This fusion mediates the formation of a multinucleated or syncytial cell. This fusion event is important in many infections such as respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and human immunodeficiency ...

Despite the importance of cell fusion for mammalian development and physiology, the factors critical for this process remain to be fully defined, which has severely limited our ability to ...

Viruses can promote syncytial formation, which is when infected cells fuse together with nearby cells to form enlarged and abnormal cells. The Alpha and Beta variants have been shown to induce ...

Biomedical engineers now show a surprising variation in how cells behave during formation of a blood vessel. They have now characterized, for the first time, what happens when endothelial cells ...

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV ... at the UNC School of Medicine has shown that human T cells have an important role to play in controlling infection. "Vaccine strategies for RSV have largely ...

A somewhat mysterious soft tissue found in the fetus during early development in the womb plays a pivotal role in the formation of mature beta cells, the sole source of the body’s insulin. This ...

The virus, which is the most common cause of lower respiratory tract infections, can infect nerve cells and trigger inflammation. A recent study has revealed why respiratory syncytial virus (RSV ...

those cells may then need a secondary inflammatory process to drive tumor formation. Knowledge about what pushes tumors to develop could be used for comprehensive personalized risk assessment ...