Restricted expression of measles virus in primary rat astroglial cells

Cultivation of measles virus in sheep kidney cells

Growth of measles virus in cultures of rat glioma cells.

The interaction of measles virus with RG-6 cells derived from rat glioma was investigated. When a culture of RG-6 cells was infected with measles virus, the synthesis of viral antigens was detected in very few cells, at most 5%. The apparent resistance to measles virus infection was also repeatedly found in all of the subclonal cells derived form RG-6 cells. Although all of the virus-synthesizi...

Effects of chronic cocaine in rat C6 astroglial cells

Investigations with astroglial cells carry equal importance as those with neurons in drug abuse studies. The present study was aimed to investigate the effect of chronic cocaine administration on cell viability, nitric oxide (NO) production, general respiratory status of mitochondria and total protein levels in rat astroglioma cells after 24 h of treatment. In addition, the effect of cocaine wa...

Pathogenesis of vaccine strains of measles virus in suckling hamsters

Excessive Attenuation of Measles Virus as a Possible Cause of Failure in Measles Immunization