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Human skin models reveal how herpes spreads unevenly among neighboring cells (opens in a new tab)

medicalxpress.com · 2026-10-30

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Claim 1 of 6Not checkedResearchers at the Max Delbrück Center and University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf traced how herpes simplex virus 1 infection progresses among neighboring skin cells in skin organoids, and the work is published in Science Advances.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 2 of 6Not checkedUsing human hair-bearing skin organoids, the researchers mapped how HSV-1 spreads and which signaling molecules infected cells release to their neighbors.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 3 of 6Not checkedThe team found that fibroblasts in the dermis carried large amounts of virus early during infection, while basal keratinocytes and several hair-follicle cell types carried relatively lower amounts even when infected cells were nearby.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 4 of 6Not checkedThe article says the virus reached hair follicles and sensory neurons only later, suggesting both cell types may have some intrinsic resistance to the virus.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 5 of 6Not checkedAt the infection front, dermal fibroblasts switched on IER3, basal keratinocytes increased IRF3 expression, and members of the TNF family were activated in a spatially coordinated manner.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 6 of 6Not checkedThe researchers say future organoid models with immune cells and blood vessels could help explain how the body controls HSV-1 before it reaches nerves and how infection and inflammation damage tissue.View evidenceHide evidence

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