Nature Communications (Jun 2019)
CD46 facilitates entry and dissemination of human cytomegalovirus
Abstract
Human cytomegalovirus (CMV) infects a wide range of host cells. Here, using a high throughput antibody screening platform, the authors identify the cell surface receptor CD46 to be required for CMV infection of epithelial cells and trophoblast-derived cells, the latter critical for congenital CMV infection.