Retrofitting the battlements: tight junction remodeling as a novel antimicrobial approach

Future Med Chem. 2015;7(1):9-13. doi: 10.4155/fmc.14.146.
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Keywords: Ebola; HIV; claudin; epithelial barrier function; hepatitis; tight junction; transepithelial; virus.

Publication types

  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Infective Agents / pharmacology*
  • Clostridium perfringens / drug effects
  • Clostridium perfringens / metabolism
  • Epithelial Cells / cytology
  • Epithelial Cells / metabolism
  • Hepacivirus / drug effects
  • Hepacivirus / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Measles virus / drug effects
  • Measles virus / physiology
  • Protein Binding
  • Tight Junctions / drug effects
  • Tight Junctions / metabolism*
  • Toxins, Biological / chemistry
  • Toxins, Biological / metabolism
  • Viral Envelope Proteins / chemistry
  • Viral Envelope Proteins / metabolism

Substances

  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Toxins, Biological
  • Viral Envelope Proteins