Neural stem cells attacked by Zika virus.
The current outbreak of Zika virus-associated diseases in South America and its threat to spread to other parts of the world has emerged as a global health emergency. Insights from cell and animal models to understand how Zika virus causes severe birth defects may lead to treatments and prevention of these diseases.
Institute for Cell Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.|Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Ha Nam
HN
Nguyen
Institute for Cell Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.|Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Xuyu
X
Qian
Institute for Cell Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.|Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.|The Solomon Snyder Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Hongjun
H
Song
Institute for Cell Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.|Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.|The Solomon Snyder Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.|Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Guo-Li
GL
Ming
D000818:Animals; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D063928:Ependymoglial Cells; D051379:Mice; D058953:Neural Stem Cells; D000071244:Zika Virus; D000071243:Zika Virus Infection / Q000453:epidemiology*