Protoparvoviruses: Friends or Foes?
A special issue of Viruses (ISSN 1999-4915). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal Viruses".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2018) | Viewed by 87791
Special Issue Editors
Interests: virology; small DNA viruses; virus-host cell interactions; signaling cascades; intracellular transport; cytoskeleton dynamics; virotherapy of cancer; paroviruses
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Over the last few decades, accumulating evidence has demonstrated that some members of the Parvoviridae family, in particular some rodent Protoparvoviruses have natural anticancer activities, while being nonpathogenic to humans. Based on in vitro and pre-clinical studies a first phase I/IIa clinical trial of rat H-1PV was conducted in patients with glioblastoma multiforme. Novel parvovirus-based anticancer strategies with enhanced specificity and efficacy are currently under investigation.
However, a number of Parvoviruses cause diseases in humans and animals. Recently, deep sequencing and metagenomic techniques have allowed the discovery of several novel parvoviruses, suspected of being pathogenic; in particular bufaviruses, which were assigned to the genus Protoparvovirus.
While Protoparvoviruses have a low genetic complexity, many steps of the virus cycle are still not completely understood. This Special Issue of Viruses will explore the impact of Protoparvovirus evolution on the outcome of the interactions of these agents with host cells and organisms. Topics may include studies on various steps of the viral cycle, virus adaptation, immune responses to infection and mechanisms of virus immune evasion, clinical presentation of virus infection, and strategies for vaccine development.
Dr. Christiane Dinsart
Dr. Jürg Nüesch
Guest editors
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Keywords
- Protoparvoviruses
- Parvovirus-host cell interaction
- Parvovirus adaptation/evolution
- New parvoviral pathogens
- Parvoviral therapeutics and vaccines
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