Targeting the latent cytomegalovirus reservoir with an antiviral fusion toxin protein
Reactivation of human cytomegalovirus in immunosuppressed transplant patients can cause severe complications. Here, Krishnaet al. show that a fusion toxin protein that specifically binds the viral surface protein US28 can be used to kill latently infected monocytes and their progenitor cells in vitr...
Main Authors: | , , , , , , , |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2017-02-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14321 |
Summary: | Reactivation of human cytomegalovirus in immunosuppressed transplant patients can cause severe complications. Here, Krishnaet al. show that a fusion toxin protein that specifically binds the viral surface protein US28 can be used to kill latently infected monocytes and their progenitor cells in vitro. |
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ISSN: | 2041-1723 |