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SUBMITTER: Bloor S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2872420 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bloor Stuart S Maelfait Jonathan J Krumbach Rebekka R Beyaert Rudi R Randow Felix F
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20100329 15
The envelope glycoprotein of vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV-G) enables viral entry into hosts as distant as insects and vertebrates. Because of its ability to support infection of most, if not all, human cell types VSV-G is used in viral vectors for gene therapy. However, neither the receptor nor any specific host factor for VSV-G has been identified. Here we demonstrate that infection with VSV and innate immunity via Toll-like receptors (TLRs) require a shared component, the endoplasmic reticu ...[more]