Activation of glial cells by human coronavirus OC43 infection
Activation of glial cells by human coronavirus OC43 infection
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DOI:
10.1016/s0165-5728(00)00266-6
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发表时间:
2000-08-01
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
Talbot, PJ
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作者:
Edwards, JA;Denis, F;Talbot, PJ
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an immune-mediated demyelinating disease that could be triggered by a viral infection. Coronaviruses induce an MS-like disease in rodents, are neuroinvasive iri humans and can infect primary cultures of human astrocytes and microglia. Infection of the human astrocytic cell line U-373MG by the OC43 strain of human coronavirus caused an upregulation of IL-6, TNF-alpha, and MCP-1 mRNA expression. This virus also modulated the activity of matrix metalloproteinases-2 and -9 and augmented nitric oxide production in both U-373MG cells and the human microglial cell line CHME-5. Thus, a coronaviral infection of glial cells could lead to the production of inflammatory molecules that have been associated with central nervous system pathologies such as MS. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.