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A Primary Neuron Culture System for the Study of Herpes Simplex Virus Latency and Reactivation
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Cited by 49 •
2012
The protocol describes an efficient and reproducible model system to study herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) latency and reactivation. The assay employs homogenous sympathetic neuron cultures and allows for the molecular dissection of virus-neuron interactions using a variety of tools including RNA interference and expression of recombinant proteins.
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Psychosexual Stages of Personality: Latency
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2025
Following the phallic stage in Freud's theory of psychosexual development, children enter a phase called the latency period, which lasts from approximately six to twelve years of age. Unlike earlier stages, where sexual impulses played a central role, Freud believed these impulses are repressed during the latency period, becoming part of the unconscious. This stage is often described as a time of psychological calm after the turbulence of the phallic stage. The latency period is not considered...
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A Protocol for Measuring Cue Reactivity in a Rat Model of Cocaine Use Disorder
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Cited by 6 •
2018
Cue reactivity is conceptualized as sensitivity to cues linked with drug-taking experiences that contribute to craving and relapse in abstinent humans. Cue reactivity is modeled in rats by measuring attentional orientation toward drug-associated cues that results in appetitive approach behavior in a cue reactivity test following self-administration and forced abstinence.
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Detecting Reactive Oxygen Species
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2023
Reactive oxygen species are chemically active, oxygen-derived molecules capable of oxidizing other molecules. Because of their reactive nature, there are many deleterious effects associated with unchecked ROS production, including structural damage to DNA and other biological molecules. However, ROS can also be mediators of physiological signaling. There is accumulating evidence that ROS play significant roles in everything from activation of transcription factors to the mediation of...
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Reactivity of Enols
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2023
Enols are a class of compounds where a hydroxyl group is attached to a carbon–carbon double bond, which implies that it is a vinyl alcohol. A carbonyl compound with an α hydrogen undergoes keto–enol tautomerism and remains in equilibrium with its tautomer, the enol form. Usually, the keto tautomer is present in a higher concentration than the enol tautomer due to the higher bond energy of C=O compared to C=C. Moreover, the direction of the keto–enol equilibrium is governed by factors like...
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Immune suppression can reduce the host’s ability to detect or control infectious agents that have persisted with limited activity. This change may allow previously restricted pathogen gene expression to increase, supporting renewed replication and production of infectious particles. In immunology and infection research, examining this relationship helps explain recurrent disease and identify opportunities to reduce reactivation risk.
Cellular stress and altered signaling can shift infected cells away from the conditions that maintain limited pathogen activity. These changes may permit increased gene expression and progression toward productive replication. Studying such triggers is important because it connects host-cell state with infectious-particle production, helping researchers investigate why disease recurrence occurs under changing physiological or immune conditions.
Restricted gene expression helps a persistent viral genome remain in host cells while limiting immune detection. If that restriction changes, the balance between persistence and productive replication can be disrupted, increasing the possibility of infectious-particle production. This mechanism matters because it links molecular control within infected cells to the clinical and transmission consequences associated with reactivation.
Low-level persistence describes a state in which the pathogen remains in host cells with limited activity and reduced gene expression. Reactivation represents a shift toward renewed productive replication, with infectious particles produced as activity increases. Distinguishing these states helps researchers interpret whether an infection is being maintained quietly or has entered a phase more likely to cause recurrent disease or facilitate transmission.
A study typically examines how the pathogen persists, which molecular or immunological changes accompany increased activity, and whether renewed replication leads to infectious-particle production. Researchers also relate these observations to immune suppression, cellular stress, or altered signaling. This framework supports infection monitoring and helps connect experimental findings with recurrence, transmission, and treatment challenges.
Monitoring is especially relevant when an infection may remain in a host and later resume productive replication. It can help identify changes associated with renewed activity, assess the possibility of recurrent disease, and inform interpretation of transmission risk. Within infection research, monitoring also provides a way to evaluate whether interventions reduce reactivation-related consequences or support prevention strategies.
Reactivation studies can identify molecular and immunological triggers that precede renewed replication. Those findings provide a basis for evaluating therapeutic approaches intended to limit infectious-particle production, reduce recurrent disease, or address treatment complications caused by changing pathogen activity. The same research can support prevention strategies by clarifying which host or pathogen processes should be monitored or controlled.
The topic connects pathogen persistence with host immune control, cellular conditions, recurrent disease, and transmission. It therefore provides a framework for studying how changes in immune status or cell signaling influence infection outcomes. Research in this area supports infection monitoring, therapeutic development, and strategies designed to prevent disease from returning after a period of limited pathogen activity.