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Human rhinoviruses enter and induce proliferation of B lymphocytes.

Alar AabO WirzW van de VeenS SöllnerB StanicB RückertJ AniscenkoM R EdwardsS L JohnstonN G PapadopoulosA RebaneC A AkdisM Akdis
Published in: Allergy (2016)
Our results demonstrate for the first time that HRVs enter and form viral replication centers in B lymphocytes and induce the proliferation of B cells. Newly formed virions have the capacity to infect other cells (HeLa). These findings indicate that the regulation of human rhinovirus-induced B-cell responses could be a novel approach to develop therapeutics to treat the virus-induced exacerbation of asthma.
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