| Literature DB >> 10644373 |
P W Annunziato1, O Lungu, C Panagiotidis, J H Zhang, D N Silvers, A A Gershon, S J Silverstein.
Abstract
Skin biopsy samples from varicella-zoster virus (VZV)-infected patients examined by immunohistochemistry demonstrated VZV replication in nonepithelial cell types. ORF29p, a nonstructural nuclear protein, was found in nerves of two of six patients with chickenpox. In tissue culture, ORF29p was secreted by VZV-infected fibroblasts. Extracellular ORF29p can be taken up through endocytosis by human neurons, implying a novel role for this protein in pathogenesis.Entities:
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Year: 2000 PMID: 10644373 PMCID: PMC111678 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.74.4.2005-2010.2000
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Virol ISSN: 0022-538X Impact factor: 5.103