MAVS signaling is required for preventing persistent chikungunya heart infection and chronic vascular tissue inflammation

Abstract Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) infection has been associated with severe cardiac manifestations, yet, how CHIKV infection leads to heart disease remains unknown. Here, we leveraged both mouse models and human primary cardiac cells to define the mechanisms of CHIKV heart infection. Using an immun...

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Main Authors: Maria G. Noval, Sophie N. Spector, Eric Bartnicki, Franco Izzo, Navneet Narula, Stephen T. Yeung, Payal Damani-Yokota, M. Zahidunnabi Dewan, Valeria Mezzano, Bruno A. Rodriguez-Rodriguez, Cynthia Loomis, Kamal M. Khanna, Kenneth A. Stapleford
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-40047-w