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Journal of Virology, October 1999, p. 8880-8883, Vol. 73, No. 10
National Influenza Center, Department of Virology, Erasmus
University Rotterdam, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Received 5 March 1999/Accepted 2 July 1999
Nitric oxide (NO) has been shown to contribute to the pathogenesis
of influenza virus-induced pneumonia in mouse models. Here we show that
replication of influenza A and B viruses in Mabin Darby canine kidney
cells is severely impaired by the NO donor, S-nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine. Reduction of
productively infected cells and virus production proved to correlate
with inhibition of viral RNA synthesis, indicating that NO affects an
early step in the replication cycle of influenza viruses.
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Inhibition of Influenza Virus Replication by
Nitric Oxide
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Influenza Center, Department of Virology, Erasmus University Rotterdam,
P.O. Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Phone: 31 10 4088066. Fax: 31 10 4089485. E-mail:
rimmelzwaan{at}viro.fgg.eur.nl.
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