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TWiV 746: Encephalitis viruses dine on caveolae

April 22, 2021
Tagged as: blood brain barrier, caveolae, COVID-19, encephalitis, endothelial cell, transcytosis, Vaccine, viral, virology, virus, viruses

Team TWiV explains how alphaviruses like Western equine encephalitis virus cross into the brain from capillaries by caveolin-mediated transcytosis, and reveal scientists’ incentives and attitudes towards public communication.

TWiV 559: Nectin connection what’s your infection?

August 4, 2019
Tagged as: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ebolavirus outbreak, measles virus, nect, nectin, nectin-elicited cytoplasmic transfer, SSPE, transcytosis, Vaccine, viral, virology, virus, viruses

The complete TWiV team give a report on the Ebola virus outbreak in DRC, and reveal that cell surface nectin proteins cause the transfer of cytoplasmic cargo, including measles virus, between cells.

TWiV 470: Just a passing phage

December 3, 2017
Tagged as: bacteriophage, cell monolayer, endocytosis, horizontal gene transfer, phage-eukaryotic interaction, symbiosis, transcytosis, viral, virology, virus, viruses

The TWiV ninjas reveal that bacteriophage particles rapidly move across monolayers of eukaryotic cells from different tissues.

Tag: transcytosis

TWiV 746: Encephalitis viruses dine on caveolae

TWiV 559: Nectin connection what’s your infection?

TWiV 470: Just a passing phage

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