The transgenic mice were only susceptible to a mouse muscle-adapted EV71 strain and not the EV71 clinical isolates and exhibited severe symptoms that were comparable to those of the wild-type mice upon EV71 infection. High viral titers were detected in the muscle, spinal cord and brain after mouse-adapted virus infection. This study concluded that human PSGL-1 alone was not sufficient to provoke the infectivity of EV71 in mice. The gene discussed is SELPLG; the disease is viral infectious disease.