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