HHV-6 infects human aortic and heart microvascular endothelial cells
 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12115999&dopt=Abstract   J Med Virol. 2002 Aug;67(4):528-33. Related Articles,  Links    HHV-6 infects human aortic and heart microvascular endothelial cells, increasing their ability to secrete proinflammatory chemokines.   Caruso A, Rotola A, Comar M, Favilli F, Galvan M,  Tosetti M, Campello C, Caselli E, Alessandri G, Grassi  M, Garrafa E, Cassai E, Di Luca D.   Institute of Microbiology, University of Brescia  Medical School, Italy.   Endothelial cells are important targets for  herpesvirus infection. To evaluate the biological  effects of human herpesvirus-6 (HHV-6) infection,  adult heart microvascular and aortic endothelial cells  were examined for in vitro susceptibility to HHV-6 and  for the alterations induced by viral infection on the  production of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1  (MCP-1) and interleukin-8 (IL-8). Analysis by reverse  transcription-polymerase chain reaction and b...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
