Similarities between cytomegalovirus-induced cell rounding and contraction of smooth muscle cells.

Autor: Albrecht T, Speelman DJ, Steinsland OS
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Life sciences [Life Sci] 1983 May 09; Vol. 32 (19), pp. 2273-8.
DOI: 10.1016/0024-3205(83)90426-5
Abstrakt: Cytomegalovirus infection of human fibroblastic cell cultures resulted in rounding of the cells and a subsequent decrease in their size. Smooth muscle relaxing agents such as papaverine, hydralazine, diazoxide, nitroprusside and verapamil blocked these early cytopathogenic effects suggesting that cell rounding results from a contractile-like response involving an influx of calcium ions.
Databáze: MEDLINE