Viral immune evasion strategies and the underlying cell biology

Evasion of the immune system by viruses is a well-suited field. It remains a challenge to understand how these viral tactics affect pathogenesis and t he viral lifecycle. At the same time, the study of viral proteins involved in immune evasion has helped us to better understand a number of cellular p rocesses at the molecular level. Here we review recent data on different vi ral tactics for immune evasion and highlight what these viral interventions might teach us about cell biology.