Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Induces Reactivation of Human Cytomegalovirus Independently of Myeloid Cell Differentiation following Posttranscriptional Establishment of Latency

HCMV is an important human pathogen that establishes lifelong latent infection in myeloid progenitor cells and reactivates frequently to cause significant disease in immunocompromised people. Our observation that viral gene expression is first turned on and then turned off to establish latency sugge...

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Main Authors: Eleonora Forte, Suchitra Swaminathan, Mark W. Schroeder, Jeong Yeon Kim, Scott S. Terhune, Mary Hummel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2018-09-01
Series:mBio
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.01560-18