Trehalose May Decrease the Transmission of Zika Virus to the Fetus by Activating Degradative Autophagy

Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2017 Sep 6:7:402. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2017.00402. eCollection 2017.
No abstract available

Keywords: Zika virus; autophagy; exosome; lysosomal fusion; trehalose.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Autophagy / drug effects*
  • Autophagy / immunology
  • Female
  • Haplorhini
  • Humans
  • Immune Evasion / immunology
  • Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical*
  • Macrophages / drug effects
  • Macrophages / immunology
  • Pregnancy
  • Trehalose / pharmacology*
  • Zika Virus / immunology*
  • Zika Virus Infection / immunology
  • Zika Virus Infection / transmission*
  • Zika Virus Infection / virology

Substances

  • Trehalose