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. 1981 Nov;105(2):156–163.

Sendai virus infection in genetically resistant and susceptible mice.

D G Brownstein, A L Smith, E A Johnson
PMCID: PMC1903884  PMID: 6271017

Abstract

The pathogenesis of Sendai virus infection in genetically resistant (C57Bl/6) and susceptible (DBA/2) nonimmune adult mice was investigated. Rising serum complement-fixation (CF) antibody titers were delayed in DBA/2 mice as compared with C57Bl/6 mice. C57Bl/6 mice developed descending desquamative endobronchiolitis, and DBA/2 mice developed descending proliferative endobronchiolitis and bronchogenic alveolitis. Peribronchiolar lymphoid cuffs that formed in C57Bl/6 mice were thicker and more densely populated than those of DBA/2 mice. Immunofluorescence demonstrated viral antigens confined to the epithelial lining of conducting airways in C57Bl/6 mice but extending to alveolar corner cells in DBA/2 mice. Studies with a transmission electron microscope confirmed that Type II pneumocytes were infected only in DBA/2 mice. IgG-containing cells selectively accumulated along the airways of both strains, but fewer were recruited by DBA/2 mice. These results suggest that genetic resistance to Sendai virus is expressed through the immune system.

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