Basic Study
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World J Gastroenterol. Dec 7, 2018; 24(45): 5109-5119
Published online Dec 7, 2018. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v24.i45.5109
Neonatal rhesus monkeys as an animal model for rotavirus infection
Na Yin, Feng-Mei Yang, Hong-Tu Qiao, Yan Zhou, Su-Qin Duan, Xiao-Chen Lin, Jin-Yuan Wu, Yu-Ping Xie, Zhan-Long He, Mao-Sheng Sun, Hong-Jun Li
Na Yin, Hong-Tu Qiao, Yan Zhou, Xiao-Chen Lin, Jin-Yuan Wu, Yu-Ping Xie, Mao-Sheng Sun, Hong-Jun Li, Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Medical Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, Kunming 650118, Yunnan Province, China
Feng-Mei Yang, Su-Qin Duan, Zhan-Long He, Primate Experimental Center of the Institute of Medical Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, Kunming 650118, Yunnan Province, China
Author contributions: Yin N conceived the idea; Sun MS and Li HJ performed the experiments; Zhou Y, He ZL, and Li HJ contributed reagents and funds; Yang FM, Qiao HT, and Duan SQ performed the animal experiment; Wu JY performed all ELISA experiments; Zhou Y and Xie YP performed the viral RNA extraction and qRT-PCR assay experiments; Qiao HT and Lin XC performed the immunofluorescence experiments; Yin N, Yang FM, Zhou Y, and Li HJ drafted, read, corrected, and approved the manuscript; all authors reviewed the manuscript.
Supported by the CAMS Initiative for Innovative Medicine, No. 2016-I2M-1-019; National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 31700154; Major Science and Technology Special Project of Yunnan Province (Biomedicine), No. 2018ZF006; Science and Technology Project of Yunnan Province-general program, No. 2016FB034; Science and Technology Innovation Team Project of Kunming, No. 2016-2-R-07674; the Project of National Nonprofit Scientific Institutes Basic Scientific Service Fee, No. 2016ZX310179-4; Science and Technology Project of Yunnan Province, Key New Product Development, No. 2014BC008.
Correspondence author to: Hong-Jun Li, PhD, Academic Research, Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Medical Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, No. 935, Jiaoling Road, Kunming 650118, Yunnan Province, China. lihj6912@163.com
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Received: August 14, 2018
Peer-review started: August 15, 2018
First decision: October 10, 2018
Revised: October 22, 2018
Accepted: November 7, 2018
Article in press: November 7, 2018
Published online: December 7, 2018
Core Tip

Core tip: Rotavirus (RV) is one of the main pathogens responsible for severe diarrhea in children under 5 years of age. Vaccine-induced immunity is an effective way to block RV disease. Nonhuman primates are the animals most closely related to humans and have advantages over non-primates as an animal model of RV diarrhea, so development of a nonhuman primate animal model of RV infection is needed to ensure the effectiveness and safety of these vaccines. Our current study has indicated that RV SA11 can lead to obvious diarrhea and pathological changes in the intestine of neonatal rhesus monkeys. The RV infection model we established is useful for us to further investigate the RV infection mechanism and the associated immune mechanisms in human infants and evaluate the cross protection of potential HRV vaccine candidates.