Transgenic expression of viral capsid proteins predisposes to axonal injury in a murine model of multiple sclerosis

Brain Pathology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 501-515

  Denic, Aleksandar ^a   Zoecklein, Laurie ^a   Kerkvliet, Jason ^a   Papke, Louisa ^a   Edukulla, Ramakrishna ^a   Warrington, Arthur ^a   Bieber, Allan ^a   Pease, Larry R ^a   David, Chella S ^a   Rodriguez, Moses ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

axonal loss; capsid antigens; demyelination; Theiler's murine encephalomyelitis virus (TMEV)

Indexed keywords

CAPSID PROTEIN; EPITOPE; VIRUS DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AXONAL INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DEMYELINATION; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; MOUSE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MURINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VIRUS CAPSID;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AXONS; CAPSID PROTEINS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ENCEPHALITIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PEPTIDES; ROTAROD PERFORMANCE TEST; THEILOVIRUS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 80051966363     PISSN: 10156305     EISSN: 17503639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3639.2011.00474.x     Document Type: Article

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