[PDF][PDF] Disruption of the blood brain barrier is vital property of neurotropic viral infection of the central nervous system

MMJ Al-Obaidi, A Bahadoran, SM Wang, R Manikam… - Acta Virol, 2018 - academia.edu
The blood brain barrier consisting of astrocytes, pericytes and brain microvascular
endothelial cells plays a vital role in the pathogenesis of neurotropic viruses by controlling …

Axl mediates ZIKA virus entry in human glial cells and modulates innate immune responses

L Meertens, A Labeau, O Dejarnac, S Cipriani… - Cell reports, 2017 - cell.com
ZIKA virus (ZIKV) is an emerging pathogen responsible for neurological disorders and
congenital microcephaly. However, the molecular basis for ZIKV neurotropism remains …

Human fetal tissue is critical for biomedical research

J Brumbaugh, BA Aguado, T Lysaght, LSB Goldstein - Stem Cell Reports, 2023 - cell.com
Human fetal tissue and cells derived from fetal tissue are crucial for biomedical research.
Fetal tissues and cells are used to study both normal development and developmental …

Zika virus strains potentially display different infectious profiles in human neural cells

Y Simonin, F Loustalot, C Desmetz, V Foulongne… - …, 2016 - thelancet.com
The recent Zika virus (ZIKV) epidemic has highlighted the poor knowledge on its
physiopathology. Recent studies showed that ZIKV of the Asian lineage, responsible for this …

Zika virus disrupts molecular fingerprinting of human neurospheres

PP Garcez, JM Nascimento, JM de Vasconcelos… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Zika virus (ZIKV) has been associated with microcephaly and other brain abnormalities;
however, the molecular consequences of ZIKV to human brain development are still not fully …

[HTML][HTML] Zika antiviral chemotherapy: identification of drugs and promising starting points for drug discovery from an FDA-approved library

BS Pascoalino, G Courtemanche, MT Cordeiro… - …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background The recent epidemics of Zika virus (ZIKV) implicated it as the cause of serious
and potentially lethal congenital conditions such microcephaly and other central nervous …

Development of a high-throughput colorimetric Zika virus infection assay

JA Müller, M Harms, A Schubert, B Mayer… - Medical Microbiology …, 2017 - Springer
Zika virus (ZIKV) is an emerging pathogen that causes congenital infections which may
result in birth defects, such as microcephaly. Currently, no approved treatment or vaccination …

[HTML][HTML] Replication of the Zika virus in different iPSC-derived neuronal cells and implications to assess efficacy of antivirals

K Lanko, K Eggermont, A Patel, S Kaptein, L Delang… - Antiviral Research, 2017 - Elsevier
Infections with the Zika virus (ZIKV) are responsible for congenital abnormalities and
neurological disorders. We here demonstrate that ZIKV productively infects three types of …

[HTML][HTML] Zika virus infection as a cause of congenital brain abnormalities and Guillain-Barré syndrome: From systematic review to living systematic review

MJ Counotte, D Egli-Gany, M Riesen, M Abraha… - …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background. The Zika virus (ZIKV) outbreak in the Americas has caused international
concern due to neurological sequelae linked to the infection, such as microcephaly and …

Zika virus promotes CCN1 expression via the CaMKIIα-CREB pathway in astrocytes

J Sun, W Zhang, Z Tan, C Zheng, Y Tang, X Ke… - Virulence, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Zika virus (ZIKV) infection in the human central nervous system (CNS) causes Guillain–
Barre syndrome, cerebellum deformity, and other diseases. Astrocytes are immune …