| Literature DB >> 25263223 |
Jennifer E Stencel-Baerenwald1, Kerstin Reiss2, Dirk M Reiter3, Thilo Stehle4, Terence S Dermody5.
Abstract
Viral infections are initiated by attachment of the virus to host cell surface receptors, including sialic acid-containing glycans. It is now possible to rapidly identify specific glycan receptors using glycan array screening, to define atomic-level structures of virus-glycan complexes and to alter the glycan-binding site to determine the function of glycan engagement in viral disease. This Review highlights general principles of virus-glycan interactions and provides specific examples of sialic acid binding by viruses with stalk-like attachment proteins, including influenza virus, reovirus, adenovirus and rotavirus. Understanding virus-glycan interactions is essential to combating viral infections and designing improved viral vectors for therapeutic applications.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID: 25263223 PMCID: PMC4791167 DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro3346
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Rev Microbiol ISSN: 1740-1526 Impact factor: 60.633