Classical and non-classical MHC I molecule manipulation by human cytomegalovirus: so many targets—but how many arrows in the quiver?

A Halenius, C Gerke, H Hengel - Cellular & molecular immunology, 2015 - nature.com
Major mechanisms for the recognition of pathogens by immune cells have evolved to
employ classical and non-classical major histocompatibility complex class I (MHC I) …

New therapies for human cytomegalovirus infections

WJ Britt, MN Prichard - Antiviral research, 2018 - Elsevier
The recent approval of letermovir marks a new era of therapy for human cytomegalovirus
(HCMV) infections, particularly for the prevention of HCMV disease in hematopoietic stem …

Quantitative temporal viromics: an approach to investigate host-pathogen interaction

MP Weekes, P Tomasec, EL Huttlin, CA Fielding… - Cell, 2014 - cell.com
A systematic quantitative analysis of temporal changes in host and viral proteins throughout
the course of a productive infection could provide dynamic insights into virus-host …

Broadly targeted CD8+ T cell responses restricted by major histocompatibility complex E

SG Hansen, HL Wu, BJ Burwitz, CM Hughes… - Science, 2016 - science.org
Major histocompatibility complex E (MHC-E) is a highly conserved, ubiquitously expressed,
nonclassical MHC class Ib molecule with limited polymorphism that is primarily involved in …

Structure of the human signal peptidase complex reveals the determinants for signal peptide cleavage

AM Liaci, B Steigenberger, PCT de Souza, S Tamara… - Molecular cell, 2021 - cell.com
The signal peptidase complex (SPC) is an essential membrane complex in the endoplasmic
reticulum (ER), where it removes signal peptides (SPs) from a large variety of secretory pre …

Structure and receptor recognition by the Lassa virus spike complex

M Katz, J Weinstein, M Eilon-Ashkenazy, K Gehring… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Lassa virus (LASV) is a human pathogen, causing substantial morbidity and mortality,.
Similar to other Arenaviridae, it presents a class-I spike complex on its surface that facilitates …

High-throughput analysis of human cytomegalovirus genome diversity highlights the widespread occurrence of gene-disrupting mutations and pervasive …

S Sijmons, K Thys, M Mbong Ngwese… - Journal of …, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
Human cytomegalovirus is a widespread pathogen of major medical importance. It causes
significant morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised individuals, and congenital …

Human cytomegalovirus expands a CD8+ T cell population with loss of BCL11B expression and gain of NK cell identity

R Sottile, MK Panjwani, CM Lau, AF Daniyan… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
CD8+ T cells not only are critical mediators of adaptive immunity but also may exhibit innate-
like properties such as surface expression of NKG2C, an activating receptor typically …

Human cytomegalovirus infection elicits new decidual natural killer cell effector functions

J Siewiera, H El Costa, J Tabiasco, A Berrebi… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
During the first trimester of pregnancy the uterus is massively infiltrated by decidual natural
killer cells (dNK). These cells are not killers, but they rather provide a microenvironment that …

Human cytomegalovirus genomes sequenced directly from clinical material: variation, multiple-strain infection, recombination, and gene loss

NM Suárez, GS Wilkie, E Hage… - The Journal of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The genomic characteristics of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) strains sequenced directly
from clinical pathology samples were investigated, focusing on variation, multiple-strain …