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ArticleScientific reports2018

Flt3 ligand treatment reduces enterovirus A71 lethality in mice with enhanced B cell responses.

Yu-Wen Lin, Li-Chiu Wang, Chien-Kuo Lee, Shun-Hua Chen

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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 1 paper.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yu-Wen LinInstitute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
Li-Chiu WangInstitute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
Chien-Kuo LeeInstitute of Immunology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Shun-Hua ChenInstitute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan. shunhua@mail.ncku.edu.tw.ORCID 0000-0002-4585-9279
National Cheng Kung University · TWNational Taiwan University · TW

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Enterovirus A71 (EV-A71) infection can induce encephalitis, which causes death or long-term neurological sequelae, especially in young children. Using a murine infection model, we searched for anti-EV-A71 agents, because effective therapies are not available to control fatal infection. In EV-A71-infected mice, treatment with the hematopoietic growth factor, Fms-like tyrosine-kinase 3 ligand (Flt3 ligand) before infection reduced the lethality and tissue viral loads. Flt3 ligand failed to enhance the production of type I interferons. Instead, Flt3 ligand boosted the numbers of dendritic cells and, particularly lymphocytes in infected organs with an expansion of spleen B cells, and resulted in an increased titer of virus-specific antibody with neutralizing activity in the serum. The protective effect of Flt3 ligand was abolished in B cell-deficient mice. Our findings revealed that Flt3 ligand administration promotes resistance to EV-A71 infection with enhanced B cell response in a mechanism rarely reported before.

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AnimalsAntibodies, NeutralizingAntigens, ViralB-LymphocytesCell LineDisease Models, AnimalEnterovirusEnterovirus A, HumanEnterovirus InfectionsFemalefms-Like Tyrosine Kinase 3HumansMaleMembrane ProteinsMiceMice, Inbred C57BLAntibodies, NeutralizingAntigens, Viralflt3 ligand proteinFLT3 protein, humanfms-Like Tyrosine Kinase 3Membrane Proteins

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PMID30111869
PMCPMC6093920
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