A human protein associated with asthma is key to how hantaviruses infect the lungs, say NIAID-funded researchers.

Wednesday, November 21, 2018 NIAID-Funded Researchers Identify How Hantaviruses Infect the Lungs A human protein associated with asthma is key to how hantaviruses infect the lungs and sometimes cause a life-threatening pulmonary condition known as hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS), according to NIAID-funded researchers. They say the most prevalent hantaviruses in North and South America can recognize the protein and exploit it to infect the lungs. They hope that disrupting that recognition event could lead to a therapeutic against HPS. The findings from the study, a collaboration among nearly a dozen research groups, appear in Nature. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases  |  National Institutes of Health Update your subscriptions, modify your password or e-mail address, or stop subscriptions at any time on your Subscriber Preferences Page. You will need to use your e-mail address to log in. If you have questions or problems with the subscription service, please contact subscriberhelp.govdelivery.com. This service is provided to you at no charge by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). This email was sent to myhcistech.healthnews360@blogger.com using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 5601 Fishers Lane · Bethesda, MD 20892 · 1-866-284-4107