The Pneumonia Virus of Mice (PVM) Model of Acute Respiratory Infection |
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| Authors: | Kimberly D Dyer Katia E Garcia-Crespo Stephanie Glineur Joseph B Domachowske Helene F Rosenberg |
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| Institution: | 1. Laboratory of Allergic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA; E-Mails: (K.E.G.-C.); (S.G.); (H.F.R.);2. Department of Pediatrics, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA; E-Mail: |
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| Abstract: | Pneumonia Virus of Mice (PVM) is related to the human and bovine respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) pathogens, and has been used to study respiratory virus replication and the ensuing inflammatory response as a component of a natural host—pathogen relationship. As such, PVM infection in mice reproduces many of the clinical and pathologic features of the more severe forms of RSV infection in human infants. Here we review some of the most recent findings on the basic biology of PVM infection and its use as a model of disease, most notably for explorations of virus infection and allergic airways disease, for vaccine evaluation, and for the development of immunomodulatory strategies for acute respiratory virus infection. |
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| Keywords: | PVM inflammation leukocytes eosinophils respiratory syncytial virus RSV TLR IFN heterologous immunity MIP-1α |
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