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ArticleJournal of virology2025

Natural killer cells and IFN-γ protect against liver injury during HAV infection in mice.

Ichiro Misumi, You Li, Takayoshi Shirasaki, Lixin Yang, Maryna Kapustina, Stanley M Lemon, Jason K Whitmire

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Article in Journal of virology, 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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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Ichiro MisumiDepartment of Genetics, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3892-7605
You LiDepartment of Pediatrics, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5458-6009
Takayoshi ShirasakiLineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
Lixin YangDepartment of Genetics, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
Maryna KapustinaDepartment of Cell Biology & Physiology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
Stanley M LemonLineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1450-806X
Jason K WhitmireDepartment of Genetics, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2578-6073

Funding

Virology Research Program (Program 4)P30CA016086 · NCI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Deborah F. Tate · 1985 to 2026
$201.5M
PILOT AND FEASIBILITY STUDIESP30DK034987 · NIDDK · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI ROBERT S. SANDLER · 1985 to 2026
$30.5M
Membrane Hijacking: Biogenesis and Fate of Quasi-Enveloped HepatovirusR01AI103083 · NIAID · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI LEMON, STANLEY M. · 2012 to 2021
$4.0M
Regulation of CD8+ T cell responses to chronic virus infectionR01AI143894 · NIAID · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI WHITMIRE, JASON KYLE · 2019 to 2023
$2.5M
Obesity associated viral pathogenesisR01AI138337 · NIAID · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI WHITMIRE, JASON KYLE · 2018 to 2022
$1.9M
Murine Model of Human Hepatitis AR01AI131685 · NIAID · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI LEMON, STANLEY M., WHITMIRE, JASON KYLE · 2017 to 2021
$1.9M
Hepatoselective Dihydroquinolizinone (HS-DHQ) Molecules for Treatment and Prevention of Hepatitis A Virus (HAV) InfectionR41AI177204 · NIAID · HARLINGENE LIFE SCIENCES LLC · PI DU, YANMING · 2023 to 2024
$600k
Antiviral inhibition of ZCCHC14-TENT4 complex in hepatitis A virus infectionR21AI163606 · NIAID · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI LI, YOU, MISUMI, ICHIRO · 2021 to 2022
$428k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016086NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI103083NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI131685NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI138337NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI143894NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI163606NIAID NIH HHS R41 AI177204NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK034987
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A limited number of studies on human subjects with type-A hepatitis have found a positive correlation between activated natural killer (NK) cell frequencies in blood and the severity of liver injury. However, without knowledge of differences in viral burdens, it remains unclear whether NK cells are elevated due to hepatitis A virus (HAV) replication and ongoing associated injury, or if NK cell responses directly cause pathogenesis. To gain insight into how NK cells respond during the early stages of hepatitis A virus infection, we generated mice that are permissive for HAV infection in the liver but are otherwise immunocompetent. HAV readily infected the liver of these hepatocyte-specific type-I interferon receptor knockout mice (

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Hepatitis AHepatitis A virusInterferon-gammaKiller Cells, NaturalLiverAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalHepatocytesMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutReceptor, Interferon alpha-betaVirus ReplicationIfnar1 protein, mouseInterferon-gammaReceptor, Interferon alpha-betaHAVhepatitis Ainterferonsmouse modelsNK cellsT cells

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PMID40970716
PMCPMC12548451

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