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. 2002 Nov 12;1(7):557–563. doi: 10.1016/0168-1702(84)90013-3

Kupffer and endothelial liver cell damage renders A/J mice susceptible to mouse hepatitis virus type 3

Carlos A Pereira 1, Anne-Marie Steffan 1, André Kirn 1
PMCID: PMC7133863  PMID: 6099940

Abstract

Damage to the Kupffer and endothelial cells of the liver sinusoids induced by the administration of sublethal doses of frog virus 3 (FV 3) renders A/J mice which are genetically resistant to mouse hepatitis virus type 3 (MHV 3) highly susceptible to this virus. Liver histopathology of these animals revealed typical necrotic foci containing MHV 3-specific antigens. FV 3-pretreated mice, after MHV 3 infection, showed higher levels of serum transaminase (GPT) than controls, and MHV 3 replicated more rapidly and to higher titres. Our results bear out the important role of the liver sinusoidal lining in protecting against hepatocyte infection and its direct involvement in the resistance of A/J mice to MHV 3 infection.

Keywords: sinusoidal liver cell, frog virus 3, mouse hepatitis virus type 3 susceptibility

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