Thymic tolerance to only one viral protein reduces lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus-induced immunopathology and increases survival in perforin-deficient mice.
The outcome of viral infections is dependent on the amount of tissue destruction caused either by direct lysis of infected cells and/or by immunopathology resulting from the immune response to the virus. We investigated whether induction of tolerance to only one viral protein could reduce immunopathology caused by nonlytic lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus… (More)