Table 1 Quantification of viral mRNAs in cell populations from latently infected mice by RT-qPCR

From: Fibroblasts are a site of murine cytomegalovirus lytic replication and Stat1-dependent latent persistence in vivo

Type of infection

Cell type

Estimated number of cells per reaction

MCMV transcript copies detected per reaction

ie1/3

M38

M48(SCP)

5 months after intraperitoneal infection

Spleen PDGFRα+ FC

8911

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

9153

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

7630

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

Visceral adipose tissue PDGFRα+ FC

8359

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

7659

21

8

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

11,799

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

Salivary gland PDGFRα+ FC

5468

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

6242

123

140

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

6242

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

9

58

60

Liver PDGFRα+ FC

6224

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

6735

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

6715

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

Liver EC

9333

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

6618

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

9488

8

7

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

Lung PDGFRα+ FC (negative control)

14,431

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

15,234

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

16,971

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

5 months after intranasal infection

Lung PDGFRα+ FC

16,971

200

128

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

14,756

405

303

7

16

n.d.

n.d.

17,261

317

433

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

3 months after intraperitoneal infection

Visceral adipose tissue PDGFRα+ FC

10,626

10

14

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

11,751

11

29

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

9,498

40

64

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

Visceral adipose tissue Mϕ

10,551

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

12,228

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

10,975

5

5

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

  1. Each row represents cDNA from a different biological replicate analysed in 2 reactions (technical duplicates) per MCMV gene. Biological replicates represent cells sorted from pooled preparations from 1 (lung, liver, salivary glands), 2 (visceral adipose tissue) or 4 (spleen) mice per replicate.
  2. n.d. not detected, MCMV murine cytomegalovirus, FC fibroblastic cells, macrophages.