Research Article  Melanoma Differentiation-Associated Gene 5
(MDA5) Is Involved in the Innate Immune Response to
Paramyxoviridae Infection In Vivo    • Leonid Gitlin equal
contributor,      equal contributor Contributed equally to this
work with: Leonid Gitlin, Loralyn Benoit     • Loralyn Benoit
equal contributor,       Affiliation: Pulmonary and Critical
Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington
University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United
States of America    • Christina Song,     • Marina Cella,     •
Susan Gilfillan,     • Michael J. Holtzman,      Affiliations:
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal
Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis,
Missouri, United States of America, Department of Cell Biology
and Physiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St.
Louis, Missouri, United States of America    • Marco Colonna
mail     • Published: January 22, 2010   • DOI:
10.1371/journal.ppat.1000734   The early host response to pat