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 …

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 …

Quantitative temporal viromics: an approach to investigate host-pathogen interaction

MP Weekes, P Tomasec, EL Huttlin, CA Fielding… - Cell, 2014 - cell.com
A systematic quantitative analysis of temporal changes in host and viral proteins throughout
the course of a productive infection could provide dynamic insights into virus-host …

High-throughput analysis of human cytomegalovirus genome diversity highlights the widespread occurrence of gene-disrupting mutations and pervasive …

S Sijmons, K Thys, M Mbong Ngwese… - Journal of …, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
Human cytomegalovirus is a widespread pathogen of major medical importance. It causes
significant morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised individuals, and congenital …

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 …

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 …

Human cytomegalovirus primary infection and reactivation: insights from virion-carried molecules

YQ Wang, XY Zhao - Frontiers in microbiology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), a ubiquitous beta-herpesvirus, is able to establish lifelong
latency after initial infection. Periodical reactivation occurs after immunosuppression …

Herpesvirus evasion of natural killer cells

S De Pelsmaeker, N Romero, M Vitale… - Journal of …, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
Natural killer (NK) cells play an important role in the host response against viral infections
and cancer development. They are able to kill virus-infected and tumor cells, and they …

Functional annotation of human cytomegalovirus gene products: an update

E Van Damme, M Van Loock - Frontiers in microbiology, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Human cytomegalovirus is an opportunistic double-stranded DNA virus with one of the
largest viral genomes known. The 235 kB genome is divided in a unique long (UL) and a …