Pathogenesis of human cytomegalovirus in the immunocompromised host

P Griffiths, M Reeves - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2021 - nature.com
Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is a herpesvirus that infects~ 60% of adults in developed
countries and more than 90% in developing countries. Usually, it is controlled by a vigorous …

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 …

SARS-CoV-2 host-shutoff impacts innate NK cell functions, but antibody-dependent NK activity is strongly activated through non-spike antibodies

CA Fielding, P Sabberwal, JC Williamson… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
The outcome of infection is dependent on the ability of viruses to manipulate the infected cell
to evade immunity, and the ability of the immune response to overcome this evasion …

Proteome-wide evaluation of two common protein quantification methods

JD O'Connell, JA Paulo, JJ O'Brien… - Journal of proteome …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Proteomics experiments commonly aim to estimate and detect differential abundance across
all expressed proteins. Within this experimental design, some of the most challenging …

Human cytomegalovirus interactome analysis identifies degradation hubs, domain associations and viral protein functions

LV Nobre, K Nightingale, BJ Ravenhill, R Antrobus… - Elife, 2019 - elifesciences.org
Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) extensively modulates host cells, downregulating> 900
human proteins during viral replication and degrading≥ 133 proteins shortly after infection …

High-definition analysis of host protein stability during human cytomegalovirus infection reveals antiviral factors and viral evasion mechanisms

K Nightingale, KM Lin, BJ Ravenhill, C Davies… - Cell host & …, 2018 - cell.com
Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is an important pathogen with multiple immune evasion
strategies, including virally facilitated degradation of host antiviral restriction factors. Here …

Human cytomegalovirus and autoimmune diseases: where are we?

F Gugliesi, S Pasquero, G Griffante, S Scutera… - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is a ubiquitous double-stranded DNA virus belonging to
the β-subgroup of the herpesvirus family. After the initial infection, the virus establishes …

SARS-CoV-2 escapes direct NK cell killing through Nsp1-mediated downregulation of ligands for NKG2D

MJ Lee, MW Leong, A Rustagi, A Beck, L Zeng… - Cell reports, 2022 - cell.com
Natural killer (NK) cells are cytotoxic effector cells that target and lyse virally infected cells;
many viruses therefore encode mechanisms to escape such NK cell killing. Here, we …

[HTML][HTML] ADCC-activating antibodies correlate with decreased risk of congenital human cytomegalovirus transmission

EC Semmes, IG Miller, N Rodgers, CT Phan, JH Hurst… - JCI insight, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is the most common vertically transmitted infection
worldwide, yet there are no vaccines or therapeutics to prevent congenital HCMV (cCMV) …

New therapies for human cytomegalovirus infections

WJ Britt, MN Prichard - Antiviral research, 2018 - Elsevier
The recent approval of letermovir marks a new era of therapy for human cytomegalovirus
(HCMV) infections, particularly for the prevention of HCMV disease in hematopoietic stem …