Fig. 7.

SARS does not block NFκB and IFNβ promoter induction. Vero cells were transfected with either plasmids containing the NFκB (A) or the IFNβ (B) promoter expressing luciferase. 24 h post transfection cells were infected with the designated viruses. The 12 h post infection cells were then infected with Sendai Virus and luciferase was assayed 6 h later using Steady-Glo Luciferase Reagent (Promega). Triplicate wells were averaged and then compared to mock infected wells to graph the fold induction values.