Nature Communications (Jan 2019)

The circadian clock components BMAL1 and REV-ERBα regulate flavivirus replication

  • Xiaodong Zhuang,
  • Andrea Magri,
  • Michelle Hill,
  • Alvina G. Lai,
  • Abhinav Kumar,
  • Srinivasa Bhargav Rambhatla,
  • Claire L. Donald,
  • Andrea F. Lopez-Clavijo,
  • Simon Rudge,
  • Katherine Pinnick,
  • Wai Hoong Chang,
  • Peter A. C. Wing,
  • Ryan Brown,
  • Ximing Qin,
  • Peter Simmonds,
  • Thomas F. Baumert,
  • David Ray,
  • Andrew Loudon,
  • Peter Balfe,
  • Michael Wakelam,
  • Sam Butterworth,
  • Alain Kohl,
  • Catherine L. Jopling,
  • Nicole Zitzmann,
  • Jane A. McKeating

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08299-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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The circadian clock can affect pathogen replication, but underlying molecular mechanisms are unclear. Here the authors demonstrate that the circadian components BMAL1 and REV-ERBα affect entry of hepatitis C virus (HCV) into hepatocytes and genome replication of HCV and related flaviviruses dengue and zika.