Targeting the latent human cytomegalovirus reservoir for T-cell-mediated killing with virus-specific nanobodies

Autor: Timo W. M. De Groof, Elizabeth G. Elder, Eleanor Y. Lim, Raimond Heukers, Nick D. Bergkamp, Ian J. Groves, Mark Wills, John H. Sinclair, Martine J. Smit
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-24608-5
Popis: Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) can evade immune responses in latent reservoirs, which is a specific problem during transplantation. Here the authors develop a bivalent nanobody that is specific for US28, a viral receptor required by latent HCMV, and show it can partially reactivate the virus and make it susceptible to killing by T cells.
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