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ArticleJournal of cell science2018

Lipid-dependence of target membrane stability during influenza viral fusion.

Sourav Haldar, Elena Mekhedov, Chad D McCormick, Paul S Blank, Joshua Zimmerberg

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Article in Journal of cell science, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Fusion Pores as Regulators of Quantal Size and Cellular Physiology.BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology · 2025
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  5. SARS-CoV-2 FP1 Destabilizes Lipid Membranes and Facilitates Pore Formation.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  13. Recent Developments in Single-Virus Fusion Assay.The Journal of membrane biology · 2022
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  14. Comparison of Cell Fusions Induced by Influenza Virus and SARS-CoV-2.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Sourav HaldarSection on Integrative Biophysics, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Elena MekhedovSection on Integrative Biophysics, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Chad D McCormickSection on Integrative Biophysics, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Paul S BlankSection on Integrative Biophysics, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Joshua ZimmerbergSection on Integrative Biophysics, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA joshz@helix.nih.gov.ORCID 0000-0002-1707-3789

Funding

Membrane Remodeling in Viral Infection, Parasite Replication, and Traumatic Brain InjuryZIAHD001409 · NICHD · EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT · PI ZIMMERBERG, JOSHUA · 2009 to 2025
$29.9M
MEMBRANE TRANSPORT AND FUSIONZ01HD001409 · NICHD · EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT · PI ZIMMERBERG, JOSHUA · 1991 to 2008
$2.8M
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 HD001409
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although influenza kills about a half million people each year, even after excluding pandemics, there is only one set of antiviral drugs: neuraminidase inhibitors. By using a new approach utilizing giant unilamellar vesicles and infectious X-31 influenza virus, and testing for the newly identified pore intermediate of membrane fusion, we observed ∼30-87% poration, depending upon lipid composition. Testing the hypothesis that spontaneous curvature (SC) of the lipid monolayer controls membrane poration, our Poisson model and Boltzmann energetic considerations suggest a transition from a leaky to a non-leaky fusion pathway depending on the SC of the target membrane. When the target membrane SC is below approximately -0.20 nm

Indexed as

HumansInfluenza A virusInfluenza, HumanLipid BilayersLipid MetabolismMembrane FusionMembranesOrthomyxoviridaeUnilamellar LiposomesLipid BilayersUnilamellar LiposomesFusionMembranePorationSpontaneous curvatureVirus

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PMID29967032
PMCPMC6398481

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