Cytomegalovirus US2 destroys two components of the MHC class II pathway, preventing recognition by CD4+ T cells
Tomazin R, Boname J, Hegde N, Lewinsohn D, Altschuler Y, Jones T, Cresswell P, Nelson J, Riddell S, Johnson D. Cytomegalovirus US2 destroys two components of the MHC class II pathway, preventing recognition by CD4+ T cells. Nature Medicine 1999, 5: 1039-1043. PMID: 10470081, DOI: 10.1038/12478.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman cytomegalovirusT cellsT lymphocytesClass II proteinsMHC class II antigen presentation pathwayMHC class II pathwayClass II antigen presentation pathwayHCMV-infected macrophagesAntigen presentation pathwayClass II pathwayLifelong latent infectionLife-threatening diseaseMonocytes/macrophagesMHC class IImportant host cellsMHC class II proteinsImmune evasion proteinsVirus reactivationHLA-DRLatent reservoirPresent antigensGlial cellsUbiquitous herpesvirusLatent infectionPresentation pathway