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Infection of Lung Epithelial Cells with Pandemic 2009 A(H1N1) Influenza Viruses Reveals Isolate-Specific Differences in Infectivity and Host Cellular

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Editor, Senior Moderator
Viral Immunol. 2011 Apr;24(2):89-99.
Infection of Lung Epithelial Cells with Pandemic 2009 A(H1N1) Influenza Viruses Reveals Isolate-Specific Differences in Infectivity and Host Cellular Responses.

Patel JR, Vora KP, Tripathi S, Zeng H, Tumpey TM, Katz JM, Sambhara S, Gangappa S.

Immunology and Pathogenesis Branch, Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , Atlanta, Georgia .
Abstract

Abstract To better understand the early virus-host interactions of the pandemic 2009 A(H1N1) viruses in humans, we examined early host responses following infection of human epithelial cell cultures with three 2009 A(H1N1) viruses (A/California/08/2009, A/Mexico/4108/2009, and A/Texas/15/2009), or a seasonal H1N1 vaccine strain (A/Solomon Islands/3/2006). We report here that infection with pandemic A/California/08/2009 and A/Mexico/4108/2009 viruses resulted in differences in virus infectivity compared to either pandemic A/Texas/15/2009 or the seasonal H1N1 vaccine strain. In addition, IFN-β levels were decreased in cell cultures infected with either the A/California/08/2009 or the A/Mexico/4108/2009 virus. Furthermore, infection with A/California/08/2009 and A/Mexico/4108/2009 viruses resulted in lower expression of four key proinflammatory markers (IL-6, RANTES, IP-10, and MIP-1β) compared with infection with either A/Texas/15/2009 or A/Solomon Islands/3/2006. Taken together, our results demonstrate that 2009 A(H1N1) viruses isolated during the Spring wave induced varying degrees of early host antiviral and inflammatory responses in human respiratory epithelial cells, highlighting the strain-specific nature of these responses, which play a role in clinical disease.

PMID: 21449719 [PubMed - in process]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21449719
 
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