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Tetraspanins in infections by human cytomegalo- and papillomaviruses

Diana LieberThorsten LangLuise FlorinLaura A. Fast

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Models Molecular0301 basic medicineCellular membraneTetraspaninsCytomegalovirusTetraspanin 24BiologyEndocytosismedicine.disease_causeBiochemistryTetraspanin 28Viral Proteins03 medical and health sciencesTetraspaninmedicineHumansPapillomaviridaeCD151Tetraspanin 30Cell MembranePapillomavirus InfectionsCytomegalovirusVirus InternalizationVirologyCell biology030104 developmental biologyCytomegalovirus Infectionsembryonic structuresIntracellularCD81

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Members of the tetraspanin family have been identified as essential cellular membrane proteins in infectious diseases by nearly all types of pathogens. The present review highlights recently published data on the role of tetraspanin CD151, CD81, and CD63 and their interaction partners in host cell entry by human cytomegalo- and human papillomaviruses. Moreover, we discuss a model for tetraspanin assembly into trafficking platforms at the plasma membrane. These platforms might persist during intracellular viral trafficking.

https://doi.org/10.1042/bst20160295