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Reduced macrophage infiltration and demyelination in mice lacking the chemokine receptor CCR5 following infection with a neurotropic coronavirus.

Authors: Glass, W G  Liu, M T  Kuziel, W A  Lane, T E 
Citation: Glass WG, etal., Virology. 2001 Sep 15;288(1):8-17. doi: 10.1006/viro.2001.1050.
RGD ID: 14401732
Pubmed: PMID:11543653   (View Abstract at PubMed)
PMCID: PMC7142305   (View Article at PubMed Central)
DOI: DOI:10.1006/viro.2001.1050   (Journal Full-text)

Studies were performed to investigate the contributions of the CC chemokine receptor CCR5 in host defense and disease development following intracranial infection with mouse hepatitis virus (MHV). T cell recruitment was impaired in MHV-infected CCR5(-/-) mice at day 7 postinfection (pi), which correlated with increased (P < or = 0.03) titers within the brain. However, by day 12 pi, T cell infiltration into the CNS of infected CCR5(-/-) and CCR5(+/+) mice was similar and both strains exhibited comparable viral titers, indicating that CCR5 expression is not essential for host defense. Following MHV infection of CCR5(+/+) mice, greater than 50% of cells expressing CCR5 antigen were activated macrophage/microglia (determined by F4/80 antigen expression). In addition, infected CCR5(-/-) mice exhibited reduced (P < or = 0.02) macrophage (CD45(high)F4/80(+)) infiltration, which correlated with a significant reduction (P < or = 0.001) in the severity of demyelination compared to CCR5(+/+) mice. These data indicate that CCR5 contributes to MHV-induced demyelination by allowing macrophages to traffic into the CNS.



RGD Manual Disease Annotations    Click to see Annotation Detail View
Object SymbolSpeciesTermQualifierEvidenceWithNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
CCR5HumanCoronavirus infectious disease  ISOCcr5 (Mus musculus) RGD 
Ccr5RatCoronavirus infectious disease  ISOCcr5 (Mus musculus) RGD 
Ccr5MouseCoronavirus infectious disease  IMP  RGD 

Objects Annotated

Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
Ccr5  (C-C motif chemokine receptor 5)

Genes (Mus musculus)
Ccr5  (C-C motif chemokine receptor 5)

Genes (Homo sapiens)
CCR5  (C-C motif chemokine receptor 5)


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