue aims to study the genetic and epigenetic mechanisms of animal diseases caused by retroviruses and animal antiviral phenotypes. Original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Animal diseases caused by retroviruses;
• Vaccine development for animal retrovirus;
• Antiviral function of endogenous retroviral elements;
• Innate immunity function of animal endogenous retroviruses;
• Epigenetic regulation of animal endogenous retroviruses;
• Genomics of susceptible animals to retroviruses;
• Animal antiviral breeding against retroviruses;
• Identification of biomarkers for anti-retroviral breeding;
• Host–retrovirus interaction;
• Functions of ERV-derived lncRNAs.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Prof. Dr. Hengmi Cui
Prof. Dr. Zhihua Jiang
Guest Editors

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