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Zika Virus Infects Human Cortical Neural Progenitors and Attenuates Their Growth

Overview of attention for article published in Cell Stem Cell, March 2016
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Title
Zika Virus Infects Human Cortical Neural Progenitors and Attenuates Their Growth
Published in
Cell Stem Cell, March 2016
DOI 10.1016/j.stem.2016.02.016
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Authors

Hengli Tang, Christy Hammack, Sarah C. Ogden, Zhexing Wen, Xuyu Qian, Yujing Li, Bing Yao, Jaehoon Shin, Feiran Zhang, Emily M. Lee, Kimberly M. Christian, Ruth A. Didier, Peng Jin, Hongjun Song, Guo-li Ming

Abstract

The suspected link between infection by Zika virus (ZIKV), a re-emerging flavivirus, and microcephaly is an urgent global health concern. The direct target cells of ZIKV in the developing human fetus are not clear. Here we show that a strain of the ZIKV, MR766, serially passaged in monkey and mosquito cells efficiently infects human neural progenitor cells (hNPCs) derived from induced pluripotent stem cells. Infected hNPCs further release infectious ZIKV particles. Importantly, ZIKV infection increases cell death and dysregulates cell-cycle progression, resulting in attenuated hNPC growth. Global gene expression analysis of infected hNPCs reveals transcriptional dysregulation, notably of cell-cycle-related pathways. Our results identify hNPCs as a direct ZIKV target. In addition, we establish a tractable experimental model system to investigate the impact and mechanism of ZIKV on human brain development and provide a platform to screen therapeutic compounds.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Brazil 12 <1%
United States 10 <1%
France 3 <1%
United Kingdom 2 <1%
Korea, Republic of 1 <1%
Italy 1 <1%
Switzerland 1 <1%
South Africa 1 <1%
Hong Kong 1 <1%
Other 5 <1%
Unknown 1332 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 248 18%
Student > Ph. D. Student 222 16%
Researcher 191 14%
Student > Master 182 13%
Student > Doctoral Student 85 6%
Other 216 16%
Unknown 225 16%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 286 21%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 242 18%
Medicine and Dentistry 180 13%
Immunology and Microbiology 108 8%
Neuroscience 94 7%
Other 185 14%
Unknown 274 20%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2257. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 27 February 2024.
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#5
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#1
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