The Association of Neurological Symptoms with Ca2+ Resistant Enterovirus D68

Project: National Science and Technology CouncilNational Science and Technology Council Academic Grants

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Abstract

腸病毒68型是一種屬於種小RNA科的病毒,曾經於美國爆發大流行,近年來在台灣也有腸病毒D68流行,其重症症狀可能會產生急性肢體麻痺症或是急性無力脊髓炎,其症狀幾乎影響一輩子。我們欲釐清急性無力脊髓炎造成原因是否與2B病毒蛋白有關。而經由研究指出其他類型的腸病毒2B蛋白和鈣離子調節有關,所以我們欲探討腸病毒2B蛋白所引起的鈣離子變化是否影響到腸病毒在精細胞內的複製進而影響其神經症狀表現。此病毒株在市面上還未有臨床用藥出現,所以發展此新藥可使社會免於腸病毒68型威脅,避免經濟因為疫情問題造成家庭與國家雙方面的巨大損失,而在學術上更可以藉此更進一步了解腸病毒D68複製與導致無力脊髓炎之機轉研究。

Project IDs

Project ID:PC11307-1082
External Project ID:NSTC113-2320-B182-012
StatusActive
Effective start/end date01/08/2431/07/25

Keywords

  • acute flaccid myelitis (AFM)
  • acute flaccid paralysis (AFP)
  • EV D68
  • Store-operated calcium channels (SOCs)
  • store-operated calcium entry (SOCE)

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