by Georgia State University Administration of IL-22 approximately doubled the rate at which rotavirus-infected cells of the intestinal wall migrated toward villus tips (second to left). Administration of IL-18 (second to right) and a combination of IL-18 and IL-22 (right) also increased the migration rate of these cells to a lesser extent. Credit: Zhang et al.,...
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After eluding researchers for more than 30 years, the VP3 protein of rotavirus has finally revealed its unique structure and function to a team led by scientists at Baylor College of Medicine. The researchers discovered that VP3 consists of four molecular modules that uniquely integrate five enzymatic activities that are necessary for capping messenger-RNA (mRNA),...
Researchers have discovered why some stomach bugs hit us so hard — and spread so fast. New research published Wednesday in Cell Host & Microbe found that stomach infections, like norovirus and rotavirus, are more contagious and more potent when the virus particles cluster together. A cluster of rotaviruses. The image is from a transmission...
