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ArticleViruses2025

A Fluorescent Reporter Virus Toolkit for Interrogating Enterovirus Biology and Host Interactions.

Mireya Martínez-Pérez, Sebastian Velandia-Álvarez, Cristina Vidal-Verdú, Beatriz Álvarez-Rodríguez, Ron Geller

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Article in Viruses, 2025. 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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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Reporter-expressing viruses for antiviral drug discovery research.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Mireya Martínez-PérezInstitute for Integrative Systems Biology (I2SysBio), Universitat de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (UV-CSIC), 46980 Valencia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-1864-8473
Sebastian Velandia-ÁlvarezInstitute for Integrative Systems Biology (I2SysBio), Universitat de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (UV-CSIC), 46980 Valencia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-4129-1735
Cristina Vidal-VerdúInstitute for Integrative Systems Biology (I2SysBio), Universitat de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (UV-CSIC), 46980 Valencia, Spain.ORCID 0009-0007-2213-5423
Beatriz Álvarez-RodríguezInstitute for Integrative Systems Biology (I2SysBio), Universitat de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (UV-CSIC), 46980 Valencia, Spain.
Ron GellerInstitute for Integrative Systems Biology (I2SysBio), Universitat de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (UV-CSIC), 46980 Valencia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-7612-4611

Funding

Agencia Estatal de Investigación CNS2022-135100Generalitat Valenciana APOSTD/2021/017Generalitat Valenciana CIGRIS/2021/080La Caixa Foundation LCF/BQ/DR24/12080020Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades FJC2021-047483-I, JDC2022-050122-IMinisterio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades PID2021-125063NB-I00
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Enteroviruses are a group of highly prevalent human pathogens responsible for a wide range of illnesses, ranging from common cold symptoms to life-threatening diseases. A deep understanding of enterovirus biology, evolution, and host interaction is required for the development of effective vaccines and antivirals. Recombinant reporter viruses encoding luminescent or fluorescent proteins have been developed to facilitate such investigation. In this work, using coxsackievirus B3 as our model, we analyze how the insertion of fluorescent reporter genes at three distinct sites within the viral polyprotein affects viral fitness, identifying the most tolerant site for reporter insertion. We then describe a set of experimental workflows for measuring viral fitness, sera neutralization, antiviral efficacy, and recombination using fluorescent reporter viruses. The high homology between different enteroviruses suggests these assays can be readily adapted to study additional members of this medically and economically relevant group of viruses.

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EnterovirusEnterovirus B, HumanGenes, ReporterHost Microbial InteractionsHost-Pathogen InteractionsAnimalsEnterovirus InfectionsHumansLuminescent ProteinsVirus ReplicationLuminescent Proteinsantiviralscoxsackievirus B3enterovirusesneutralizing antibodiesrecombinationreporter assaysviral fitness

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PMID40573387
PMCPMC12197625

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