Nature Communications (Jun 2019)

CD46 facilitates entry and dissemination of human cytomegalovirus

  • Kathryn R. Stein,
  • Thomas J. Gardner,
  • Rosmel E. Hernandez,
  • Thomas A. Kraus,
  • James A. Duty,
  • Iban Ubarretxena-Belandia,
  • Thomas M. Moran,
  • Domenico Tortorella

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10587-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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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.