Respiratory syncytial virus infection and novel interventions

AC Langedijk, LJ Bont - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2023 - nature.com
The large global burden of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) respiratory tract infections in
young children and older adults has gained increased recognition in recent years. Recent …

Heparan sulfate proteoglycans and viral attachment: true receptors or adaptation bias?

V Cagno, ED Tseligka, ST Jones, C Tapparel - Viruses, 2019 - mdpi.com
Heparan sulfate proteoglycans (HSPG) are composed of unbranched, negatively charged
heparan sulfate (HS) polysaccharides attached to a variety of cell surface or extracellular …

Respiratory syncytial virus: infection, detection, and new options for prevention and treatment

C Griffiths, SJ Drews, DJ Marchant - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection is a significant cause of hospitalization of children
in North America and one of the leading causes of death of infants less than 1 year of age …

Respiratory syncytial virus entry and how to block it

MB Battles, JS McLellan - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2019 - nature.com
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a leading cause of lower respiratory tract disease in
young children and elderly people. Although the virus was isolated in 1955, an effective …

Respiratory syncytial virus uses CX3CR1 as a receptor on primary human airway epithelial cultures

SM Johnson, BA McNally, I Ioannidis, E Flano… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the most frequent cause of lower respiratory disease in
infants, but no vaccine or effective therapy is available. The initiation of RSV infection of …

Structure and function of respiratory syncytial virus surface glycoproteins

JS McLellan, WC Ray, ME Peeples - Challenges and opportunities for …, 2013 - Springer
The two major glycoproteins on the surface of the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) virion, the
attachment glycoprotein (G) and the fusion glycoprotein (F), control the initial phases of …

Immunopathology of RSV: an updated review

HC Bergeron, RA Tripp - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
RSV is a leading cause of respiratory tract disease in infants and the elderly. RSV has
limited therapeutic interventions and no FDA-approved vaccine. Gaps in our understanding …

Identification of nucleolin as a cellular receptor for human respiratory syncytial virus

F Tayyari, D Marchant, TJ Moraes, W Duan… - Nature medicine, 2011 - nature.com
Human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) causes a large burden of disease worldwide. There
is no effective vaccine or therapy, and the use of passive immunoprophylaxis with RSV …

[HTML][HTML] Respiratory syncytial virus: from pathogenesis to potential therapeutic strategies

Z Shang, S Tan, D Ma - International Journal of Biological Sciences, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is one of the most important viral pathogens causing
respiratory tract infection in infants, the elderly and people with poor immune function, which …

Airway basal cells, protectors of epithelial walls in health and respiratory diseases

E Ruysseveldt, K Martens, B Steelant - Frontiers in Allergy, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The airway epithelium provides a critical barrier to the outside environment. When its
integrity is impaired, epithelial cells and residing immune cells collaborate to exclude …