Influenza A virus circumvents the innate immune response through the sequestration of double-stranded RNA
Masahiro Nakano, Shô Miyamoto, C. Ohnishi, Chiharu Nogami, Nanami Hirose, Y. F. Fujita, Yukiko Muramoto, Takeshi Noda
This paper shows that influenza A virus sequesters dsRNA in infected cells to evade the innate immune response, with NS1 masking dsRNA and NEP controlling its nuclear translocation.
Journal of Virology · Sep 8, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology