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The virus susceptibility of skin‐derived fibroblasts from families with insulin‐dependent diabetes mellitus
Author(s) -
Hornberger Elizabeth,
Plotkin Stanley A.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
journal of medical virology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1096-9071
pISSN - 0146-6615
DOI - 10.1002/jmv.1890090406
Subject(s) - lymphoblast , virology , fibroblast , virus , biology , haplotype , diabetes mellitus , immunology , cell culture , genetics , genotype , endocrinology , gene
We have studied the growth of eight different viruses on skin fibroblasts from three families each having one or more diabetic members and appropriate controls. The haplotypes of all of the family members had been previously characterized. In addition, we havc investigated the growth of mumps virus on the lymphoblast cultures from four families of the same type. Our results show no difference between the growth of these viruses in cells derived from juvenile diabetics and cells derived from nondiabetic siblings and parents even when the haplotypes were identical. Howcver, we noted a striking rcsistance of human skin fibroblast cultures from both normal and diabetic individuals to Coxsackie H virus infection.