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Location
Pattillo Student Center, 2nd Floor
Start Date
29-4-2015 10:00 AM
End Date
29-4-2015 4:00 PM
Description
Rotavirus (RV) infections are the most common cause of severe diarrhea in infants and young children worldwide. The two licensed vaccines for RV protect children from common strains of RV, but they are less effective against new emerging RV strains. Therefore, new therapeutics to treat RV infections need to be developed. Recently, we have shown stilbenoids, trans-arachidin-1 (t-A1) and trans-arachidin-3 (t-A3), decrease progeny virus particles by one hundred fold. Likewise, western blot assays show a decrease in the amount of the viral protein NSP4 with the addition of the stilbenoids during a RV infection. This indicates an effect on viral replication. Immunoblot assays are a standard and cost effective means to analyze the effects of stilbenoids on RV infections.
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Optimization of Fluorescent Detection of Rotavirus Protein NSP4 and a Cellular Receptor in two Cell Lines
Pattillo Student Center, 2nd Floor
Rotavirus (RV) infections are the most common cause of severe diarrhea in infants and young children worldwide. The two licensed vaccines for RV protect children from common strains of RV, but they are less effective against new emerging RV strains. Therefore, new therapeutics to treat RV infections need to be developed. Recently, we have shown stilbenoids, trans-arachidin-1 (t-A1) and trans-arachidin-3 (t-A3), decrease progeny virus particles by one hundred fold. Likewise, western blot assays show a decrease in the amount of the viral protein NSP4 with the addition of the stilbenoids during a RV infection. This indicates an effect on viral replication. Immunoblot assays are a standard and cost effective means to analyze the effects of stilbenoids on RV infections.