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SUBMITTER: Gutsche I
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3093454 | biostudies-literature | 2011 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gutsche Irina I Coulibaly Fasséli F Voss James E JE Salmon Jérôme J d'Alayer Jacques J Ermonval Myriam M Larquet Eric E Charneau Pierre P Krey Thomas T Mégret Françoise F Guittet Eric E Rey Félix A FA Flamand Marie M
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20110425 19
Dengue virus (DENV) causes the major arboviral disease of the tropics, characterized in its severe forms by signs of hemorrhage and plasma leakage. DENV encodes a nonstructural glycoprotein, NS1, that associates with intracellular membranes and the cell surface. NS1 is eventually secreted as a soluble hexamer from DENV-infected cells and circulates in the bloodstream of infected patients. Extracellular NS1 has been shown to modulate the complement system and to enhance DENV infection, yet its st ...[more]