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ArticleJournal of virological methods2007

Detection and quantitation of HTLV-1 and HTLV-2 mRNA species by real-time RT-PCR.

Min Li, Patrick L Green

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Article in Journal of virological methods, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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32citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

32 citing papers in PubMed, 43 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Min LiDepartment of Veterinary Biosciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
Patrick L Green
The Ohio State University · US

Funding

Role of Inflammation in Tax-mediated TumorigenesisP01CA100730 · NCI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Malachi Griffith · 2003 to 2026
$44.8M
ROLE OF HTLV TAX IN THE TRANSFORMATION OF HUMAN T CELLSR01CA077556 · NCI · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI GREEN, PATRICK LEE · 1997 to 2009
$1.8M
NCI NIH HHS CA077556NCI NIH HHS CA100730NCI NIH HHS P01 CA100730NCI NIH HHS R01 CA077556
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

HTLV-1 and HTLV-2 are highly related delta-retroviruses that infect and transform T-lymphocytes, but have distinct pathogenic properties. HTLV replication and survival requires the expression of multiple gene products from an unspliced and a series of highly related alternatively spliced mRNA species. To date, the comparative levels of all known HTLV-1 and HTLV-2 viral mRNAs in different transformed cell lines and at different stages of virus infection have not been assessed. In this study, we compiled a series of oligonucleotide primer pairs and probes to quantify both HTLV-1 and HTLV-2 mRNA species using real-time RT-PCR. The optimized reaction for detection of each mRNA had amplification efficiency greater than 90% with a linear range spanning 25-2.5 x 10(7) copies. The R(2)'s of all standard curves were greater than 0.97. Quantitation of HTLV mRNAs between different cell lines showed variability (gag/pol>or=tax/rex>env>or=accessory proteins), but the overall levels of each mRNA relative to each other within a cell line were similar. These results provide a method to quantify all specific mRNAs from both HTLV-1 and HTLV-2, which can be used to evaluate further viral gene expression and correlate transcript levels to key stages of the virus life cycle and ultimately, pathogenesis.

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B-LymphocytesCell Line, TransformedDNA PrimersHumansHuman T-lymphotropic virus 1Human T-lymphotropic virus 2Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionRNA, MessengerRNA, ViralT-LymphocytesViral ProteinsDNA PrimersRNA, MessengerRNA, ViralViral Proteins

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PMID17337070
PMCPMC2048902
OpenAlexW2041970497

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