Human Cytomegalovirus IE1 Impairs Neuronal Migration by Downregulating Connexin 43

Shengnan Huang, Yu‐Ting Pan, Yue‐Peng Zhou, Xian-Zhang Wang, Meng‐Jie Mei, Bo Yang, Dong Li, Wenbo Zeng, Shuang Cheng, Jinyan Sun,

Journal of Virology · 2023 · 10 citations · 33 references

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Congenital CMV (cCMV) infection causes neurological sequelae in newborns. Recent studies of cCMV pathogenesis in animal models reveal ventriculomegaly and cortical atrophy associated with impaired neural progenitor cell (NPC) proliferation and migration.

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