Functional activity of neutrophils infected by RNA viruses
The paper comprises the findings related to the functional capacity of neutrophils infected by tick-borne encephalitis virus and Hantavirus. The authors found that tick-borne encephalitis virus have taken more significant effect on the oxygen-generating capacity of neutrophils rather than Han-tavirus. As such, in the cells infected by causative agent of the tick-borne encephalitis virus, there was a tendency to anaerobic way of energy production that corresponded to an increase of the lactate de-hydrogenase activity. Thus, the reduced capacity of myeloperoxidase showed to suppression of cell protective potency in response to virus infiltration.