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Human norovirus targets enteroendocrine epithelial cells in the small intestine

Authors :
Kim Y. Green
Stuart S. Kaufman
Bianca M. Nagata
Natthawan Chaimongkol
Daniel Y. Kim
Eric A. Levenson
Christine M. Tin
Allison Behrle Yardley
Jordan A. Johnson
Ana Beatriz F. Barletta
Khalid M. Khan
Nada A. Yazigi
Sukanya Subramanian
Sangeetha R. Moturi
Thomas M. Fishbein
Ian N. Moore
Stanislav V. Sosnovtsev
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2020)
Publication Year :
2020
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2020.

Abstract

Human norovirus pathogenesis is incompletely understood due to a lack of appropriate animal disease models. Here, Green et al. show norovirus replication in chromogranin A-positive enteroendocrine cells and other epithelial cells in tissue from a pediatric intestinal transplant recipient with severe gastroenteritis.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
11
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.132cb1be73ac4b169398e75cb96b5f8f
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16491-3