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Zika virus enhances monocyte adhesion and transmigration favoring viral dissemination to neural cells
- Source :
- Nature Communications, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-16 (2019)
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Nature Portfolio, 2019.
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Abstract
- Zika virus (ZIKV) can infect the central nervous system, but it is not clear how it reaches the brain. Here, Ayala-Nunez et al. show in ex vivo and in vivo models that ZIKV can hitch a ride in monocytes in a Trojan Horse manner to cross the endothelium and disseminate the virus.
- Subjects :
- Science
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20411723
- Volume :
- 10
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Nature Communications
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.80c8125c989f4ad684da8d5bd8592317
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12408-x