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Retroviruses use CD169-mediated trans-infection of permissive lymphocytes to establish infection
Sewald X, Ladinsky MS, Uchil PD, Beloor J, Pi R, Herrmann C, Motamedi N, Murooka TT, Brehm MA, Greiner DL, Shultz LD, Mempel TR, Bjorkman PJ, Kumar P, Mothes W. Retroviruses use CD169-mediated trans-infection of permissive lymphocytes to establish infection. Science 2015, 350: 563-567. PMID: 26429886, PMCID: PMC4651917, DOI: 10.1126/science.aab2749.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman immunodeficiency virusLymph nodesMurine leukemia virusCD169/SiglecSecondary lymphoid tissuesPermissive lymphocytesDendritic cellsImmunodeficiency virusSynaptic contactsLymphoid tissueRobust infectionVirological synapsesI-type lectinsRetroviral spreadViral spreadUninfected cellsInfectionLeukemia virusVirusMacrophagesCellsRetrovirusesCell-cell contactCD169Lymphocytes
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HIV cell-to-cell transmission: effects on pathogenesis and antiretroviral therapy
Agosto LM, Uchil PD, Mothes W. HIV cell-to-cell transmission: effects on pathogenesis and antiretroviral therapy. Trends In Microbiology 2015, 23: 289-295. PMID: 25766144, PMCID: PMC4417442, DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2015.02.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAntiretroviral therapyVirological synapsesT-cell depletionCell transmissionHIV infectionCell depletionHIV cellMatter of debateViral replicationTherapyUninfected cellsReduced efficacyHigh MOISynapsesHIVPathogenesisRecent dataInfectionCell deathTrigger cell deathCellsVivoCell-cell contactCellular surveillanceHigher number