Cathepsins in cellular entry of human pathogenic viruses

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In the life cycle of a virus, host cell entry represents the first step that a virus needs to undertake to gain access to the cell interior for replication. Once a virus attaches itself to its target cell receptor, it activates endogenous cellular responses and exploits host cell factors for its internalization, fusion, and genome release. Among the host factors that critically contribute to the viral entry...

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