Studies using IPS cells support a possible link between ZIKA and microcephaly

Cell and Bioscience

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Guo, Jia ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Human neural progenitor cells; Microcephaly; Zika virus

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007360550     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20453701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/S13578-016-0096-4     Document Type: Article

References (6)

1. Petersen E, Wilson ME, Touch S, McCloskey B, Mwaba P, Bates M, Dar O, Mattes F, Kidd M, Ippolito G, et al. Rapid spread of Zika virus in the Americas-implications for public health preparedness for mass gatherings at the 2016 Brazil olympic games. Int J Infect Dis IJID OffPubl Int Soc Infect Dis. 2016;44:11-5.
2. Hamel R, Dejarnac O, Wichit S, Ekchariyawat P, Neyret A, Luplertlop N, Perera-Lecoin M, Surasombatpattana P, Talignani L, Thomas F, et al. Biology of Zika virus infection in human skin cells. J Virol. 2015;89(17):8880-96.
3. Calvet G, Aguiar RS, Melo AS, Sampaio SA, de Filippis I, Fabri A, Araujo ES, de Sequeira PC, de Mendonca MC, de Oliveira L, et al. Detection and sequencing of Zika virus from amniotic fluid of fetuses with microcephaly in Brazil: a case study. Lancet Infect Dis. 2016. doi:10.1016/S1473-3099(16)00095-5.
4. Mlakar J, Korva M, Tul N, Popovic M, Poljsak-Prijatelj M, Mraz J, Kolenc M, Rus KR, Vesnaver TV, Vodusek VF, et al. Zika virus associated with microcephaly. N Engl J Med. 2016;374(10):951-8.
5. Tang H, Hammack C, Ogden SC, Wen Z, Qian X, Li Y, Yao B, Shin J, Zhang F, Lee EM, et al. Zika virus infects human cortical neural progenitors and attenuates their growth. Cell Stem Cell. 2016. doi:10.1016/j. stem.2016.02.016.
6. Wen Z, Nguyen HN, Guo Z, Lalli MA, Wang X, Su Y, Kim NS, Yoon KJ, Shin J, Zhang C, et al. Synaptic dysregulation in a human iPS cell model of mental disorders. Nature. 2014;515(7527):414-8.