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ArticleJournal of virology2017

Murine Olfactory Bulb Interneurons Survive Infection with a Neurotropic Coronavirus.

D Lori Wheeler, Jeremiah Athmer, David K Meyerholz, Stanley Perlman

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Article in Journal of virology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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21citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Prevalence and prognosis of otorhinolaryngological symptoms in patients with COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2022
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  11. Neuropathogenic human coronaviruses: A review.Reviews in medical virology · 2020
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  13. Olfactory Dysfunction and Sinonasal Symptomatology in COVID-19: Prevalence, Severity, Timing, and Associated Characteristics.Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

D Lori WheelerInterdisciplinary Graduate Program in Immunology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
Jeremiah AthmerDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
David K MeyerholzDepartment of Pathology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
Stanley PerlmanInterdisciplinary Graduate Program in Immunology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA stanley-perlman@uiowa.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4213-2354
University of Iowa · US

Funding

MEDICAL SCIENTIST TRAINING PROGRAMT32GM007337 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI GEYER, PAMELA K., LENTZ, STEVEN R · 1985 to 2020
$15.9M
Role of microglia in MHV-induced demyelinationR01NS036592 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI PERLMAN, STANLEY · 1997 to 2021
$6.0M
Training in Molecular Virology, Viral Pathogenesis and Viral VectorsT32AI007533 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI Stanley Perlman · 1998 to 2026
$2.5M
NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007533NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007337NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS036592
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Viral infection of the central nervous system (CNS) is complicated by the mostly irreplaceable nature of neurons, as the loss of neurons has the potential to result in permanent damage to brain function. However, whether neurons or other cells in the CNS sometimes survive infection and the effects of infection on neuronal function is largely unknown. To address this question, we used the rJHM strain (rJ) of mouse hepatitis virus (MHV), a neurotropic coronavirus that causes acute encephalitis in susceptible strains of mice. To determine whether neurons or other CNS cells survive acute infection with this virulent virus, we developed a recombinant JHMV that expresses Cre recombinase (rJ-Cre) and infected mice that universally expressed a silent (floxed) version of tdTomato. Infection of these mice with rJ-Cre resulted in expression of tdTomato in host cells. The results showed that some cells were able to survive the infection, as demonstrated by continued tdTomato expression after virus antigen could no longer be detected. Most notably, interneurons in the olfactory bulb, which are known to be inhibitory, represented a large fraction of the surviving cells. In conclusion, our results indicated that some neurons are resistant to virus-mediated cell death and provide a framework for studying the effects of prior coronavirus infection on neuron function.

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coronavirusencephalitisinterneuronsolfactory bulb

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PMID28835503
PMCPMC5660484
OpenAlexW2746174222

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