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. 2009 May 12;6:55. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-6-55

Table 1.

Cytopathic effects (CPE) produced by parental and progeny virus strains in mammalian cell lines.

Cytopathic Effects (CPE)a
Cell line Species/tissue CPXV-NOH1 MVA-HANP Rec1 Rec 2 Rec 3 Rec 3a Rec 3b

IEC-6 Rat/small intestine; normal +++ ++ +++ ++++ ++ ++++ ++++
BHK-21 Hamster syrian/kidney; normal ++ +++ ++++ ++++ ++ ++++ ++++
Caco-2 Human/colon; colorectal adenocarcinoma +++ - + ++ +++ +++ ++++
H411E Rat/liver; hepatoma ++ + ++ +++ + +++ +++
FHs74int Human/small intestine; normal +++ - ++ + ++ +++ ++++
Hutu-80 Human/duodenum; adenocarcinoma ++ - ++++ ++++ ++ ++++ ++++
Vero African Green Monkey/kidney; normal +++ + ++++ ++ + ++++ ++++
RK-13 Rabbit/kidney; normal ++ + ++++ +++ ++++ +++ ++++
CHO-K1 Hamster Chinese/ovary ++ - +++ ++++ +++ +++ +++
A549 Human/lung; carcinoma + - ++ ++ + ++ ++
PK15 Pig/kidney; normal ++ + ++ ++ + ++ +++
NMULI Mouse/liver; normal ++ - +++ +++ + ++++ ++++
HEK-293 (CRL-1573) Human/kidney; transformed with adenovirus 5 DNA +++ - +++ ++ + ++ ++

a Virus infection was at a m.o.i of 0.05 pfu per cell. CPE was categorized on the following criteria: no difference from uninfected cells (-); low, < 25% CPE (+); moderate, 25 to 50%CPE (++); high, > 50 to 75% CPE (+++); very high, > 75 to 100% CPE or high level of cell detachment (++++) [25].