Dual Blades: The Role of Musashi 1 in Zika Replication and Microcephaly

作者：Klein Robyn S^*

来源：Cell Host & Microbe, 2017, 22(1): 9-11.

DOI：10.1016/j.chom.2017.06.015

Infection with Zika virus (ZIKV) during pregnancy may cause severe developmental defects in the human brain via unknown mechanisms. In a recent issue of Science, Chavali et al. (2017) identified a neural progenitor cell (NPC)-specific RNA binding protein that may underlie the high levels of ZIKV replication and apoptosis observed in these cells during congenital infections.

• 出版日期2017-7-12