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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2026

Cross-Species Analysis of Transcriptomic Response to Alpha-Herpesvirus Infection in Human, Bovine and Equine Cells.

Mirko Schmitz, Eva Neugebauer, Florian Full, Kristen L Conn

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Mirko SchmitzInstitute of Virology, Medical Center, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany.ORCID 0009-0005-9379-6590
Eva NeugebauerInstitute of Virology, Medical Center, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany.ORCID 0009-0009-6298-5267
Florian FullInstitute of Virology, Medical Center, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1900-5891
Kristen L ConnDepartment of Veterinary Microbiology, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5B4, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-8701-6181

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Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt BMBF 01KI2017
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Comparative transcriptomics offers a powerful approach to elucidate host-virus interactions across related pathogens, yet systematic evaluations across species-matched cellular systems remain limited. We performed a cross-species RNA sequencing analysis of respective species' cells infected with three alphaherpesviruses-herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1), bovine alphaherpesvirus 1 (BHV-1), and equid alphaherpesvirus 1 (EHV-1)-to dissect conserved and virus-specific transcriptional responses. We show that certain orthologous genes and orthologous pathways are differentially regulated upon infection among the three species like pathways related to translation rRNA processing and TNF-alpha signalling. We find that the earliest sampled timepoint of infection, 2 h post infection (hpi), shows the most commonly enriched pathways among the three species compared to later timepoints. At 6 h and 9 h post infection, BHV-1- and EHV-1 infections have more in common with each other in terms of enriched pathways than with HSV-1 infections. Moreover, we provide a comprehensive analysis of temporal viral gene expression for all three herpesviruses. Together, these findings provide a comparative framework for understanding alphaherpevirus-host interactions and reveal both conserved core responses and species-specific transcriptional signatures. This work establishes a foundation for identifying broadly acting antiviral targets as well as virus-specific vulnerabilities that may inform host-directed therapies and cross-species disease management.

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AlphaherpesvirinaeHerpesviridae InfectionsHost-Pathogen InteractionsTranscriptomeAnimalsCattleCell LineGene Expression ProfilingHerpesvirus 1, BovineHerpesvirus 1, EquidHerpesvirus 1, HumanHorsesHumansSpecies SpecificityalphaherpesvirusBHV-1bovineEHV-1equineherpesvirusHSV-1orthologous gene mappingRNA sequencingtranscriptomics

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PMCPMC12898550

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