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Transcriptome analysis reveals human cytomegalovirus reprograms monocyte differentiation toward an M1 macrophage.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 Jul 2008
Chan Gary, Bivins-Smith Elizabeth R, Smith M Shane, Smith Patrick M, Yurochko Andrew D
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Monocytes are primary targets for human CMV (HCMV) infection and are proposed to be responsible for hematogenous dissemination of the virus. Monocytes acquire different functional traits during polarization to the classical proinflammatory M1 macrophage or the alternative antiinflammatory M2 macrophage. We hypothesized that HCMV induced a proinflammatory M1 macrophage following infection to promote viral...
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