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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2025

Old World alphaviruses use distinct mechanisms to infect brain microvascular endothelial cells for neuroinvasion.

Pablo A Alvarez, Ashley Tang, Declan M Winters, Prashant Kaushal, Angelica Medina, Karolina E Kaczor-Urbanowicz, Bryan Ramirez Reyes, Robyn M Kaake, Oliver I Fregoso, April D Pyle and 3 more

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Article in bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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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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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Pablo A AlvarezDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology, & Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0079-3392
Ashley TangDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology, & Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
Declan M WintersDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology, & Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
Prashant KaushalDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology, & Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
Angelica MedinaDepartment of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA.
Karolina E Kaczor-UrbanowiczInstitute for Quantitative and Computational Biosciences, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
Bryan Ramirez ReyesMolecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
Robyn M KaakeDepartment of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.
Oliver I FregosoDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology, & Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3087-3374
April D PyleDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology, & Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
Mehdi BouhaddouDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology, & Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9526-1427
Hengli TangDepartment of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9358-410X
Melody M H LiDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology, & Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.

Funding

MULTIDISCIPLINARY TRAINING IN MICROBIAL PATHOGENESIST32AI007323 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI Peter John Bradley · 1988 to 2026
$8.6M
Unraveling alphavirus neuroinvasion: Molecular insights from a stem cell based blood-brain barrier modelF31AI179235 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI ALVAREZ, PABLO · 2024 to 2025
$68k
NIAID NIH HHS F31 AI179235NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007323
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Several alphaviruses bypass the blood-brain barrier (BBB), causing debilitating or fatal encephalitis. Sindbis virus (SINV) has been extensively studied

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PMID39896450
PMCPMC11785202

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