Antiviral Effector RTP4 Bats against Flaviviruses.

Joshua R Nielsen, Helen M Lazear

Immunity 2020 Dec 15

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Bats harbor diverse viruses and manifest distinct antiviral immune responses. Recently in Cell Host & Microbe, Boys et al. demonstrated that bat receptor transporter protein 4 (RTP4) is an innate antiviral effector that inhibits flavivirus replication, revealing an evolutionary arms race between flaviviruses and their hosts. Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.