Membrane nanotubes physically connect T cells over long distances presenting a novel route for HIV-1 transmission
By S. Sowinski, C. Jolly, O. Berninghausen, M. Purbhoo, Anne Chauveau, Karsten Köhler, S. Oddos, P. Eissmann, F. Brodsky, C. Hopkins and 3 more. Nature Cell Biology, 2008
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Subfields: Immunology, Virology
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- Avoiding the void: cell-to-cell spread of human viruses (2008, background): “Analysis of HIV-1 movement between T cells revealed the use of actin-containing membrane nanotube”
- HIV-1 assembly, budding, and maturation. (2012, background): “Such structures include filopodial bridges, termed cytonemes, which have been shown to support the spread of murine leukemia virus (Sherer 2007), and membrane nanotubes, which can link CD4þ T cells and support HIV transfer (Sherer and Mothes 2008; Sowinski et al. 2008).”
- Prions hijack tunnelling nanotubes for intercellular spread (2009, background): “, and may represent a conserved means of cell-to-cell communicatio”
- Mechanisms of mesenchymal stem/stromal cell function (2016, background): “In contrast to their potential therapeutic benefits, TNTs also have potential to act as disease vectors for transmission of HIV/AIDS [145], bacteria [113], Prions [146], and oncogenic miRNAs [147].”