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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2024

Host-encoded CTCF regulates human cytomegalovirus latency via chromatin looping.

Ian J Groves, Stephen M Matthews, Christine M O'Connor

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
5.4field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Mechanisms and Determinants of CMV Reactivation in Kidney Transplantation.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  5. De novo assembly of RNA mCell reports · 2025
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  6. N6-methyladenosine modification of HCMV IE1 transcript promotes the repressive state of viral genome to achieve latent infection.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ian J GrovesInfection Biology Program, Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Global Center for Pathogen and Human Health Research, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195.ORCID 0000-0001-8882-6701
Stephen M MatthewsInfection Biology Program, Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Global Center for Pathogen and Human Health Research, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195.ORCID 0000-0002-8968-225X
Christine M O'ConnorInfection Biology Program, Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Global Center for Pathogen and Human Health Research, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195.ORCID 0000-0003-4943-3774
Cleveland Clinic · US

Funding

Manipulation of host factors that promote HCMV latencyR01AI150931 · NIAID · CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COM-CWRU · PI O'CONNOR, CHRISTINE M · 2021 to 2025
$2.4M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI150931
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is a prevalent pathogen that establishes life-long latent infection in hematopoietic cells. While this infection is usually asymptomatic, immune dysregulation leads to viral reactivation, which can cause significant morbidity and mortality. However, the mechanisms underpinning reactivation remain incompletely understood. The HCMV major immediate early promoter (MIEP)/enhancer is a key factor in this process, as its transactivation from a repressed to active state helps drive viral gene transcription necessary for reactivation from latency. Numerous host transcription factors bind the MIE locus and recruit repressive chromatin modifiers, thus impeding virus reactivation. One such factor is CCCTC-binding protein (CTCF), a highly conserved host zinc finger protein that mediates chromatin conformation and nuclear architecture. However, the mechanisms by which CTCF contributes to HCMV latency were previously unexplored. Here, we confirm that CTCF binds two convergent sites within the MIE locus during latency in primary CD14

Indexed as

CytomegalovirusCytomegalovirus InfectionsCCCTC-Binding FactorChromatinGene Expression Regulation, ViralHumansPromoter Regions, GeneticVirus ActivationVirus LatencyCCCTC-Binding FactorChromatinCTCF protein, humanCMVCTCFcytomegalovirusepigeneticslatency

Identifiers

PMID38408244
PMCPMC10927566
OpenAlexW4392152630

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