Loveleena Kour Anand

Dr. Loveleena Kour Anand

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Academic Career Length

1Year (2026-Present)

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13 January 2026 in Viruses
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LALoveleena Kour Anand
Loveleena Kour Anand
MDMarija A. Djurkovic
Marija A. Djurkovic
ASAriel Shepley-McTaggart
Ariel Shepley-McTaggart
OSOlena Shtanko
Olena Shtanko
Ronald HartyRonald Harty
Ronald Harty
Filoviruses, including Ebola (EBOV) and Marburg (MARV) viruses, are zoonotic pathogens that cause severe hemorrhagic fever in humans, with mortality rates reaching up to 90%. Filovirus egress and spread are driven by the viral matrix protein VP40 and regulated both positively and negatively by a growing number of specific host interactors. Here, we identify tetraspanin protein CD9, a plasma membrane organizing and scaffolding protein, as playing a role in facilitating efficient egress of EBOV and MARV. Indeed, we observed a significant decrease in viral egress of VLPs and live filoviruses from CD9-KD cells as compared to that from WT cells. Moreover, exogenous expression of CD9 rescued egress of VP40 VLPs close to WT levels in the CD9-KD cells. These findings identify tetraspanin CD9 as a positive regulator of filovirus egress, and thus CD9 may represent a potential new target for antiviral therapies targeting the late stage of the filovirus lifecycle.