2016
Mood stabilizers inhibit cytomegalovirus infection
Ornaghi S, Davis JN, Gorres KL, Miller G, Paidas MJ, van den Pol AN. Mood stabilizers inhibit cytomegalovirus infection. Virology 2016, 499: 121-135. PMID: 27657833, PMCID: PMC5102808, DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2016.09.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCytomegalovirus infectionAvailable anti-CMV drugsAnti-CMV drugsCommon infectious causeCongenital birth defectsInfected newbornsFetal exposureInfectious causesInfected fetusesMood stabilizersMouse CMVMood disordersImmunocompromised individualsPsychiatric disordersBody weightViral resistanceHuman CMVDevelopmental maturationBirth defectsSpecific inhibitionCMVInfectionValnoctamideDisordersDrugs
2013
Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Variants Selectively Infect and Kill Human Melanomas but Not Normal Melanocytes
Wollmann G, Davis JN, Bosenberg MW, van den Pol AN. Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Variants Selectively Infect and Kill Human Melanomas but Not Normal Melanocytes. Journal Of Virology 2013, 87: 6644-6659. PMID: 23552414, PMCID: PMC3676084, DOI: 10.1128/jvi.03311-12.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVesicular stomatitis virusReplication-competent vesicular stomatitis virusMetastatic malignant melanomaRecombinant vesicular stomatitis virusMouse melanoma modelHuman melanoma samplesGene mutation statusVSV-CT9Low viral concentrationsMelanoma typesMalignant melanomaSCID miceViral oncolysisMelanoma xenograftsViral infectionMelanoma modelMutation statusMalignant transformationHuman melanomaInfectionMelanomaVirus variantsComplete protectionMelanoma samplesGene mutations