@article{93c012e297f441a1aa23e2c04cfc4cc1,
title = "Downregulation of natural killer cell-activating ligang CD155 by human cytomegalovirus UL141",
abstract = "Natural killer (NK) cells are crucial in the control of cytomegalovirus infections in mice and humans. Here we show that the viral UL141 gene product has an immunomodulatory function that is associated with low-passage strains of human cytomegalovirus. UL141 mediated efficient protection of cells against killing by a wide range of human NK cell populations, including interferon-α-stimulated bulk cultures, polyclonal NK cell lines and most NK cell clones tested. Evasion of NK cell killing was mediated by UL141 blocking surface expression of CD155, which was previously identified as a ligand for NK cell-activating receptors CD226 (DNAM-1) and CD96 (TACTILE). The breadth of the UL141-mediated effect indicates that CD155 has a key role in regulating NK cell function.",
keywords = "Cells, Cultured, Cytomegalovirus/physiology, Cytomegalovirus Infections/immunology, Down-Regulation, Glycoproteins/genetics, Humans, Killer Cells, Natural/immunology, Ligands, Membrane Proteins/immunology, Mutation/genetics, Receptors, Virus/immunology, Viral Proteins/genetics",
author = "Peter Tomasec and Wang, {Eddie C.Y.} and Davison, {Andrew J.} and Borivoj Vojtesek and Melanie Armstrong and Cora Griffin and McSharry, {Brian P.} and Morris, {Rebecca J.} and Sian Llewellyn-Lacey and Carole Rickards and Akio Nomoto and Christian Sinzger and Wilkinson, {Gavin W.G.}",
note = "Funding Information: We thank C. Jones and D. Kipling for their cooperation with the telomerase immortalization of fibroblasts; V. Groh for MIC mAbs; O. Mandelboim for NKp30-Fc and NKp46-Fc proteins; and E. Mocarski, M. Wills and J. Sathish for discussions. Supported by the Wellcome Trust, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council and Medical Research Council.",
year = "2005",
month = feb,
doi = "10.1038/ni1156",
language = "English",
volume = "6",
pages = "181--188",
journal = "Nature Immunology",
issn = "1529-2908",
publisher = "Nature Publishing Group",
number = "2",
}
