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Oscar H. Rodriguez
Researcher at Texas Biomedical Research Institute
Publications - 2
Citations - 394
Oscar H. Rodriguez is an academic researcher from Texas Biomedical Research Institute. The author has contributed to research in topics: Chemokine & Viral pathogenesis. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 2 publications receiving 117 citations.
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Lethality of SARS-CoV-2 infection in K18 human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 transgenic mice.
Fatai S. Oladunni,Jun-Gyu Park,Paula A. Pino,Olga Gonzalez,Anwari Akhter,Anna Allué-Guardia,Angélica Olmo-Fontánez,Angélica Olmo-Fontánez,Shalini Gautam,Andreu Garcia-Vilanova,Chengjin Ye,Kevin Chiem,Kevin Chiem,Colwyn A. Headley,Varun Dwivedi,Laura M. Parodi,Kendra J. Alfson,Hilary M. Staples,Alyssa Schami,Alyssa Schami,Juan Ignacio García,Alison Whigham,Roy N. Platt,Michal Gazi,Jesse Martinez,Colin Chuba,Stephanie Earley,Oscar H. Rodriguez,Stephanie Davis Mdaki,Katrina N. Kavelish,Renee Escalona,Cory R. A. Hallam,Corbett Christie,Jean L. Patterson,Tim J. Anderson,Ricardo Carrion,Edward J. Dick,Shannan Hall-Ursone,Larry S. Schlesinger,Xavier Alvarez,Deepak Kaushal,Luis D. Giavedoni,Joanne Turner,Luis Martinez-Sobrido,Jordi B. Torrelles +44 more
TL;DR: Transgenic mice expressing human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 by the human cytokeratin 18 promoter represent a susceptible rodent model and represent a suitable animal model for the study of viral pathogenesis and for identification and characterization of vaccines and antivirals for SARS-CoV-2 infection and associated severe COVID-19 disease.
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Lethality of SARS-CoV-2 infection in K18 human angiotensin converting enzyme 2 transgenic mice
Fatai S. Oladunni,Jun-Gyu Park,Paula Pino Tamayo,Olga Gonzalez,Anwari Akhter,Anna Allué-Guardia,Angélica Olmo-Fontánez,Angélica Olmo-Fontánez,Shalini Gautam,Andreu Garcia-Vilanova,Chengjin Ye,Kevin Chiem,Kevin Chiem,Colwyn A. Headley,Varun Dwivedi,Laura M. Parodi,Kendra J. Alfson,Hilary M. Staples,Alyssa Schami,Alyssa Schami,Juan Ignacio García,Alison Whigham,Roy N. Platt,Michal Gazi,Jesse Martinez,Colin Chuba,Stephanie Earley,Oscar H. Rodriguez,Stephanie Davis Mdaki,Katrina N. Kavelish,Renee Escalona,Cory R. A. Hallam,Corbett Christie,Jean L. Patterson,Tim J. Anderson,Ricardo Carrion,Edward J. Dick,Shannan Hall-Ursone,Larry S. Schlesinger,Deepak Kaushal,Luis D. Giavedoni,Xavier Alvarez,Joanne Turner,Luis Martinez-Sobrido,Jordi B. Torrelles +44 more
TL;DR: K18 hACE2-transgenic mice are, therefore, highly susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 infection and represent a suitable animal model for the study of viral pathogenesis, and for identification and characterization of vaccines (prophylactic) and antivirals (therapeutics) for SARS/COVID-19 disease.