Lack of inflammatory gene expression in bats: a unique role for a transcription repressor

Abstract In recent years viruses similar to those that appear to cause no overt disease in bats have spilled-over to humans and other species causing serious disease. Since pathology in such diseases is often attributed to an over-active inflammatory response, we tested the hypothesis that bat cells...

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Main Authors: Arinjay Banerjee, Noreen Rapin, Trent Bollinger, Vikram Misra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-05-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-01513-w