Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • News & Views
  • Published:

Receptors identified for hand, foot and mouth virus

Two receptors have now been identified for the virus behind severe hand, foot and mouth disease (pages 794–797 and 798–801).

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Relevant articles

Open Access articles citing this article.

Access options

Buy this article

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

Figure 1: EV71 binds at least two receptors.

Katie Vicari

References

  1. Fan, Y. et al. J. Clin. Microbiol. published online, doi:10.1128/JCM.00563-09 (13 May 2009).

  2. Huang, C.C. et al. N. Engl. J. Med. 341, 936–942 (1999).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. Yamayoshi, S. et al. Nat. Med. 15, 798–801 (2009).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. Nishimura, Y. et al. Nat. Med. 15, 794–797 (2009).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  5. Melnick, J.L. Rev. Infect. Dis. 6 Suppl 2, S387–S390 (1984).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  6. Eckhardt, E.R. et al. J. Biol. Chem. 281, 4348–4353 (2006).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  7. Vishnyakova, T.G. et al. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 103, 16888–16893 (2006).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  8. Philips, J.A., Rubin, E.J. & Perrimon, N. Science 309, 1251–1253 (2005).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  9. McEver, R.P. & Cummings, R.D. J. Clin. Invest. 100, 485–491 (1997).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  10. Lin, T.Y., Hsia, S.H., Huang, Y.C., Wu, C.T. & Chang, L.Y. Clin. Infect. Dis. 36, 269–274 (2003).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  11. Marsh, M. & Helenius, A. Cell 124, 729–740 (2006).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Jeffrey M. Bergelson.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Patel, K., Bergelson, J. Receptors identified for hand, foot and mouth virus. Nat Med 15, 728–729 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0709-728

Download citation

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0709-728

This article is cited by

Search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing