STAT2 Knockout Syrian Hamsters Support Enhanced Replication and Pathogenicity of Human Adenovirus, Revealing an Important Role of Type I Interferon Response in Viral Control.

Human adenoviruses have been studied extensively in cell culture and have been a model for studies in molecular, cellular, and medical biology. However, much less is known about adenovirus replication and pathogenesis in vivo in a permissive host because of the lack of an adequate animal model. Pres...

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Main Authors: Karoly Toth, Sang R Lee, Baoling Ying, Jacqueline F Spencer, Ann E Tollefson, John E Sagartz, Il-Keun Kong, Zhongde Wang, William S M Wold
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-08-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4546297?pdf=render