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Cell Host Microbe . Influenza virus hitches a cellular ride to the heart

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Cell Host Microbe


. 2026 Mar 11;34(3):362-363.
doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2026.02.012.
Influenza virus hitches a cellular ride to the heart

Jana M Cable[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Jacob S Yount[SUP] 2 [/SUP]


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Abstract

Influenza virus is associated with severe cardiac complications, yet mechanisms of disease, including how the virus traffics from lungs to the heart, have remained elusive. In a recent Immunity paper, Downey et al.[SUP]1[/SUP] demonstrate that pro-DC3 cells ferry virus to the heart, infecting cardiomyocytes and triggering damage via type I interferon signaling.


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