The US16 Gene of Human Cytomegalovirus Is Required for Efficient Viral Infection of Endothelial and Epithelial Cells

Human Cytomegalovirus pUS27 G Protein-Coupled Receptor Homologue Is Required for Efficient Spread by the Extracellular Route but Not for Direct Cell-to-Cell Spread

(2011) C. M. O'Connor et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

Protein pUL128 of Human Cytomegalovirus Is Necessary for Monocyte Infection and Blocking of Migration

(2011) S. Straschewski et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

HCMV Spread and Cell Tropism are Determined by Distinct Virus Populations

(2011) Laura Scrivano et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Peptide-derivatized dendrimers inhibit human cytomegalovirus infection by blocking virus binding to cell surface heparan sulfate

(2010) Anna Luganini et al.   ANTIVIRAL RESEARCH

Sequential mutations associated with adaptation of human cytomegalovirus to growth in cell culture

(2010) D. J. Dargan et al.   JOURNAL OF GENERAL VIROLOGY

Human cytomegalovirus productively infects lymphatic endothelial cells and induces a secretome that promotes angiogenesis and lymphangiogenesis through interleukin-6 and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor

(2010) S. Fiorentini et al.   JOURNAL OF GENERAL VIROLOGY

Improvement of a quantitative cell tropism assay for rapid and reliable characterization of human cytomegalovirus mutants

(2010) Andrea Schuessler et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGICAL METHODS

The Elk-1 and Serum Response Factor Binding Sites in the Major Immediate-Early Promoter of Human Cytomegalovirus Are Required for Efficient Viral Replication in Quiescent Cells and Compensate for Inactivation of the NF- B Sites in Proliferating Cells

(2010) P. Caposio et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

Human cytomegalovirus tropism for endothelial/epithelial cells: scientific background and clinical implications

(2010) M. Grazia Revello et al.   REVIEWS IN MEDICAL VIROLOGY

Human Cytomegalovirus TR Strain Glycoprotein O Acts as a Chaperone Promoting gH/gL Incorporation into Virions but Is Not Present in Virions

(2009) B. J. Ryckman et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

A Human Cytomegalovirus gO-Null Mutant Fails To Incorporate gH/gL into the Virion Envelope and Is Unable To Enter Fibroblasts and Epithelial and Endothelial Cells

(2009) P. T. Wille et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

Endothelial cells in human cytomegalovirus infection: One host cell out of many or a crucial target for virus spread?

(2009) Christian Sinzger et al.   THROMBOSIS AND HAEMOSTASIS

Phosphorothioate-Modified Oligodeoxynucleotides Inhibit Human Cytomegalovirus Replication by Blocking Virus Entry

(2008) A. Luganini et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Entry route of HCMV into endothelial cells

(2008) Christian Sinzger   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL VIROLOGY