Playing Favorites: Integrin αvβ5 Mediates Preferential Zika Infection of Neural Stem Cells.

Playing Favorites: Integrin αvβ5 Mediates Preferential Zika Infection of Neural Stem Cells.
Cell Stem Cell. 2020 Feb 06;26(2):133-135
Authors: Vazquez C, Jurado KA
Abstract
The molecular basis dictating specificity of Zika virus infection in neural stem cells (NSCs) remains elusive. Two recent papers in Cell Stem Cell (Zhu et al., 2020) and Cell Reports (Wang et al., 2020) identify integrin αvβ5 as an internalization factor that increases susceptibility in NSCs and glioblastoma stem cells.
PMID: 32032522 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Cell Stem Cell - February 5, 2020 Category: Stem Cells Authors: Vazquez C, Jurado KA Tags: Cell Stem Cell Source Type: research