Abstract
Several recent articles published by Brain and Development in 2016 demonstrated some rare, but innovative, genetic mechanisms for microcephaly.
This concise mini-review presented another novel pathogenic mechanism for microcephaly,
which has actually been a worldwide medical challenge since the World Health Organization
(WHO) defined the outbreak of the Zika virus (ZIKV) as an International Public Health
Emergency on 1 Feb, 2016. As a recent noteworthy clinical phenomenon, the ZIKV outbreak
was accompanied by a dramatically increased number of microcephalus fetuses. However,
no direct evidence supporting the suspected pathogenic effects of ZIKV on fetal microcephaly
was shown previously before 2016. Herein, we evaluated the most important human pathological,
animal developmental, and neuro-cytotoxic findings released in 2016, and highlighted
the original experimental evidence that strengthens the potential link between ZIKV
and the high incidence of microcephaly in new-born babies. Because killing mosquitoes
via insecticides is currently the only effective way to suppress ZIKV-induced disorders,
the animal and cellular models described in this mini-review are very beneficial to
anti-ZIKV drug development and vaccine assessment.
Abbreviations:
ZIKV (the Zika virus), CT (computed tomography), MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), IFN (interferon)Keywords
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Article Info
Publication History
Published online: November 19, 2016
Accepted:
October 26,
2016
Received in revised form:
October 25,
2016
Received:
October 14,
2016
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© 2016 The Japanese Society of Child Neurology. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
