Abstract
Zika virus (ZIKV) infection during pregnancy can result in congenital Zika syndrome which is characterized by microcephaly and other neurodevelopmental disorders. In this chapter, we describe methods to model ex vivo ZIKV infection in astrocytes and tissue explants from human fetal brain. These cell- and tissue-based platforms have been useful to elucidate mechanisms of ZIKV persistence and might lead to important clues about virus-induced neuropathogenesis. In addition, these ex vivo model systems allow researchers to conduct drug discovery and development experiments in more representative settings of the developing human brain.
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This work was supported by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Women and Children’s Health Research Institute, and the Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology.
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Limonta, D., Branton, W., Wong, C.P., Saito, L., Power, C., Hobman, T.C. (2020). Use of Primary Human Fetal Astrocytes and Tissue Explants as Ex Vivo Models to Study Zika Virus Infection of the Developing Brain. In: Kobinger, G., Racine, T. (eds) Zika Virus. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2142. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-0581-3_19
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