Hijacking in the immune system
The human cytomegalovirus reprograms cellular defence mechanisms
01-Mar-2024 -
The human cytomegalovirus, HCMV for short, lies dormant unnoticed in the body of most people for their entire lives. In immunocompromised individuals, however, the virus can cause life-threatening infections. It infects dendritic cells, a specific type of cell in the immune system. Although the ...
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dendritic cells
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