Chicken and duck myotubes are highly susceptible and permissive to influenza virus infection
Skeletal muscle, at 30 to 40% of body mass, is the most abundant soft tissue in the body. Besides its primary function in movement and posture, skeletal muscle is a significant innate immune organ with the capacity to produce cytokines and chemokines and respond to proinflammatory cytokines. Little...
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American Society for Microbiology
2015
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| Online Access: | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/43918/ |