The alphaviruses the researchers studied, including eastern equine encephalitis virus (EEE virus), have a history of causing deadly, if short-lived, outbreaks, but little is known about how the virus ...

With the help of their new development, they have also analyzed how novel influenza viruses use alternative receptors to enter target cells. The results were published in two papers in the journal ...

Engineers and microbiologists have developed a simple model for virus-host cell interaction driven by Ebola's adhesion to cell surface receptors. The findings could provide new information to help ...

"The virus has learned, to the disadvantage of the cell and human beings, to attach itself to this particular receptor molecule in order to enter the cell," Rossmann said. The researchers also found ...

In the present investigation, the researchers evaluated the MERS-CoV-related viruses such as NeoCoV and PDF-2180-CoV to identify their functional receptors for host entry.

Discovering that ACE2 is the host cell receptor for NeoCoV and PDF-2180, which are closely related to the deadly human pathogen MERS-CoV, was totally unexpected and opens new avenues to prepare ...

The virus uses its long-tail fibers to recognize its host and to send a signal back to the baseplate. Once the signal is received, the short-tail fibers help anchor the baseplate into the cell surface ...

Discovering that ACE2 is the host cell receptor for NeoCoV and PDF-2180, ... Citation: Bat virus receptor studies vital to predict spillover risk (2022, December 7) ...

"These viruses are so closely related to MERS, so we have to be concerned if they ever infect humans," said virologist Michael Letko.

The bat influenza A virus subtype H18N11 induces nanoscale MHCII clustering upon host cell attachment. Nature Communications , 2025; 16 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-58834-y Cite This Page : ...

A novel microscopy method enables detailed analysis of influenza virus interactions with host cells, revealing that some strains, such as H18N11, use MHC class II protein receptors instead of ...