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Trends Microbiol. 2014 Aug 6. pii: S0966-842X(14)00140-1. doi: 10.1016/j.tim.2014.07.002. [Epub ahead of print]
Glycan receptor specificity as a useful tool for characterization and surveillance of influenza A virus.
Raman R1, Tharakaraman K1, Shriver Z1, Jayaraman A1, Sasisekharan V1, Sasisekharan R2.
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Abstract
Influenza A viruses are rapidly evolving pathogens with the potential for novel strains to emerge and result in pandemic outbreaks in humans. Some avian-adapted subtypes have acquired the ability to bind to human glycan receptors and cause severe infections in humans but have yet to adapt to and transmit between humans. The emergence of new avian strains and their ability to infect humans has confounded their distinction from circulating human virus strains through linking receptor specificity to human adaptation. Herein we review the various structural and biochemical analyses of influenza hemagglutinin-glycan receptor interactions. We provide our perspectives on how receptor specificity can be used to monitor evolution of the virus to adapt to human hosts so as to facilitate improved surveillance and pandemic preparedness.
Copyright ? 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
KEYWORDS:
glycan; hemagglutinin; influenza; network; specificity; topology
PMID:
25108746
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25108746
Glycan receptor specificity as a useful tool for characterization and surveillance of influenza A virus.
Raman R1, Tharakaraman K1, Shriver Z1, Jayaraman A1, Sasisekharan V1, Sasisekharan R2.
Author information
Abstract
Influenza A viruses are rapidly evolving pathogens with the potential for novel strains to emerge and result in pandemic outbreaks in humans. Some avian-adapted subtypes have acquired the ability to bind to human glycan receptors and cause severe infections in humans but have yet to adapt to and transmit between humans. The emergence of new avian strains and their ability to infect humans has confounded their distinction from circulating human virus strains through linking receptor specificity to human adaptation. Herein we review the various structural and biochemical analyses of influenza hemagglutinin-glycan receptor interactions. We provide our perspectives on how receptor specificity can be used to monitor evolution of the virus to adapt to human hosts so as to facilitate improved surveillance and pandemic preparedness.
Copyright ? 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
KEYWORDS:
glycan; hemagglutinin; influenza; network; specificity; topology
PMID:
25108746
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25108746