Antiviral services: Cell-based and biochemical assays for HBV, RSV, influenza, HPIV, HIV, HSV, HCMV, ZIKA, HRV, EV71, CV and HCV for compound screening and profiling, resistance characterization, HTS and MOA studies
Support to clinical trials: Genotyping, VL determination, sequencing and phenotyping for HCV and HBV clinical trials; genotyping for RSV clinical trials
In Vivo Models
HDI, AAV/HBV and humanized mouse models for HBV, mouse and cotton rat pulmonary infection models for RSV, mouse lethal model for influenza virus, mouse lethal model for HSV and EV71, mouse xenograft model for HCMV
Hepatitis B Virus (HBV)
Compound screening
2.15, DE19 and DES19 cell lines with qPCR, RT-qPCR, Southern blot, Northern blot, Western blot, ELISA and IF
Compound profiling: nuc and CpAM-resistance constructs, genotypes (A to J) and clinical strains, drug combination, serum shift, etc.
Ex vivo primary human hepatocytes (PHH) infectious system
In vivo models: HDI, AAV/HBV and humanized liver mouse models, endpoints with viral DNA, RNA and proteins in plasma and liver, and liver enzymes
HBV related immunological assays: cytokines, IFN/ISG and other immune markers (ELISA, Luminex, RT-qPCR, IF, IHC and Western blot), immune cell analysis (FACS, ICS and ELISPOT)
Support of clinical trials: VL, genotyping, sequencing, phenotyping, cytokines, pgRNA, HBcrAg
MOA studies: CpAM and customer tailored MOA studies
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)
Compound screening: RSV A and B lab and clinical strains with CPE, ELISA, neutralization and plaque reduction assays
Compound profiling: drug resistance, genotypic spectrum and drug combination
In vivo model: mouse or cotton rat pulmonary infection models with VL plaque assay
Support of clinical trials: VL, genotyping
MOA: F protein-mediated cell fusion
Influenza Virus (IFV)
Compound screening/profiling
A mini panel of IFV A H1N1 and H3N2, and IFV B strains with CPE, plaque and RT-qPCR
Highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 and H7N9 strains
Drug resistance, drug combination
In vivo model: mouse pulmonary infection with mortality and VL titration
Biochemistry: neuraminidase, hemagglutinin
Viral protein and replication complex purification from infected hen eggs
Human Parainfluenza Virus (HPIV)
HPIV-3 CPE assay
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
HIV CPE assay in a subcontract lab
Viral enzymes
Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV)
Compound screening/profiling: HSV-1 and HSV-2, CPE and reporter assays
In vivo model: mouse lethal and ocular latent infection/activation models
Ex vivo model: isolation and cultivation of latently infected ganglia neurons
Human Cytomegalovirus (HCMV)
Compound screening: CPE and reporter assays
In vivo model: mouse xenograft model with VL titration
Zika Virus
Compound screening: CPE and plaque reduction assay
In vivo model: mouse lethal model with VL RT-qPCR
Picornaviruses
Human rhinovirus (HRV): mini panel of HRV strains, CPE assay
Enterovirus 71 (EV71, hand-foot-mouth disease): CPE, mouse lethal and VL RT-qPCR model
Coxsackie virus (CV): A16 and B3, CPE assay
Hepatitis C Virus (HCV)
Compound screening: stable and transient replicons, and HCVcc with luciferase reporter and RT-qPCR
Compound profiling: drug resistance, genotypic spectrum, drug combination and serum shift
Support to clinical trials: VL, genotyping and phenotyping