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02 Virology Lecture Ver2 filtered

Walter Gunzburg39:29

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The air that enters the nose needs to be warmed, moistened, and filtered before it gets to the lungs. This is because air contains suspended matter such as pollen, bacteria, dust, fungal spores, and viruses. The cells lining the respiratory tract play an important role in filtering the air and cleaning the nasal passages. They are of two types: ciliated epithelial cells and goblet cells, which secrete mucus.

The hollow passages that go from our nose to our lungs are lined with cells like this that are covered with tiny hairs which sway backward and forward in a layer of mucus. They are the cilia. They sweep out any harmful particles and microorganisms, an ancillary escalator function.

This is beta chemokine receptor familia. This is a receptor. The nitrate from hyphal intel alarm disability chemical receptor east India mentally. Like all viruses, it lacks the ability to reproduce on its own. In order to replicate, HIV must target and infect a host cell such as the CD4 positive human T cell.

HIV is composed of a viral core containing two identical strands of RNA associated with the enzyme reverse transcriptase and other core proteins. Surrounding the core is a viral membrane containing multiple viral glycoprotein complexes, often called spikes. Each spike is a trimer of a viral glycoprotein complex composed of a transmembrane glycoprotein gp41 and a large surface glycoprotein gp120.

The current model of HIV fusion and cell entry requires the participation of CD4 and chemokine co-receptors situated on the surface of the cell membrane. Step one is termed attachment and proceeds with the binding of gp120 to the CD4 receptor. This binding process is thought to induce a conformational change in the structure of gp120.

Step two involves the interaction of the gp120 CD4 complex with the chemokine co-receptor. The action of co-receptor binding is thought to result in further conformational changes in gp120. These changes cause gp120 to move aside, exposing gp41.

The third and final step preceding HIV cell entry is called fusion and is mediated by gp41. Gp41 contains two heptad repeat domains, HR2 and HR1. Current models suggest that as gp41 is released from gp120, the hydrophobic terminus of gp41 embeds itself in the cell membrane.

Subsequently, the loosely structured HR2 domain begins to coil into the grooves exposed on the trimeric HR1 domain of gp41. This process has been termed HR2 zipping and acts to pull the viral and cell membranes into close proximity. In theory, this acts to destabilize the membranes, effectively punching a hole called a fusion core in the viral and cell membranes.

Ultimately, the fusion pore grows large enough to allow the HIV capsid to pass through the cell membrane and into the cytoplasm.

There have been three worldwide pandemics of Newcastle disease this century. The first in the 1920s was thought to originate in England. The disease then spread to most countries of the world via the movement of infected poultry products.

In the 1960s, Newcastle disease emerged in the Middle East. The international bird trade was thought to be largely responsible for spreading the disease worldwide. The third pandemic in the 1980s was traced to the movement of racing pigeons.

Polio is one of the great success stories. It is hard for many of us to imagine today the fear that this virus once caused. Up until the mid-1950s, polio was a serious threat, particularly to children. Thousands were crippled or paralyzed by the disease during a polio epidemic in the early 1950s.

Many parks and playgrounds were closed to children because of fears that they might contract the disease. In hopes of killing the virus, some places were fogged with the chemical DDT, which was later determined to cause damage to the environment.

The terror caused by polio was relieved in 1955 when Dr. Jonas Salk developed a vaccine. The vaccine consisted of dead polio viruses that could stimulate the immune system to manufacture protective antibodies.