The types of mouse brain cells susceptible to polyoma virus infection in vitro.
Using the immunofluorescence technique with antisera directed against markers on mouse brain cells, polyoma virus was found to infect in vitro, type 1 astrocytes, brain fibroblasts and leptomeningeal cells but not oligodendrocytes, type 2 astrocytes or neurones.
D000818:Animals; D001099:Arachnoid / Q000382:microbiology; D001253:Astrocytes / Q000382:microbiology; D001921:Brain / Q000382:microbiology*; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000382:microbiology; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D051379:Mice; D009474:Neurons / Q000382:microbiology; D009836:Oligodendroglia / Q000382:microbiology; D010841:Pia Mater / Q000382:microbiology; D011120:Polyomavirus; D014412:Tumor Virus Infections / Q000382:microbiology*