Cytomegalovirus m154 hinders CD48 cell-surface expression and promotes viral escape from host natural killer cell control.

Receptors of the signalling lymphocyte-activation molecules (SLAM) family are involved in the functional regulation of a variety of immune cells upon engagement through homotypic or heterotypic interactions amongst them. Here we show that murine cytomegalovirus (MCMV) dampens the surface expression...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Angela Zarama, Natàlia Pérez-Carmona, Domènec Farré, Adriana Tomic, Eva Maria Borst, Martin Messerle, Stipan Jonjic, Pablo Engel, Ana Angulo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-03-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24626474/?tool=EBI