Modulation of innate and adaptive immunity by cytomegaloviruses

R Berry, GM Watson, S Jonjic… - Nature reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
The coordinated activities of innate and adaptive immunity are critical for effective protection
against viruses. To counter this, some viruses have evolved sophisticated strategies to …

[HTML][HTML] Human cytomegalovirus in cancer: The mechanism of HCMV-induced carcinogenesis and its therapeutic potential

C Yu, S He, W Zhu, P Ru, X Ge… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), a
well-studied herpesvirus, has been implicated in malignancies derived from breast …

Role of PDGF receptor-α during human cytomegalovirus entry into fibroblasts

K Wu, A Oberstein, W Wang… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Human CMV (HCMV) exhibits a broad cell tropism that depends on two virion glycoprotein
complexes: a trimeric complex (gH/gL/gO) that facilitates viral infection primarily in …

The pentameric complex drives immunologically covert cell–cell transmission of wild-type human cytomegalovirus

I Murrell, C Bedford, K Ladell… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) strains that have been passaged in vitro rapidly acquire
mutations that impact viral growth. These laboratory-adapted strains of HCMV generally …

ADAM17 targeting by human cytomegalovirus remodels the cell surface proteome to simultaneously regulate multiple immune pathways

A Rubina, M Patel, K Nightingale… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is a major human pathogen whose life-long persistence is
enabled by its remarkable capacity to systematically subvert host immune defenses. In …

Control of immune ligands by members of a cytomegalovirus gene expansion suppresses natural killer cell activation

CA Fielding, MP Weekes, LV Nobre, E Ruckova… - Elife, 2017 - elifesciences.org
The human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) US12 family consists of ten sequentially arranged
genes (US12-21) with poorly characterized function. We now identify novel natural killer …

Human cytomegalovirus genomics and transcriptomics through the lens of next-generation sequencing: revision and future challenges

J Martí-Carreras, P Maes - Virus Genes, 2019 - Springer
The human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) genome was sequenced by hierarchical shotgun
almost 30 years ago. Over these years, low and high passaged strains have been …

Suppression of costimulation by human cytomegalovirus promotes evasion of cellular immune defenses

ECY Wang, M Pjechova… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
CD58 is an adhesion molecule that is known to play a critical role in costimulation of effector
cells and is intrinsic to immune synapse structure. Herein, we describe a virally encoded …

Real-time visualization and quantification of human cytomegalovirus replication in living cells using the ANCHOR DNA labeling technology

B Mariamé, S Kappler-Gratias, M Kappler… - Journal of …, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) induces latent lifelong infections in all human populations.
Between 30% and nearly 100% of individuals are affected depending on the geographic …

Monoclonal antibodies targeting nonstructural viral antigens can activate ADCC against human cytomegalovirus

VM Vlahava, I Murrell, L Zhuang… - The Journal of …, 2021 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is a ubiquitous pathogen that causes severe disease
following congenital infection and in immunocompromised individuals. No vaccines are …