Macrophage scavenger receptor 1 controls Chikungunya virus infection through autophagy in mice
Yang L, Geng T, Yang G, Ma J, Wang L, Ketkar H, Yang D, Lin T, Hwang J, Zhu S, Wang Y, Dai J, You F, Cheng G, Vella AT, Flavell RA, Fikrig E, Wang P. Macrophage scavenger receptor 1 controls Chikungunya virus infection through autophagy in mice. Communications Biology 2020, 3: 556. PMID: 33033362, PMCID: PMC7545163, DOI: 10.1038/s42003-020-01285-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMacrophage scavenger receptor 1Scavenger receptor 1Chikungunya virusReceptor 1Antiviral roleType I IFN responseChikungunya virus infectionLow-density lipoproteinImportant antiviral roleI IFN responseMarkers of autophagyCHIKV infectionViral loadArthritogenic alphavirusesVirus infectionCHIKV replicationATG5-ATG12Antiviral actionKnockout miceMSR1 expressionIFN responseInfectionMiceNsp1 proteinAutophagic function