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Functional diversity of chemokines and chemokine receptors in response to viral infection of the central nervous system. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Encounters with neurotropic viruses result in varied outcomes ranging from encephalitis, paralytic poliomyelitis or other serious consequences to relatively benign infection.
A. Meyer   +108 more
core   +1 more source

Phosphatidylserine treatment relieves the block to retrovirus infection of cells expressing glycosylated virus receptors

open access: yesRetrovirology, 2005
Background A major determinant of retrovirus host range is the presence or absence of appropriate cell-surface receptors required for virus entry. Often orthologs of functional receptors are present in a wide range of species, but amino acid differences ...
Coil David A, Miller A Dusty
doaj   +1 more source

Identification of a receptor for an extinct virus [PDF]

open access: yesProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2010
The resurrection of endogenous retroviruses from inactive molecular fossils has allowed the investigation of interactions between extinct pathogens and their hosts that occurred millions of years ago. Two such paleoviruses, chimpanzee endogenous retrovirus-1 and -2 (CERV1 and CERV2), are relatives of modern MLVs and are found in ...
Soll, Steven J.   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Ferrets exclusively synthesize Neu5Ac and express naturally humanized influenza A virus receptors [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Mammals express the sialic acids ​N-acetylneuraminic acid (​Neu5Ac) and ​N-glycolylneuraminic acid (​Neu5Gc) on cell surfaces, where they act as receptors for pathogens, including influenza A virus (IAV). ​Neu5Gc is synthesized from ​Neu5Ac by the enzyme
Böhm, Raphael   +14 more
core   +1 more source

Cytokine production and signaling pathways in respiratory virus infection

open access: yesFrontiers in Microbiology, 2013
It has been confirmed that respiratory virus infections can induce abberant cytokine production in the host. These cytokines may be associated with both elimination of the virus and complications in the host, such as virus-induced asthma.
Hirokazu eKimura   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Oligosaccharides as Receptors for JC Virus [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Virology, 2002
ABSTRACT JC virus (JCV) belongs to the polyomavirus family of double-stranded DNA viruses and in humans causes a demyelinating disease of the central nervous system, progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy. Its hemagglutination activity and entry into host cells have been reported to depend on an N-linked glycoprotein containing sialic ...
Rika, Komagome   +6 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Murine Polyomavirus Cell Surface Receptors Activate Distinct Signaling Pathways Required for Infection

open access: yesmBio, 2016
Virus binding to the cell surface triggers an array of host responses, including activation of specific signaling pathways that facilitate steps in virus entry.
Samantha D. O’Hara, Robert L. Garcea
doaj   +1 more source

The neck region of the C-type lectin DC-SIGN regulates its surface spatiotemporal organization and virus-binding capacity on antigen presenting cells [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The C-type lectin DC-SIGN expressed on dendritic cells (DCs) facilitates capture and internalization of a plethora of different pathogens. Although it is known that DC-SIGN organizes in nanoclusters at the surface of DCs, the molecular mechanisms ...
Alvarez   +49 more
core   +5 more sources

The Roles of Coinhibitory Receptors in Pathogenesis of Human Retroviral Infections

open access: yesFrontiers in Immunology, 2018
Costimulatory and coinhibitory receptors play a key role in regulating immune responses to infection and cancer. Coinhibitory receptors include programmed cell death 1 (PD-1), cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4 (CTLA-4), and T cell ...
Keiko Yasuma-Mitobe   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Essential roles for soluble virion-associated heparan sulfonated proteoglycans and growth factors in human papillomavirus infections. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS Pathogens, 2012
A subset of human papillomavirus (HPV) infections is causally related to the development of human epithelial tumors and cancers. Like a number of pathogens, HPV entry into target cells is initiated by first binding to heparan sulfonated proteoglycan ...
Zurab Surviladze   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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