Figure 2

Effects of HCMV on the activity of Mn²⁺-dependent RT and HERV transcription profile in cells from healthy donors. A) RT activity in monocytes from 4 healthy donors (HD1-4) 5 days post infection with 1 MOI HCMV strain VR; B-D: RT activity in HUVEC from 3 healthy donors (I-III) 1–7 days post infection with 1 MOI HCMV strain VR; means and standard deviation of 2 independent infections in triplicates; E: HERV transcription profile of uninfected and HCMV infected HUVECs: One representative example of false-colour microarray data sets representing uninfected and HCMV - infected (VR 1814, MOI 1, 7 dpi) samples. Differences between uninfected and infected cells are indicated by red boxes. For detailed information see Figure 1 and (Additional file 1). **p = <0.01.