Pathogen at the gates: human cytomegalovirus entry and cell tropism

CC Nguyen, JP Kamil - Viruses, 2018 - mdpi.com
The past few years have brought substantial progress toward understanding how human
cytomegalovirus (HCMV) enters the remarkably wide spectrum of cell types and tissues that …

Human cytomegalovirus: taking the strain

GWG Wilkinson, AJ Davison, P Tomasec… - Medical microbiology …, 2015 - Springer
In celebrating the 60th anniversary of the first isolation of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV),
we reflect on the merits and limitations of the viral strains currently being used to develop …

Human cytomegalovirus glycoprotein complex gH/gL/gO uses PDGFR-α as a key for entry

Y Wu, A Prager, S Boos, M Resch, I Brizic… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Herpesvirus gH/gL envelope glycoprotein complexes are key players in virus entry as
ligands for host cell receptors and by promoting fusion of viral envelopes with cellular …

Human cytomegalovirus gH/gL/gO promotes the fusion step of entry into all cell types, whereas gH/gL/UL128-131 broadens virus tropism through a distinct …

M Zhou, JM Lanchy, BJ Ryckman - Journal of virology, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
Interaction between gH/gL and the fusion protein gB is likely a conserved feature of the entry
mechanism for all herpesviruses. Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) gH/gL can be bound by …

Structural basis for HCMV Pentamer recognition by neuropilin 2 and neutralizing antibodies

D Wrapp, X Ye, Z Ku, H Su, HG Jones, N Wang… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) encodes multiple surface glycoprotein complexes to infect
a variety of cell types. The HCMV Pentamer, composed of gH, gL, UL128, UL130, and …

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 …

HCMV-secreted glycoprotein gpUL4 inhibits TRAIL-mediated apoptosis and NK cell activation

VM Vlachava, S Seirafian, CA Fielding… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is a paradigm of pathogen immune evasion and sustains
lifelong persistent infection in the face of exceptionally powerful host immune responses …

The roles of host and viral antibody fc receptors in herpes simplex virus (HSV) and human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infections and immunity

JA Jenks, ML Goodwin, SR Permar - Frontiers in immunology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Herpesvirus infections are a leading cause of neurodevelopmental delay in newborns and
end-organ disease in immunocompromised patients. One leading strategy to reduce the …

A viral regulator of glycoprotein complexes contributes to human cytomegalovirus cell tropism

G Li, CC Nguyen, BJ Ryckman… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Viral glycoproteins mediate entry of enveloped viruses into cells and thus play crucial roles
in infection. In herpesviruses, a complex of two viral glycoproteins, gH and gL (gH/gL) …

Genomic and functional characteristics of human cytomegalovirus revealed by next-generation sequencing

S Sijmons, M Van Ranst, P Maes - Viruses, 2014 - mdpi.com
The complete genome of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) was elucidated almost 25 years
ago using a traditional cloning and Sanger sequencing approach. Analysis of the genetic …