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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
2013
Cell-to-Cell Transmission Can Overcome Multiple Donor and Target Cell Barriers Imposed on Cell-Free HIV
Zhong P, Agosto LM, Ilinskaya A, Dorjbal B, Truong R, Derse D, Uchil PD, Heidecker G, Mothes W. Cell-to-Cell Transmission Can Overcome Multiple Donor and Target Cell Barriers Imposed on Cell-Free HIV. PLOS ONE 2013, 8: e53138. PMID: 23308151, PMCID: PMC3538641, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053138.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCell-free human immunodeficiency virusHuman immunodeficiency virusTarget cell typeCell transmissionTarget T cellsCell-free virusCell-free modeRestriction factor tetherinCell typesViral replication cycleHIV transmissionImmunodeficiency virusHIV cellT cellsTarget cellsDonor cellsVirus transmissionCell barrierPermissive cellsVirusProviral contentMultiple donorsReplication cycleCell contactExtracellular space