title: Mouse models of rhinovirus infection and airways disease.
abstract: Mouse models are invaluable tools for gaining insight into host immunity during virus infection. Until recently, no practical mouse model for rhinovirus infection was available. Development of infection models was complicated by the existence of distinct groups of viruses that utilize different host cell surface proteins for binding and entry. Here, we describe mouse infection models, including virus purification and measurement of host immune responses, for representative viruses from two of these groups: (1) infection of unmodified Balb/c mice with minor group rhinovirus serotype 1B (RV-1B) and (2) infection of transgenic Balb/c mice with major group rhinovirus serotype 16 (RV-16).
authors.affiliation: Airway Disease Infection Section, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, St. Mary's Campus, Norfolk Place, London, W2 1PG, UK.
authors.forename: Nathan W
authors.initials: NW
authors.lastname: Bartlett
authors.forename: Aran
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Singanayagam
authors.forename: Sebastian L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Johnston
mesh_terms: D000281:Administration, Intranasal; D000818:Animals; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D006367:HeLa Cells / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D010850:Picornaviridae Infections / Q000276:immunology* / Q000821:virology*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D012229:Rhinovirus / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D065288:Serogroup