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SUBMITTER: Hristov G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2876649 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hristov Georgi G Krämer Melanie M Li Junwei J El-Andaloussi Nazim N Mora Rodrigo R Daeffler Laurent L Zentgraf Hanswalter H Rommelaere Jean J Marchini Antonio A
Journal of virology 20100407 12
The rat parvovirus H-1 (H-1PV) attracts high attention as an anticancer agent, because it is not pathogenic for humans and has oncotropic and oncosuppressive properties. The viral nonstructural NS1 protein is thought to mediate H-1PV cytotoxicity, but its exact contribution to this process remains undefined. In this study, we analyzed the effects of the H-1PV NS1 protein on human cell proliferation and cell viability. We show that NS1 expression is sufficient to induce the accumulation of cells ...[more]