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Murine Coronavirus-Induced Hepatitis: JHM Genetic Background Eliminates A59 Spike-Determined Hepatotropism
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Murine Coronavirus-Induced Hepatitis: JHM Genetic Background Eliminates A59 Spike-Determined Hepatotropism

Sonia Navas and Susan R Weiss
Journal of virology, v 77(8), pp 4972-4978
Apr 2003
PMID: 12663803
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https://doi.org/10.1128/JVI.77.8.4972-4978.2003View
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Pathogenesis and Immunity
Recombinant murine coronaviruses, differing only in the spike gene and containing the strain A59 (moderately hepatotropic) and JHM (neurotropic) spike genes in the background of the JHM genome, were compared for the ability to replicate in the liver and induce hepatitis in weanling C57BL/6 mice. Interestingly, expression of the A59 spike glycoprotein within the background of the neurotropic JHM strain does not reproduce the A59 hepatotropic phenotype. Thus, the JHM genetic background plays a dominant role over the spike in the determination of hepatotropism.

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