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. 2019 Nov 14;11(11):1060. doi: 10.3390/v11111060

Table 3.

Effects of LY6E and uPAR on viral infection.

Protein Name Virus Name Family of Virus Effect on Infection Mechanism of Action Experimental System Reference
uPAR HIV-1 Lentivirus Enhanced 1. Facilitate HIV-1 enzymatic processing of Env;
2. Promote HIV-1 cell-to-cell transmission;
3. Enhance macrophage adhesion.
Macrophages [92,94,95,103,104]
Human respiratory syncytial virus Orthopneumovirus Resistant Unknown C57BL/6 mice [107]
Influenza A virus (IAV) Orthomyxovirus Resistant Unknown C57BL/6 mice [107]
CD59 HBV Hepadnavirus Enhanced 1.Promotes CDC to cause persistent liver inflammation;
2. Prevents CDC in hepatoma and hepatic cells that express HBV-X protein.
HBV BALB/c mice, BEL7402, HL7702, HepG2 cells [61,108,109]
Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) Herpesvirus Enhanced Incorporated into viral particles and confers CDC resistance. Human Foreskin Fibroblasts (HFF) [110]
Varicella-zoster Virus (VZV) Herpesvirus Enhanced Upregulated upon VZV infection to protect against CDC. Human T-cells, xenograft SCID-hu mice, satellite glial cells, [111]
EBV Herpesvirus Resistant Decreased CD59 expression to allow for CD8+T-cell lysis via complement. Primary T-lymphocytes from acute infectious mononucleosis [60]
Herpesvirus saimiri (HVS) Herpesvirus Enhanced HVS encodes CD59 mimic protein to evade CDC. BALB/3T3 [112,113]
Kaposi’s sarcoma associated herpesvirus (KSHV) Herpesvirus Enhanced Downregulation by KSHV to confer CDC resistance. Human umbilical vein endothelial cells, microvascular endothelial cells [114]
Human Herpesvirus-7 (HHV-7) Herpesvirus Enhanced HHV-7 infection upregulates CD59 to confer partial CDC resistance. SupT1, PBMC [115]
Human T-cell lymphotropic Virus Type 1 (HTLV-1) Retrovirus Enhanced Incorporated into viral particles and confers CDC resistance. MT-2 cells, [110]
Porcine endogenous retrovirus (PERV) Retrovirus - Incorporated into viral particles but is not sufficient for CDC resistance. ST-IOWA porcine cells [116]
HIV-1 Lentivirus Enhanced 1. Incorporated into viral particle upon the budding;
2. Incorporation confers ADCML and CDC resistance;
3. Decreased CD59 expression upon HIV-1 infection in CD4+ alveolar macrophages;
4. Co-localizes with gp120/gp41 within lipid rafts.
CEM, H9, U937, CHO, Jurkat, alveolar macrophages [117,118,119,120,121,122,123]
Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Flavivirus Enhanced Selective incorporation into viral particles and confers ADCML resistance. Huh7.5.1 cells [124,125]
Dengue Virus (DENV) Flavivirus Restricted Decreases MAC assembly to reduce tissue damage in Dengue Fever (DF) PBMC [126,127]
Enhanced Monocytes are more susceptible to DENV infection.
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Orthopneumovirus - Incorporated into virus filaments. HepG2 cells [128]
Influenza A virus (IAV) Orthomyxovirus Enhanced Increases lung inflammation and neutrophil and CD4+T-cell infiltration. CD59a KO mice, [129]
Infectious Bronchitis Virus (IBV) Coronavirus Enhanced Associated with virions and downregulated upon infection to facilitate particle release and resist CDC. H1299, Vero, DF1 cells [130]
Echovirus Picronavirus Enhanced Facilitates infection but not virus binding. Rhabdomyosarcoma cells [131]
Vaccinia Virus (VV) Poxvirus Enhanced Incorporated into viral particle to evade CDC. RK13, CV-1, HeLa Aortic rat endothelial cells [132,133]
Parainfluenza Virus 5 (PIV5) Paramyxovirus Enhanced TGF-b treatment increases CD59 expression in PIV5 progeny virions conferring CDC resistance. CV-1, MDBK, Vero, A549, HeLa cell Lines [134]

“Enhanced” denotes viral infection being increased by CD59 or uPAR; “Resistant” denotes viral infection being decreased by CD59 or uPAR. “-” denotes no or minimal effects of CD59 or uPAR on viral infections. CDC—complement dependent cytolysis; ADCML—antibody dependent complement-mediated lysis.