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Ota, Megumi; Serada, Satoshi; Naka, Tetsuji; Mori, Yasuko
Microbiology and immunology, February 2014, Volume: 58, Issue: 2Journal Article
ABSTRACT Human herpesvirus‐6 (HHV‐6), which belongs to the betaherpesvirus subfamily, mainly replicates in T lymphocytes. Here, we show that MHC class I molecules are incorporated into HHV‐6 viral particles and released into the extracellular environment. In addition, HHV‐6A/B‐infected T cells showed reduced surface and intracellular expression of MHC class I molecules. The cellular machinery responsible for molecular transport appears to be modified upon HHV‐6 infection, causing MHC class I molecules to be transported to virion assembly sites.
