title: The types of mouse brain cells susceptible to polyoma virus infection in vitro.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: 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*