Journal
FEBS LETTERS
Volume 594, Issue 12, Pages 1828-1837Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.13794
Keywords
adenovirus; CAR; coxsackievirus; gene therapy; PDZ domain; protein isoforms; rhesus enteric calicivirus; swine vesicular disease virus
Funding
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the National Institutes of Health [R01AI127816]
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The coxsackievirus and adenovirus receptor (CAR) is an essential multifunctional cellular protein that is only beginning to be understood. CAR serves as a receptor for many adenoviruses, human group B coxsackieviruses, swine vesicular disease virus, and possibly other viruses. While named for its function as a viral receptor, CAR is also involved in cell adhesion, immune cell activation, synaptic transmission, and signaling. Knockout mouse models were first to identify some of these biological functions; however, tissue-specific model systems have shed light on the complexity of different CAR isoforms and their specific activities. Many of these functions are mediated by the large number of interacting proteins described so far, and several new putative interactions have recently been discovered. As antiviral and gene therapy strategies that target CAR continue to emerge, future work poised to understand the biological implications of manipulating CAR in vivo is critical.
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