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ArticleJournal of virological methods2017

Determination of suitable reference genes for RT-qPCR analysis of murine Cytomegalovirus in vivo and in vitro.

Marion Griessl, Michael Gutknecht, Charles H Cook

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Article in Journal of virological methods, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  4. Cytomegalovirus Infection: Mouse Model.Current protocols in immunology · 2018
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3 authors.

Marion GriesslDepartment of Surgery, Division of Acute Care Surgery, Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center - Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
Michael GutknechtDepartment of Surgery, Division of Acute Care Surgery, Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center - Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
Charles H CookDepartment of Surgery, Division of Acute Care Surgery, Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center - Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States. Electronic address: chcook@bidmc.harvard.edu.

Funding

Bacterial Sepsis & Reactivation of Latent CytomegalovirusR01GM066115 · NIGMS · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI COOK, CHARLES H · 2003 to 2014
$2.6M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM066115
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Reverse transcription quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) is the most commonly used method to evaluate gene expression. Reliable qPCR results are highly dependent on accurate normalization using suitable reference genes. We investigated expression of commonly used reference genes during murine Cytomegalovirus (mCMV) infection and latency to determine those genes least perturbed by infection. Following mCMV infection in BALB/c mice, lung, salivary gland, liver, spleen and kidney were evaluated. Liver sinusoidal endothelial cells and NIH-3T3 cells were also evaluated. RT-qPCR was performed during acute and latent mCMV infection for 11 commonly used reference genes with comparisons made to uninfected samples. Normfinder, BestKeeper, GeNorm and the comparative delta CT method produced comparable analyses that were combined in RefFinder to generate an overall ranking. Ppia, B2m and Gapdh are the most stable reference genes for in vitro infection studies. For in vivo studies the most suitable reference genes were highly tissue and cell type dependent. Comparing infected and uninfected groups revealed viral influence on transcription of some genes. We provide reference gene guidelines for investigations of gene expression for mCMV Smith strain infection of Balb/cJ mice or NIH-3T3 cells. These results also suggest careful consideration of reference genes for different host tissues evaluated.

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Gene ExpressionAlgorithmsAnimalsGlyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate DehydrogenasesHerpesviridae InfectionsHypoxanthine PhosphoribosyltransferaseLiverLungMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMuromegalovirusNIH 3T3 CellsReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionGlyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate DehydrogenasesHypoxanthine PhosphoribosyltransferaseMurine CytomegalovirusReference geneRT-qPCR

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PMID28655566
PMCPMC6775634

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