title: Viral interactions with receptors in cell junctions and effects on junctional stability.
abstract: Several viruses can use, as entry receptors, cell adhesion molecules that localize to junctional complexes of epithelial cells and other cell types. A recent publication in Cell describes how adenovirus can disrupt cell junctions, thereby effecting its release from basal surfaces of an infected epithelium to the apical or external environment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology-Immunology, The Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
authors.forename: Patricia G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Spear
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007365:Intercellular Junctions / Q000502:physiology / Q000821:virology*; D011991:Receptors, Virus / Q000502:physiology*; D014779:Virus Replication / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules; D011991:Receptors, Virus