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Nicholas Chow

Boston Children's HospitalORCID 0000-0002-9923-3044Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 1 Assay:fluorescence / live-cell microscopy· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Organism:human· 1

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How endosomal PIKfyve inhibition prevents viral membrane fusion and entry

Nicholas Chow, Gustavo Scanavachi, Anand Saminathan, Tomas L. Kirchhausen

This paper shows that inhibiting PIKfyve causes endosomal swelling, blocking viral entry by preventing fusion and genome release, while sparing VSV-G viruses.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · May 8, 2026Peer-reviewedCell Biology