Coronavirus Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus Utilizes Chemokine Interleukin-8 to Facilitate Viral Replication by Regulating Ca <sup>2+</sup> Flux
Xuyang Guo, Yingtong Feng, Xiaojing Zhao, Qiao Shuang, Zhiqian Ma, Zhiwei Li, Haixue Zheng, Shuqi Xiao
Abstract
Coronavirus porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) is a highly contagious enteric coronavirus that caused severe economic losses worldwide, and more effort is needed to develop economical and efficient vaccines to control or eliminate this disease. The chemokine interleukin-8 (CXCL8/IL-8) is indispensable for the activation and trafficking of inflammatory mediators and tumor progression and metastasis.
Topics & Concepts
Porcine epidemic diarrhea virusBiologyVirologyCoronavirusChemokineInterleukin 8Viral replicationVirusDiarrheaImmunologyCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)InflammationDiseaseInfectious disease (medical specialty)MedicinePathologyInternal medicineAnimal Virus Infections StudiesVirus-based gene therapy researchSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research