Protection from severe influenza virus infections in mice carrying the Mx1 influenza virus resistance gene strongly depends on genetic background

Journal of Virology

Volumn 89, Issue 19, 2015, Pages 9998-10009

  Shin, Dai Lun ^a,b   Hatesuer, Bastian ^a,b   Bergmann, Silke ^c   Nedelko, Tatiana ^a   Schughart, Klaus ^a,b,c  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H1N1); MOUSE; MX1 GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS REPLICATION; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; C57BL MOUSE; CONGENIC STRAIN; DBA MOUSE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HOST RANGE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H3N2); KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM; MUTATION; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

ALPHA INTERFERON; CYTOKINE; MX1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; MYXOVIRUS RESISTANCE PROTEIN;

ANIMALS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HOST SPECIFICITY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERFERON-ALPHA; MICE; MICE, CONGENIC; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUTATION; MYXOVIRUS RESISTANCE PROTEINS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 84941002975     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: 10985514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.01305-15     Document Type: Article

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