In vivo induction of apoptosis by influenza virus Mori, Isamu and Komatsu, Takayuki and Takeuchi, Kenji and Nakakuki, Kazuya and Sudo, Masakatsu and Kimura, Yoshinobu,, 76, 2869-2873 (1995), doi = https://doi.org/10.1099/0022-1317-76-11-2869, publicationName = Microbiology Society, issn = 0022-1317, abstract= Intranasal exposure of mice to influenza virus led to cell death in bronchial/bronchiolar epithelial cells, alveolar cells and lymphoid cells. These cells displayed fragmentation of nuclei and chromatin condensation. Nick end-labelling of DNA in situ confirmed that such apoptotic cells had fragmented DNA. These results suggest that the influenza virus induces apoptosis in vivo., language=, type=