Mice lacking functional STAT1 are highly susceptible to lethal infection with Lassa virus

Journal of Virology

Volumn 87, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 10908-10911

  Yun, Nadezhda E ^a   Seregin, Alexey V ^a   Walker, David H ^a   Popov, Vsevolod L ^a   Walker, Aida G ^a   Smith, Jeanon N ^a   Miller, Milagros ^a   de la Torre, Juan C ^b   Smith, Jennifer K ^a   Borisevich, Viktoriya ^a   Fair, Joseph N ^c   Wauquier, Nadia ^c   Grant, Donald S ^c,d   Bockarie, Bayon ^c   Bente, Dennis ^a   Paessler, Slobodan ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c METABIOTA INC   (United States)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SANITATION   (Sierra Leone)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFERON RECEPTOR; STAT1 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LASSA FEVER; LASSA VIRUS; LIVER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPLEEN; VIREMIA; VIRUS ISOLATION;

AFRICA, WESTERN; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LASSA FEVER; LASSA VIRUS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RECEPTOR, INTERFERON ALPHA-BETA; STAT1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; VERO CELLS;

EID: 84885998770     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: 10985514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.01433-13     Document Type: Article

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