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Acid Sphingomyelinase Deficiency Increases Susceptibility to Fatal Alphavirus Encephalomyelitis

Sindbis virus (SV), an enveloped virus with a single-stranded, plus-sense RNA genome, is the prototype alphavirus in the Togaviridae family. In mice, SV infects neurons and can cause apoptosis of immature neurons. Sphingomyelin (SM) is the most prevalent cellular sphingolipid, is particularly abunda...

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Main Authors: Ng, Ching G., Griffin, Diane E.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2006
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1642146/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16943298
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JVI.01154-06
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