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ArticleJournal of virology2006

Murine hepatitis virus strain 1 produces a clinically relevant model of severe acute respiratory syndrome in A/J mice.

Nadine De Albuquerque, Ehtesham Baig, Xuezhong Ma, Jianhua Zhang, William He, Andrea Rowe, Marlena Habal, Mingfeng Liu, Itay Shalev, Gregory P Downey and 8 more

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Article in Journal of virology, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 127 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
127citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

127 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 180 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Nadine De AlbuquerqueToronto General Hospital, 585 University Ave., NCSB-11-1236, Toronto, Ontario M5G 2N2, Canada.
Ehtesham Baig
Xuezhong Ma
Jianhua Zhang
William He
Andrea Rowe
Marlena Habal
Mingfeng Liu
Itay Shalev
Gregory P Downey
Reginald Gorczynski
Jagdish Butany
Julian Leibowitz
Susan R Weiss
Ian D McGilvray
M James Phillips
Eleanor N Fish
Gary A Levy
University of Toronto · CATexas A&M University System · USUniversity Health Network · CAUniversity of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

CORONAVIRUSES: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND PERSISTENCER01AI017418 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI WEISS, SUSAN R. · 1985 to 2004
$1.4M
Interaction of MHV RNA with mtHSP70 and m-aconitaseR01AI051493 · NIAID · TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CTR · PI LEIBOWITZ, JULIAN L · 2003 to 2007
$1.2M
SARS-CoV reverse genetics: expression of small ORFsR21AI062817 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI WEISS, SUSAN R. · 2005 to 2006
$430k
NIAID NIH HHS AI17418NIAID NIH HHS AI51493NIAID NIH HHS AI62817NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI017418NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI051493NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI062817
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a life-threatening infectious disease which has been difficult to study and treat because of the lack of a readily available animal model. Intranasal infection of A/J mice with the coronavirus murine hepatitis virus strain 1 (MHV-1) produced pulmonary pathological features of SARS. All MHV-1-infected A/J mice developed progressive interstitial pneumonitis, including dense macrophage infiltrates, giant cells, and hyaline membranes, resulting in death of all animals. In contrast, other mouse strains developed only mild transitory disease. Infected A/J mice had significantly higher cytokine levels, particularly macrophage chemoattractant protein 1 (MCP-1/CCL-2), gamma interferon, and tumor necrosis factor alpha. Furthermore, FGL2/fibroleukin mRNA transcripts and protein and fibrin deposits were markedly increased in the lungs of infected A/J mice. These animals developed a less robust type I interferon response to MHV-1 infection than resistant C57BL/6J mice, and treatment with recombinant beta interferon improved survival. This study describes a potentially useful small animal model of human SARS, defines its pathogenesis, and suggests treatment strategies.

Indexed as

AnimalsBase SequenceCoronavirus InfectionsCytokinesDisease Models, AnimalDNA, ComplementaryFemaleHumansInterferonsLungMiceMice, Inbred AMice, Inbred BALB CMice, Inbred C3HMice, Inbred C57BLMicroscopy, ElectronCytokinesDNA, ComplementaryInterferonsRNA, Messenger

Identifiers

PMID17041219
PMCPMC1641767
OpenAlexW1984926691

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