Synergic and antagonistic effect of small hairpin RNAs targeting the NS gene of the influenza A virus in cells and mice

Virus Research

Volumn 195, Issue , 2015, Pages 100-111

  Svancarova, Petra ^a   Svetlikova, Darina ^a   Betakova, Tatiana ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (Slovakia)

^b Centre for Molecular Medicine   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Influenza virus; NEP protein; NS1 protein; ShRNA

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; BETA INTERFERON; MESSENGER RNA; RETINOIC ACID INDUCIBLE PROTEIN I; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; NS PROTEIN, INFLUENZA VIRUS; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE; IN VITRO STUDY; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; LUNG; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NS GENE; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG POTENTIATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIROLOGY; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS REPLICATION;

INFLUENZA A VIRUS; MUS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

ANIMALS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DRUG SYNERGISM; FEMALE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; LUNG; MICE, INBRED BALB C; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRAL LOAD; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 84919360160     PISSN: 01681702     EISSN: 18727492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2014.08.004     Document Type: Article

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