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Borna disease virus-induced neuronal degeneration dependent on host genetic background and prevented by soluble factors.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 29 Jan 2013
Wu Yuan-Ju, Schulz Herbert, Lin Chia-Ching, Saar Kathrin, Patone Giannino, Fischer Heike, Hübner Norbert, Heimrich Bernd, Schwemmle Martin
Abstract excerpt
Infection of newborn rats with Borne disease virus (BDV) results in selective degeneration of granule cell neurons of the dentate gyrus (DG). To study cellular countermechanisms that might prevent this pathology, we screened for rat strains resistant to this BDV-induced neuronal degeneration. To...
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