Study of influenza A virus infection in human dendritic cells and epithelial cells.

• المؤلف الرئيسي: Noor Faezzah Baharom.
• مؤلفون آخرون: School of Biological Sciences
• التنسيق: Final Year Project
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: 2012
• الموضوعات: DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences::Microbiology::Immunology; DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences::Microbiology::Virology
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/48618

Influenza A virus (IAV) is an important pathogen which primarily targets epithelial cells of the respiratory tract, but dendritic cells (DCs) residing in the epithelium are also susceptible. DCs play a crucial role in initiating specific adaptive immune response against IAV. In order to determine if...