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Molecular Mechanisms of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Pathogenesis

Madison J Granoski, Aleksandra Stojic, Stephen Z Lee

  • 1Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada;

Annual Review of Pathology
|October 16, 2025
PubMed

Insights

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) causes infant hospitalization and mortality. This review details how RSV proteins manipulate host cells at a molecular level during its replication cycle.

Area of Science:

  • Virology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Immunology

Background:

  • Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a major global cause of infant hospitalization and mortality.
  • Understanding virus-host interactions is crucial for combating RSV.
  • Existing research often focuses on systemic host responses, necessitating a molecular-level examination of RSV pathogenesis.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To elucidate the molecular mechanisms of RSV pathogenesis.
  • To examine how individual RSV proteins interact with host cells.
  • To review the multifaceted strategies RSV employs to evade host detection throughout its replication cycle.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review of the latest research on RSV protein function.
  • Analysis of RSV's molecular strategies during entry, transcription, replication, translation, assembly, and egress.
  • Examination of host cell protein co-option and immune response modulation by RSV.

Main Results:

  • Each RSV protein plays a critical role in disease progression.
  • RSV proteins utilize diverse strategies to evade host immune detection.
  • The RSV replication cycle involves intricate co-option of host cell machinery.

Conclusions:

  • RSV pathogenesis is a complex molecular process involving viral manipulation of host systems.
  • Further research into RSV protein function is needed to address outstanding questions.
  • A detailed molecular understanding can inform the development of novel therapeutic strategies.
Keywords:
molecular virologypathogenesisrespiratory syncytial virusrespiratory virusesvirus–host interactions

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