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ArticleScientific reports2018

Silent infection of human dendritic cells by African and Asian strains of Zika virus.

Nathalie J Vielle, Beatrice Zumkehr, Obdulio García-Nicolás, Fabian Blank, Miloš Stojanov, Didier Musso, David Baud, Artur Summerfield, Marco P Alves

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Article in Scientific reports, 2018. 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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32 citing papers in PubMed.

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  11. The Innate Defense in the Zika-Infected Placenta.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Nathalie J VielleFederal Department of Home Affairs, Institute of Virology and Immunology, Mittelhäusern, Switzerland.
Beatrice ZumkehrFederal Department of Home Affairs, Institute of Virology and Immunology, Mittelhäusern, Switzerland.
Obdulio García-NicolásFederal Department of Home Affairs, Institute of Virology and Immunology, Mittelhäusern, Switzerland.
Fabian BlankRespiratory Medicine, Department of Clinical Research, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Miloš StojanovMaterno-fetal and Obstetrics Research Unit, Department Woman-Mother-Child, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Didier MussoUnit of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Institut Louis Malardé, Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia.
David BaudMaterno-fetal and Obstetrics Research Unit, Department Woman-Mother-Child, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Artur SummerfieldFederal Department of Home Affairs, Institute of Virology and Immunology, Mittelhäusern, Switzerland.
Marco P AlvesFederal Department of Home Affairs, Institute of Virology and Immunology, Mittelhäusern, Switzerland. marco.alves@vetsuisse.unibe.ch.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While Zika virus (ZIKV) circulated for decades (African lineage strains) without report of outbreaks and severe complications, its emergence in French Polynesia and subsequently in the Americas (Asian lineage strains) was associated with description of severe neurological defects in newborns/neonates and adults. With the aim to identify virus lineage-dependent factors, we compared cell susceptibility, virus replication, cell death and innate immune responses following infection with two African and three contemporary Asian lineage strains of ZIKV. To this end, we used green monkey Vero and Aedes albopictus C6/36 cells and human monocyte-derived dendritic cells (DCs). The latter are involved in the pathogenesis of several mosquito-borne Flavivirus infections. In Vero and C6/36 cells, we observed strain- but not lineage-dependent differences in infection profiles. Nevertheless, in human DCs, no significant differences in susceptibility and virus replication were found between lineages and strains. ZIKV induced antiviral interferon type I/III in a limited fashion, with the exception of one African strain. None of the strains induced cell death or DC maturation in terms of MHC II, CD40, CD80/86 or CCR7 expression. Taken together, our data suggest that a large collection of virus isolates needs to be investigated before conclusions on lineage differences can be made.

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AnimalsChlorocebus aethiopsDendritic CellsGene Expression RegulationHumansInterferonsSpecies SpecificityVero CellsZika VirusInterferons

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