1. These data revealed the crucial role played by His490 and His621 in hepatitis C virus infection, particularly during CD81 binding in cell entry. PMID: 25701820
2. IFI6 inhibits HCV entry by impairing EGFR mediated CD81/CLDN1 interactions. This may be relevant to other virus entry processes employing EGFR. PMID: 25757571
3. findings suggest that homozygous CD81 rs708564 TT may be a genetic modifier for avoiding HCV infection whether as a sole single nucleotide polymorphism or combined with the CLDN1 rs893051 GG genotype PMID: 25934191
4. Data suggest that the intramolecular 188-196 bond restricts the intrinsic conformational dynamics of D-helix of cluster of differentiation 81 (CD81)-large extracellular loop (LEL), which is essential for hepatitis C virus entry. PMID: 26116703
5. LDLR was not required for the degradation of CD81 by PCSK9, but its presence strengthened the PCSK9 effect. PMID: 26195630
6. Results suggest that the CD81 antigen (CD81) expressed by B cells has differential effects on B cell proliferation or apoptosis according to Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection and the expression level of CD81. PMID: 26498453
7. CD81 expression was lower in systemic sclerosis patients compared to controls independent of disease duration. PMID: 26926492
8. Study used molecular dynamics simulations to gain insights into the role of local conformational flexibility in nanodomain formation in the plasma membrane, using the tetraspanin molecule CD81 as a model; suggest that exposing a flexible domain of CD81 enables binding to interaction partners by circumventing the restriction of orientation and conformational freedom of membrane proteins PMID: 27276264
9. CD81 cell surface expression had a negative impact on survival in acute myeloid leukemia. PMID: 27566555
10. The transmembrane segments of CD81 pack as two largely separated pairs of helices, capped by the large extracellular loop (EC2) at the outer membrane leaflet. The two pairs of helices converge at the inner leaflet to create an intramembrane pocket with additional electron density corresponding to a bound cholesterol molecule within the cavity. PMID: 27881302
11. Results from crystallography and molecular dynamics of CD81 long-extracellular loop (LEL) show that its flexibility is an inherent molecular property likely to be tuned by variation in pH and redox conditions. This tuning mechanism would explain the priming role ascribed to CD81LEL in rendering the virus-receptor complex fusogenic during cell entry. PMID: 27916518
12. A new link between HCV receptor molecules and the hepatocyte glycocalyx, namely, CD81 and Synd-1. PMID: 27930836
13. CD81 is preferentially expressed in first trimester human placentas and progressively down-regulated with gestation advance in normal physiological conditions. CD81 up-regulation is detected in trophoblasts and cells in the villous core, and maternal sera of patients with early-onset severe preeclampsia. PMID: 28167787
14. Studies have shown that CD81 regulates cell migration and invasion, and has therefore been implicated in tumor growth, cancer progression and metastasis. CD81 is expressed in most types of cancer, and the overexpression or down-regulation of this molecule has been correlated with either good or bad prognosis. [review] PMID: 28408492
15. Free energy calculations indicated that the E2/CD81 binding process might follow a two-step model involving (i) the electrostatic interaction-driven initial binding of human-specific E2-site2, followed by (ii) changes in the E2 orientation to facilitate the hydrophobic and van der Waals interaction-driven binding of E2-site1 PMID: 28481946
16. results demonstrate that the interaction of CD81 with SAMHD1 controls the metabolic rate of HIV-1 replication by tuning the availability of building blocks for reverse transcription, namely dNTPs.Together with its role in HIV-1 entry and budding into host cells, the data indicate that HIV-1 uses CD81 as a rheostat that controls different stages of the infection PMID: 28871089
17. Tetraspanin hCD81 backbone domains are critical to signal for productive Hepatitis C Virus entry. A cholesterol-coordinating glutamate residue in CD81 promotes HCV infection. The backbone domains of hCD81 are additional HCV susceptibility-determining factors. PMID: 29677132
18. CD81 might be a potential prognostic biomarker associated with poor patient prognosis in breast cancer. PMID: 30117494

HGNC: 1701

OMIM: 186845

KEGG: hsa:975

STRING: 9606.ENSP00000263645

UniGene: Hs.54457