Lanlan Bai, Tetsuya Tani, Takeshi Kobayashi, Ryotaro Nouda, Yuta Kanai, Yusuke Sano, Kazutoshi Takami, Hiroshi Tomita, Eriko Sugano, Taku Ozaki, Tohru Kiyono, Tomokazu Fukuda
The Egyptian Rousettus bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus) is a common fruit bat species that is distributed mainly in Africa and the Middle East. Bats serve as reservoir hosts for numerous pathogens. Human activities, such as hunting bats for food, managing vermin, and causing habitat loss, elevate the likelihood of transmission of bat pathogens to humans and other animals. Consequently, bat cell lines play a crucial role as research materials for investigating viral pathogens. However, the inherent limitation of finite cell division in primary cells necessitates the use of immortalized cells derived from various bat tissues...
February 19, 2024: FEBS Open Bio