Zika virus strips immune cells of their identity

Tuesday, September 11, 2018 - 14:20 in Biology & Nature

Macrophages are immune cells that are supposed to protect the body from infection by viruses and bacteria. Yet Zika virus preferentially infects these cells. Researchers have now unraveled how the virus shuts down the genes that make macrophages function as immune cells.

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