https://www.selleckchem.com/pr....oducts/bay-87-2243.h
Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) can cause severe disease in the immunocompromised. One of the hallmarks of HCMV infection of a human host is the targeted infection of peripheral blood monocytes (but not other leukocyte populations) that in turn serve as the key cell type for hematogenous dissemination and the establishment of persistence following primary infection. Monocytes are also a key cell type associated with viral reactivation and spread following viral reactivation. Because of their importance in the HCMV-host infection cycle