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SUBMITTER: Wu SE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4516672 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wu Shu-En SE Miller William E WE
Virology 20150515
Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) resides in a latent form in hematopoietic progenitors and undifferentiated cells within the myeloid lineage. Maturation and differentiation along the myeloid lineage triggers lytic replication. Here, we used peripheral blood monocytes and the monocytic cell line THP-1 to investigate the effects of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 on HCMV replication. Interestingly, 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 induces lytic replication marked by upregulation of HCMV gene expression and productio ...[more]