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ArticleViruses2023

A Multimodal Imaging-Supported Down Syndrome Mouse Model of RSV Infection.

Birger Tielemans, Lander De Herdt, Emilie Pollenus, Emiel Vanhulle, Laura Seldeslachts, Fopke Marain, Flore Belmans, Kaveh Ahookhosh, Jeroen Vanoirbeek, Kurt Vermeire and 2 more

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Article in Viruses, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Birger TielemansBiomedical MRI Unit/Mosaic, Department of Imaging and Pathology, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-1775-1797
Lander De HerdtBiomedical MRI Unit/Mosaic, Department of Imaging and Pathology, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-9229-8841
Emilie PollenusLaboratory of Immunoparasitology, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute for Medical Research, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
Emiel VanhulleLaboratory of Virology and Chemotherapy, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute for Medical Research, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-5483-6925
Laura SeldeslachtsBiomedical MRI Unit/Mosaic, Department of Imaging and Pathology, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-9562-2923
Fopke MarainLaboratory of Respiratory Diseases and Thoracic Surgery (BREATHE), Department of Chronic Diseases and Metabolism, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-0589-5205
Flore BelmansBiomedical MRI Unit/Mosaic, Department of Imaging and Pathology, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-8944-6898
Kaveh AhookhoshBiomedical MRI Unit/Mosaic, Department of Imaging and Pathology, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
Jeroen VanoirbeekCentre for Environment and Health, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-5508-3518
Kurt VermeireLaboratory of Virology and Chemotherapy, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute for Medical Research, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-1123-1907
Philippe E Van den SteenLaboratory of Immunoparasitology, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute for Medical Research, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-7334-9145
Greetje Vande VeldeBiomedical MRI Unit/Mosaic, Department of Imaging and Pathology, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-5633-3993
KU Leuven · BERega Institute for Medical Research · BE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Individuals with Down syndrome (DS) are more prone to develop severe respiratory tract infections. Although a RSV infection has a high clinical impact and severe outcome in individuals with DS, no vaccine nor effective therapeutics are available. Any research into infection pathophysiology or prophylactic and therapeutic antiviral strategies in the specific context of DS would greatly benefit this patient population, but currently such relevant animal models are lacking. This study aimed to develop and characterize the first mouse model of RSV infection in a DS-specific context. Ts65Dn mice and wild type littermates were inoculated with a bioluminescence imaging-enabled recombinant human RSV to longitudinally track viral replication in host cells throughout infection progression. This resulted in an active infection in the upper airways and lungs with similar viral load in Ts65Dn mice and euploid mice. Flow cytometric analysis of leukocytes in lungs and spleen demonstrated immune alterations with lower CD8+ T cells and B-cells in Ts65Dn mice. Overall, our study presents a novel DS-specific mouse model of hRSV infection and shows that potential in using the Ts65Dn preclinical model to study immune-specific responses of RSV in the context of DS and supports the need for models representing the pathological development.

Indexed as

Down SyndromeRespiratory Syncytial Virus, HumanRespiratory Syncytial Virus InfectionsAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalHumansLungMiceMultimodal ImagingDown syndromeDS immunitynon-invasive imagingrespiratory infectionsRSV developmentTs65Dn mouse model

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PMID37112973
PMCPMC10144178
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