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ArticlemBio2024

Recapitulation of the Powassan virus life cycle in cell culture.

Jingwei Song, Jiayao Hong, Chen Yang, Yu Zhang, Zhuoyang Li, Peifeng He, Qiang Ding

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Article in mBio, 2024. 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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2citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 32% of its field
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

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Application of Orthoflavivirus Pseudovirus Technology in Antiviral Research.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jingwei SongSchool of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.ORCID 0009-0008-5801-3943
Jiayao HongSchool of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Chen YangSchool of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Yu ZhangSchool of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Zhuoyang LiSXMU-Tsinghua Collaborative Innovation Center for Frontier Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Peifeng HeSchool of Management, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China.
Qiang DingSchool of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6226-869X
Tsinghua University · CNShanxi Medical University · CN

Funding

| Beijing Municipal Natural Science Foundation () Z220018MOST | National Key Research and Development Program of China (NKPs) 2021YFC2300200-04MOST | National Key Research and Development Program of China (NKPs) 2023YFC2305900MOST | National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) 82272302, 82241077, 32070153, 82341084Tsinghua University Vanke Special Fund for Public Health and Health Discipline Development 2022Z82WKJ013
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Powassan virus (POWV) is a tick-borne flavivirus known for causing fatal neuroinvasive diseases in humans. Recently, there has been a noticeable increase in POWV infections, emphasizing the urgency of understanding viral replication, pathogenesis, and developing interventions. Notably, there are no approved vaccines or therapeutics for POWV, and its classification as a biosafety level-3 (BSL-3) agent hampers research. To overcome these obstacles, we developed a replicon system, a self-replicating RNA lacking structural proteins, making it safe to operate in a BSL-2 environment. We constructed a POWV replicon carrying the Gaussia luciferase (Gluc) reporter gene and blasticidin (BSD) selectable marker. Continuous BSD selection led to obtain a stable POWV replicon-carrying Huh7 cell lines. We identified cell culture adaptive mutations G4079A, G4944T and G6256A, resulting in NS2A

Indexed as

Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-BorneZika VirusZika Virus InfectionAntiviral AgentsCell Culture TechniquesHumansProteinsRNAAntiviral AgentsProteinsRNAantiviral drugencephalitisPowassan virus (POWV)repliconzoonotic disease

Identifiers

PMID38411112
PMCPMC11005349
OpenAlexW4392191367

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