The neonatal Fc receptor is a pan-echovirus receptor

Significance Echoviruses are associated with aseptic meningitis and induce severe and sometimes fatal disease in neonates and young infants. Here, we identify the neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn) as a pan-echovirus receptor. FcRn is expressed on the surface of the human placenta, and throughout life on intestinal enterocytes, liver hepatocytes, and in the microvascular endothelial cells that line the blood–brain barrier. This pattern of expression is...