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SUBMITTER: Shelton H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3028872 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shelton Holly H Ayora-Talavera Guadalupe G Ren Junyuan J Loureiro Silvia S Pickles Raymond J RJ Barclay Wendy S WS Jones Ian M IM
Journal of virology 20101124 4
The host adaptation of influenza virus is partly dependent on the sialic acid (SA) isoform bound by the viral hemagglutinin (HA). Avian influenza viruses preferentially bind the α-2,3 SA and human influenza viruses the α-2,6 isoform. Each isoform is predominantly associated with different surface epithelial cell types of the human upper airway. Using recombinant HAs and human tracheal airway epithelial cells in vitro and ex vivo, we show that many avian HA subtypes do not adhere to this canonica ...[more]