RSV-infected human respiratory cells (IMAGE)

Washington University School of Medicine

RSV-infected human respiratory cells

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The viral protein NS1 (green) is found inside the nuclei (blue) of ciliated human respiratory tract cells (cilia shown in red) that have been infected with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have discovered that NS1 alters the activity of immune genes, sabotaging the immune response to RSV infection.

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Leung and Brody labs

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