id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-319403-5qyc0wsz Miura, Tanya A. Rat coronaviruses infect rat alveolar type I epithelial cells and induce expression of CXC chemokines 2007-12-01 .txt text/plain 6621 390 52 Type I cells were productively infected with SDAV and RCoV-P, and both live virus and UV-inactivated virus induced mRNA and protein expression of three CXC chemokines: CINC-2, CINC-3, and LIX, which are neutrophil chemoattractants. Bronchial epithelial cells and alveolar type II cells express and secrete proinflammatory cytokines and chemokines in response to infection with respiratory viruses including respiratory syncytial virus, influenza A virus, and the SARS-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV) Yen et al., 2006; Zhang et al., 2001) . In this study, cultures of rat alveolar type I cells were evaluated for susceptibility to RCoV infection, and for expression and secretion of proinflammatory cytokines and chemokines in response to RCoV inoculation. To determine whether the CXC chemokine response to infectious or UV-inactivated RCoV-P or SDAV was specific for the rat coronaviruses, we inoculated rat alveolar type I cells with a related group 2a coronavirus, mouse hepatitis virus (MHV) strain A59 that had been purified by sucrose density gradient centrifugation. ./cache/cord-319403-5qyc0wsz.txt ./txt/cord-319403-5qyc0wsz.txt