In cells grown in culture, the virus was able to infect cells in both the usual way, and through MHC class II complexes. The structural compatibility between the virus and cell surface structures can ...

H5N1 avian influenza has long been a concerning virus. Since its discovery in 1996 in waterfowl, bird flu has occasionally caused isolated human cases that have quite often been fatal. The absolute ...

T-cells play a crucial role in influenza virus immunity, contributing to protection through cytotoxicity, inflammatory cytokine release, and support for antibody responses.

Influenza viruses like bird flu can mix and match their genomes, and this has played a role in at least three of the last ...

Millions of people who recover from infections like COVID-19, influenza and glandular fever are affected by long-lasting ...

While AGO2 usually works outside the cell nucleus, in conjunction with infection, the virus manages to move the protein into the nucleus, where it turns off genes that are key to the immune system.

Researchers have found a way to block one strain of the influenza virus from accessing a human protein it needs to replicate in cells. The discovery could lead to highly effective ways to treat ...

University of Gothenburg. "Influenza virus hacks cell's internal system." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 30 April 2025. <www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2025 / 04 / 250428221025.htm>.

December 12, 2011 — Children with sickle cell anemia who receive the trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine are no more likely to be hospitalized for sickle cell crisis than children with ...

Numerous bacteria and viruses, including those that cause COVID-19 and influenza, enter the body through the lungs when people breathe, resulting in illness. Johns Hopkins engineers have created thin, ...