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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2008
Herbert W. Virgin, St. Louis, MO (US);
Christiane Wobus, Dexter, MI (US);
Stephanie Karst, Shreveport, LA (US);
Herbert W. Virgin, St. Louis, MO (US);
Christiane Wobus, Dexter, MI (US);
Stephanie Karst, Shreveport, LA (US);
Washington University, Saint Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
A norovirus-permissive cell culture infected with a norovirus, and methods of culturing a norovirus, are disclosed. Norovirus-permissive cells include dendritic cell-lineage cells, and macrophage-lineage cells, such as dendritic cells, and macrophages having a deficiency in a cellular anti-viral pathway such as a STAT-1-dependent pathway, an interferon receptor-dependent pathway, or a PKR-dependent pathway. Also disclosed are methods of screening anti-viral compounds against norovirus-permissive cells infected with norovirus, and norovirus adapted to grow in fibroblasts as well as macrophages that are not deficient in a cellular anti-viral pathway. Methods of making a norovirus vaccine are also disclosed. A replicative form of norovirus as well as its use in the development of an anti-viral agent and a polypeptide expression system are also described. Further disclosed are methods of detecting norovirus in a sample.