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ArticleStem cell reports2017

Differential Responses of Human Fetal Brain Neural Stem Cells to Zika Virus Infection.

Erica L McGrath, Shannan L Rossi, Junling Gao, Steven G Widen, Auston C Grant, Tiffany J Dunn, Sasha R Azar, Christopher M Roundy, Ying Xiong, Deborah J Prusak and 7 more

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Article in Stem cell reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 77 papers.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

77 citing papers in PubMed, 126 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

17 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Erica L McGrathDepartment of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA.
Shannan L RossiDepartment of Pathology, Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA; Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA.
Junling GaoDepartment of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA.
Steven G WidenSealy Center for Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA.
Auston C GrantDepartment of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA.
Tiffany J DunnDepartment of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA.
Sasha R AzarDepartment of Pathology, Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA; Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA.
Christopher M RoundyDepartment of Pathology, Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA; Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA.
Ying XiongDepartment of Radiology and Oncology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA.
Deborah J PrusakDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA.
Bradford D LoucasDepartment of Radiology and Oncology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA.
Thomas G WoodDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA.
Yongjia YuDepartment of Radiology and Oncology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA.
Ildefonso Fernández-SalasInstituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Centro Regional de Salud Pública, Tapachula, Chiapas 30700, Mexico.
Scott C WeaverDepartment of Pathology, Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA; Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA.
Nikos VasilakisDepartment of Pathology, Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA; Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA. Electronic address: nivasila@utmb.edu.
Ping WuDepartment of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA; Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China. Electronic address: piwu@utmb.edu.
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston · USChinese Institute for Brain Research · CNInstituto Nacional de Salud Pública · MX

Funding

World Reference Center for Emerging Viruses and Arboviruses (WRCEVA)R24AI120942 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MED BR GALVESTON · PI WEAVER, SCOTT C · 2016 to 2024
$8.5M
Translational Explorations in Substance Use DisordersT32DA007287 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BR GALVESTON · PI Kathryn A. Cunningham, Jonathan Dean Hommel · 1994 to 2026
$4.7M
A novel system using human fetal brain neural stem cell to model ZIKV infectionR21AI129509 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MED BR GALVESTON · PI WU, PING · 2017 to 2018
$422k
NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI129509NIAID NIH HHS R24 AI120942NIDA NIH HHS T32 DA007287
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Zika virus (ZIKV) infection causes microcephaly in a subset of infants born to infected pregnant mothers. It is unknown whether human individual differences contribute to differential susceptibility of ZIKV-related neuropathology. Here, we use an Asian-lineage ZIKV strain, isolated from the 2015 Mexican outbreak (Mex1-7), to infect primary human neural stem cells (hNSCs) originally derived from three individual fetal brains. All three strains of hNSCs exhibited similar rates of Mex1-7 infection and reduced proliferation. However, Mex1-7 decreased neuronal differentiation in only two of the three stem cell strains. Correspondingly, ZIKA-mediated transcriptome alterations were similar in these two strains but significantly different from that of the third strain with no ZIKV-induced neuronal reduction. This study thus confirms that an Asian-lineage ZIKV strain infects primary hNSCs and demonstrates a cell-strain-dependent response of hNSCs to ZIKV infection.

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AnimalsAstrocytesBrainCell DifferentiationCell ProliferationCell SurvivalChlorocebus aethiopsCluster AnalysisFetusGene ExpressionGene Expression ProfilingHumansImmunity, InnateMaleMiceNeural Stem Cellsastrocytedifferentiationhuman neural stem cellinnate immunityneurogenesisneuronproliferationtranscriptomeZika virus

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