Special Issue "Transmission of Retroviruses across Virological Synapses"

Guest Editor
Prof. Dr. Quentin J. Sattentau
The Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RE, UK
Website: http://users.path.ox.ac.uk/~qsattentau/index.htm
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Interests: retrovirus-receptor interactions; HIV neutralising antibody vaccine; structure/function studies on the HIV envelope glycoproteins; reactive carbonyls in allergy and autoimmunity

Dear Colleagues,

Virological synapses are multimolecular structures induced by retroviruses in immune cells to mediate high-speed cell-to-cell viral dissemination. In only a few years the idea of synaptic retroviral spread has emerged and grown into an exciting new field of research. The similarities between immunological and virological synapses are helping us to understand both the pathogenesis of retroviral infection and the normal cell biology of immune cell communication. The review articles presented in this special edition of Viruses bring together diverse facets of the molecular virology, cell biology and immunology of virological synapses, updating the reader and highlighting controversies and gaps in our knowledge along the way.

Prof. Dr. Quentin J. Sattentau
Guest Editor

Submission

All manuscripts should be submitted to viruses@mdpi.com with a copy to the Guest Editor. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. Papers will be published continuously (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

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