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ArticleThe Journal of general virology2017

A lethal model of disseminated dengue virus type 1 infection in AG129 mice.

Gregg N Milligan, Vanessa V Sarathy, Mellodee M White, M Banks Greenberg, Gerald A Campbell, Richard B Pyles, Alan D T Barrett, Nigel Bourne

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Article in The Journal of general virology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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27citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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27 citing papers in PubMed, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Gregg N MilliganDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA.
Vanessa V SarathySealy Center for Vaccine Development, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA.
Mellodee M WhiteDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA.
M Banks GreenbergDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA.
Gerald A CampbellDepartment of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA.
Richard B PylesDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA.
Alan D T BarrettSealy Center for Vaccine Development, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA.
Nigel BourneDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA.
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston · US

Funding

Training in Emerging Infectious Diseases and BiodefenseT32AI007536 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BR GALVESTON · PI WHITE, ARTHUR CLINTON · 1998 to 2013
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NIAID NIH HHS N01 AI030065NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007536
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The mosquito-borne disease dengue is caused by four serologically and genetically related flaviviruses termed DENV-1 to DENV-4. Dengue is a global public health concern, with both the geographical range and burden of disease increasing rapidly. Clinically, dengue ranges from a relatively mild self-limiting illness to a severe life-threatening and sometimes fatal disease. Infection with one DENV serotype produces life-long homotypic immunity, but incomplete and short-term heterotypic protection. The development of small-animal models that recapitulate the characteristics of the disseminated disease seen clinically has been difficult, slowing the development of vaccines and therapeutics. The AG129 mouse (deficient in interferon alpha/beta and gamma receptor signalling) has proven to be valuable for this purpose, with the development of models of disseminated DENV-2,-3 and -4 disease. Recently, a DENV-1 AG129 model was described, but it requires antibody-dependent enhancement (ADE) to produce lethality. Here we describe a new AG129 model utilizing a non-mouse-adapted DENV-1 strain, West Pacific 74, that does not require ADE to induce lethal disease. Following high-titre intraperitoneal challenge, animals experience a virus infection with dissemination to multiple visceral tissues, including the liver, spleen and intestine. The animals also become thrombocytopenic, but vascular leakage is less prominent than in AG129 models with other DENV serotypes. Taken together, our studies demonstrate that this model is an important addition to dengue research, particularly for understanding the pathological basis of the disease between DENV serotypes and allowing the full spectrum of activity to test comparisons for putative vaccines and antivirals.

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Disease Models, AnimalAedesAnimalsAntibodies, ViralAntibody-Dependent EnhancementCell LineChlorocebus aethiopsCytokinesDengueDengue VirusErythrocyte CountIntestinesLiverMiceMice, KnockoutSpleenAntibodies, ViralCytokinesAG129 mousedengue virusFlavivirusmouse modelpathogenicity

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PMID28949904
PMCPMC5845568
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