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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-10-1
pubmed:abstractText
Measles virus (MV) infects 40 million persons and kills one million per year primarily by suppressing the immune system and afflicting the central nervous system (CNS). The lack of a suitable small animal model has impeded progress of understanding how MV causes disease and the development of novel therapies and improved vaccines. We tested a transgenic mouse line in which expression of the MV receptor CD46 closely mimicked the location and amount of CD46 found in humans. Virus replicated in and was recovered from these animals' immune systems and was associated with suppression of humoral and cellular immune responses. Infectious virus was recovered from the CNS, replicated primarily in neurons, and spread to distal sites presumably by fast axonal transport. Thus, a small animal model is available for analysis of MV pathogenesis.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0092-8674
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
3
pubmed:volume
98
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
629-40
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10490102-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10490102-Antigens, CD, pubmed-meshheading:10490102-Antigens, CD46, pubmed-meshheading:10490102-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:10490102-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:10490102-Central Nervous System Infections, pubmed-meshheading:10490102-Chromosomes, Artificial, Yeast, pubmed-meshheading:10490102-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:10490102-Dose-Response Relationship, Immunologic, pubmed-meshheading:10490102-Flow Cytometry, pubmed-meshheading:10490102-Immunosuppression, pubmed-meshheading:10490102-Lymph Nodes, pubmed-meshheading:10490102-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:10490102-Measles, pubmed-meshheading:10490102-Measles virus, pubmed-meshheading:10490102-Membrane Glycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:10490102-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:10490102-Mice, Inbred Strains, pubmed-meshheading:10490102-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:10490102-Microscopy, Electron, pubmed-meshheading:10490102-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:10490102-Spleen, pubmed-meshheading:10490102-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:10490102-Tissue Distribution
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Measles virus infection in a transgenic model: virus-induced immunosuppression and central nervous system disease.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neuropharmacology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA. mbaobo@scripps.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't