Abstract | RATIONALE: METHODS: C57Bl/6 mice were treated daily with rosuvastatin (10 mg/kg/day) supplemented in chow (or control chow) beginning three days prior to infection with either A//Udorn/72 [H3N2] or A/WSN/33 [H1N1] influenza A virus (1×10(5) pfu/mouse). Plaque assays were used to examine the effect of rosuvastatin on viral replication in vitro and in the lungs of infected mice. We measured cell count with differential, protein and cytokines in the bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid, histologic evidence of lung injury, and wet-to-dry ratio on Day 1, 2, 4, and 6. We also recorded daily weights and mortality. RESULTS: CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | Kathryn A Radigan, Daniela Urich, Alexander V Misharin, Sergio E Chiarella, Saul Soberanes, Angel Gonzalez, Harris Perlman, Richard G Wunderink, G R Scott Budinger, Gökhan M Mutlu |
Journal | PloS one
(PLoS One)
Vol. 7
Issue 4
Pg. e35788
( 2012)
ISSN: 1932-6203 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 22536437
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.)
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Chemical References |
- Antiviral Agents
- Cytokines
- Fluorobenzenes
- Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors
- Pyrimidines
- Sulfonamides
- Rosuvastatin Calcium
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Topics |
- Animals
- Antiviral Agents
(pharmacology)
- Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid
(chemistry)
- Cell Line
- Cytokines
(metabolism)
- Disease Models, Animal
- Fluorobenzenes
(pharmacology)
- Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors
(pharmacology)
- Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype
(drug effects, physiology)
- Influenza A Virus, H3N2 Subtype
(drug effects, physiology)
- Lung
(drug effects, metabolism, pathology, virology)
- Macrophages
(metabolism, pathology)
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Orthomyxoviridae Infections
(drug therapy, pathology, virology)
- Pneumonia
(drug therapy, metabolism, virology)
- Pyrimidines
(pharmacology)
- Rosuvastatin Calcium
- Sulfonamides
(pharmacology)
- Virus Replication
(drug effects)
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