A proposed molecular mechanism for pathogenesis of severe RNA-viral pulmonary infections [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
Background: Certain riboviruses can cause severe pulmonary complications leading to death in some infected patients.We propose that DNA damage induced-apoptosis accelerates viral release, triggered by depletion of host RNA binding proteins (RBPs) from nuclear RNA bound el falcon boss kit to replicating viral sequences.Methods: Information theory-ba