Blockade of interferon signaling decreases gut barrier integrity and promotes severe West Nile virus disease

Abstract The determinants of severe disease caused by West Nile virus (WNV) and why only ~1% of individuals progress to encephalitis remain poorly understood. Here, we use human and mouse enteroids, and a mouse model of pathogenesis, to explore the capacity of WNV to directly infect gastrointestinal...

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Main Authors: Shih-Ching Lin, Fang R. Zhao, Hana Janova, Adrian Gervais, Summer Rucknagel, Kristy O. Murray, Jean-Laurent Casanova, Michael S. Diamond
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-41600-3