Cell cultures for virology: Usability, advantages, and prospects

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Abstract

Virus detection in natural and clinical samples is a complicated problem in research and diagnostics. There are different approaches for virus isolation and identification, including PCR, CRISPR/Cas technology, NGS, immunoassays, and cell-based assays. Following the development of genetic engineering methods, approaches that utilize cell cultures have become useful and informative. Molecular biology methods allow increases in the sensitivity and specificity of cell cultures for certain viruses and can be used to generate reporter cell lines. These cell lines express specific reporter proteins (e.g., GFP, luciferase, and CAT) in response to virus infection that can be detected in a laboratory setting. The development of genome editing and synthetic biology methods has given rise to new perspectives regarding the design of virus reporter systems in cell cultures. This review is aimed at describing both virology methods in general and examples of the development of cell-based methods that exist today.

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Dolskiy, A. A., Grishchenko, I. V., & Yudkin, D. V. (2020, November 1). Cell cultures for virology: Usability, advantages, and prospects. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. MDPI AG. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21217978

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