Ernst Peterhans

TL;DR: The results suggest that viral pneumonia is accompanied by oxidative stress and that induction of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase may represent a local antioxidant defence against this and possibly other types of inflammatory diseases.

TL;DR: This paper discusses three important questions in the field of SRLVs: routes of transmission, consequences of infection and potential role of eradication programmes at either a European or local level, according to the situation in each country or region.

TL;DR: A role for mitochondrial O2.- generation in TNF alpha cytotoxicity was supported by the finding that resistant L929 cells had decreased ability to produce O2.' in response to TNFalpha, and a decreased activity of the mitochondrial enzyme succinate dehydrogenase was detected in these cells, suggesting that this component of the respiratory chain might be an important contributor to the TNFAlpha-induced generation of O2.

TL;DR: In this paper, it was shown that xanthine oxidase is enhanced and the buffering capacity of small molecular antioxidants is decreased in the lungs of mice infected with influenza virus, suggesting that infection leads to oxidative stress.

TL;DR: The maedi-visna virus (MVV) is classified as a lentivirus of the retroviridae family and contains genes for regulatory proteins, i.e. vif, rev and tat.