Adherens junction protein nectin-4 (PVRL4) is the epithelial receptor for measles virus

Adherens junction protein nectin-4 (PVRL4) is the epithelial receptor for measles virus

Measles (MV) is an aerosol-transmitted virus that affects more than 10 million children each year and accounts for approximately 120,000 deaths1,2. While it was long believed to replicate in the respiratory epithelium before disseminating, it was recently shown to initially infect macrophages and de...

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Main Authors: Mühlebach, Michael D., Mateo, Mathieu, Sinn, Patrick L., Prüfer, Steffen, Uhlig, Katharina M., Leonard, Vincent H. J., Navaratnarajah, Chanakha K., Frenzke, Marie, Wong, Xiao X., Sawatsky, Bevan, Ramachandran, Shyam, McCray, Paul B., Cichutek, Klaus, von Messling, Veronika, Lopez, Marc, Cattaneo, Roberto
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3245798/

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