Efficient transmission and characterization of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease strains in bank voles.

abstract：:The structure of the infectious prion protein (PrPSc), which is responsible for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans and bovine spongiform encephalopathy, has escaped all attempts at elucidation due to its insolubility and propensity to aggregate. PrPSc replicates by converting the non-infectious, cellular prion protei...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Vázquez-Fernández E,Vos MR,Afanasyev P,Cebey L,Sevillano AM,Vidal E,Rosa I,Renault L,Ramos A,Peters PJ,Fernández JJ,van Heel M,Young HS,Requena JR,Wille H

更新日期：2016-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Human Group IIA secreted phospholipase A2 (hGIIA) is an acute phase protein with bactericidal activity against Gram-positive bacteria. Infection models in hGIIA transgenic mice have suggested the importance of hGIIA as an innate defense mechanism against the human pathogens Group A Streptococcus (GAS) and Group B Stre...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： van Hensbergen VP,Movert E,de Maat V,Lüchtenborg C,Le Breton Y,Lambeau G,Payré C,Henningham A,Nizet V,van Strijp JAG,Brügger B,Carlsson F,McIver KS,van Sorge NM

更新日期：2018-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio cholerae has evolved to adeptly transition between the human small intestine and aquatic environments, leading to water-borne spread and transmission of the lethal diarrheal disease cholera. Using a host model that mimics the pathology of human cholera, we applied high density transposon mutagenesis combined wi...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Kamp HD,Patimalla-Dipali B,Lazinski DW,Wallace-Gadsden F,Camilli A

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), a ubiquitous human herpesvirus, can latently infect the human population. EBV is associated with several types of malignancies originating from lymphoid and epithelial cell types. EBV latent antigen 3C (EBNA3C) is essential for EBV-induced immortalization of B-cells. The Moloney murine leukem...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Banerjee S,Lu J,Cai Q,Sun Z,Jha HC,Robertson ES

更新日期：2014-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Heme metabolism is central to malaria parasite biology. The parasite acquires heme from host hemoglobin in the intraerythrocytic stages and stores it as hemozoin to prevent free heme toxicity. The parasite can also synthesize heme de novo, and all the enzymes in the pathway are characterized. To study the role of the ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Nagaraj VA,Sundaram B,Varadarajan NM,Subramani PA,Kalappa DM,Ghosh SK,Padmanaban G

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) is a major threat to swine health worldwide and is considered the most significant viral disease in the swine industry today. In past years, studies on the entry of the virus into its host cell have led to the identification of a number of essential virus...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Van Breedam W,Van Gorp H,Zhang JQ,Crocker PR,Delputte PL,Nauwynck HJ

更新日期：2010-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) vGPCR is a constitutively active G protein-coupled receptor that subverts proliferative and inflammatory signaling pathways to induce cell transformation in Kaposi's sarcoma. Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) is an inflammatory mediator that plays a key regulatory role in the acti...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Medina MV,D Agostino A,Ma Q,Eroles P,Cavallin L,Chiozzini C,Sapochnik D,Cymeryng C,Hyjek E,Cesarman E,Naipauer J,Mesri EA,Coso OA

更新日期：2020-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent emergence of a novel H7N9 influenza A virus (IAV) causing severe human infections in China raises concerns about a possible pandemic. The lack of pre-existing neutralizing antibodies in the broader population highlights the potential protective role of IAV-specific CD8(+) cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) memory...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Duan S,Meliopoulos VA,McClaren JL,Guo XZ,Sanders CJ,Smallwood HS,Webby RJ,Schultz-Cherry SL,Doherty PC,Thomas PG

更新日期：2015-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Open reading frame (ORF) 45 of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) is a tegument protein. A genetic analysis with a null mutant suggested a possible role for this protein in the events leading to viral egress. In this study, ORF45 was found to interact with KIF3A, a kinesin-2 motor protein that transports c...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Sathish N,Zhu FX,Yuan Y

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellular metal homeostasis is a critical process for all organisms, requiring tight regulation. In the major pathogen Helicobacter pylori, the acquisition of nickel is an essential virulence determinant as this metal is a cofactor for the acid-resistance enzyme, urease. Nickel uptake relies on the NixA permease and th...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Denic M,Turlin E,Michel V,Fischer F,Khorasani-Motlagh M,Zamble D,Vinella D,de Reuse H

更新日期：2021-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The bank vole is a rodent susceptible to different prion strains from humans and various animal species. We analyzed the transmission features of different prions in a panel of seven rodent species which showed various degrees of phylogenetic affinity and specific prion protein (PrP) sequence divergences in order to i...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Agrimi U,Nonno R,Dell'Omo G,Di Bari MA,Conte M,Chiappini B,Esposito E,Di Guardo G,Windl O,Vaccari G,Lipp HP

更新日期：2008-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies identified prion protein (PrP) mutants which act as dominant negative inhibitors of prion formation through a mechanism hypothesized to require an unidentified species-specific cofactor termed protein X. To study the mechanism of dominant negative inhibition in vitro, we used recombinant PrP(C) molecu...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Geoghegan JC,Miller MB,Kwak AH,Harris BT,Supattapone S

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blocking neurotransmission, botulinum neurotoxin is the most poisonous biological substance known to mankind. Despite its infamy as the scourge of the food industry, the neurotoxin is increasingly used as a pharmaceutical to treat an expanding range of muscle disorders. Whilst neurotoxin expression by the spore-formin...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Zhang Z,Korkeala H,Dahlsten E,Sahala E,Heap JT,Minton NP,Lindström M

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) particles closely mimic human very-low-density lipoproteins (VLDL) to evade humoral immunity and to facilitate cell entry. However, the principles that govern HCV association with VLDL components are poorly defined. Using an siRNA screen, we identified ABHD5 (α/β hydrolase domain containing pro...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Vieyres G,Welsch K,Gerold G,Gentzsch J,Kahl S,Vondran FW,Kaderali L,Pietschmann T

更新日期：2016-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Antigenic variation to evade host immunity has long been assumed to be a driving force of diversifying selection in pathogens. Colonization by Streptococcus pneumoniae, which is central to the organism's transmission and therefore evolution, is limited by two arms of the immune system: antibody- and T cell- mediated i...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Li Y,Gierahn T,Thompson CM,Trzciński K,Ford CB,Croucher N,Gouveia P,Flechtner JB,Malley R,Lipsitch M

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Marek's Disease Virus (MDV) is an alphaherpesvirus that infects chickens, transforms CD4+ T cells and causes deadly lymphomas. In addition, MDV induces immunosuppression early during infection by inducing cell death of the infected lymphocytes, and potentially due to activation of regulatory T (Treg)-cells. Furthermor...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Gurung A,Kamble N,Kaufer BB,Pathan A,Behboudi S

更新日期：2017-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Laboratory strains of the mouse polyoma virus differ markedly in their abilities to replicate and induce tumors in newborn mice. Major determinants of pathogenicity lie in the sialic binding pocket of the major capsid protein Vp1 and dictate receptor-binding properties of the virus. Substitutions at two sites in Vp1 d...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Carroll J,Dey D,Kreisman L,Velupillai P,Dahl J,Telford S,Bronson R,Benjamin T

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human bocavirus 1 (HBoV1) belongs to the genus Bocaparvovirus of the Parvoviridae family, and is an emerging human pathogenic respiratory virus. In vitro, HBoV1 infects well-differentiated/polarized primary human airway epithelium (HAE) cultured at an air-liquid interface (HAE-ALI). Although it is well known that auto...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Deng X,Yan Z,Cheng F,Engelhardt JF,Qiu J

更新日期：2016-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1) causes lifelong infection affecting between 50 and 90% of the global population. In addition to causing dermal lesions, HSV-1 is a leading cause of blindness resulting from recurrent corneal infection. Corneal disease is characterized by loss of corneal immunologic privilege and extensiv...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Wuest T,Zheng M,Efstathiou S,Halford WP,Carr DJ

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inactivation of host Rho GTPases is a widespread strategy employed by bacterial pathogens to manipulate mammalian cellular functions and avoid immune defenses. Some bacterial toxins mimic eukaryotic Rho GTPase-activating proteins (GAPs) to inactivate mammalian GTPases, probably as a result of evolutionary convergence....

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Colinet D,Schmitz A,Depoix D,Crochard D,Poirié M

更新日期：2007-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:As a canonical adaptor for the Toll-like receptor (TLR) family, myeloid differentiation primary response protein 88 (MyD88) has crucial roles in host defense against infection by microbial pathogens, and its dysregulation might induce autoimmune diseases. Here, we demonstrate that the chicken Cullin 3-based ubiquitin ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Li Q,Wang F,Wang Q,Zhang N,Zheng J,Zheng M,Liu R,Cui H,Wen J,Zhao G

更新日期：2020-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Some pathogens have evolved mechanisms to overcome host immune defenses by inhibiting host defense signaling pathways and suppressing the expression of host defense effectors. We present evidence that Pseudomonas aeruginosa is able to suppress the expression of a subset of immune defense genes in the animal host Caeno...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Evans EA,Kawli T,Tan MW

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus aureus USA300 strains cause a highly inflammatory necrotizing pneumonia. The virulence of this strain has been attributed to its expression of multiple toxins that have diverse targets including ADAM10, NLRP3 and CD11b. We demonstrate that induction of necroptosis through RIP1/RIP3/MLKL signaling is a m...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Kitur K,Parker D,Nieto P,Ahn DS,Cohen TS,Chung S,Wachtel S,Bueno S,Prince A

更新日期：2015-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:PML (Promyelocytic Leukemia protein), also known as TRIM19, belongs to the family of tripartite motif (TRIM) proteins. PML is mainly expressed in the nucleus, where it forms dynamic structures known as PML nuclear bodies that recruit many other proteins, such as Sp100 and Daxx. While the role of PML/TRIM19 in antivira...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Dutrieux J,Maarifi G,Portilho DM,Arhel NJ,Chelbi-Alix MK,Nisole S

更新日期：2015-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated to what extent natural transformation acting on free DNA substrates can facilitate transfer of mobile elements including transposons, integrons and/or gene cassettes between bacterial species. Naturally transformable cells of Acinetobacter baylyi were exposed to DNA from integron-carrying strains ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Domingues S,Harms K,Fricke WF,Johnsen PJ,da Silva GJ,Nielsen KM

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue samples from Australian carpet pythons (Morelia spilota) with neurological disease were screened for viruses using next-generation sequencing. Coding complete genomes of two bornaviruses were identified with the gene order 3'-N-X-P-G-M-L, representing a transposition of the G and M genes compared to other borna...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Hyndman TH,Shilton CM,Stenglein MD,Wellehan JFX Jr

更新日期：2018-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Caspase-dependent cleavage of antigens associated with apoptotic cells plays a prominent role in the generation of CD8⁺ T cell responses in various infectious diseases. We found that the emergence of a large population of autoreactive CD8⁺ T effector cells specific for apoptotic T cell-associated self-epitopes exceeds...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Franceschini D,Del Porto P,Piconese S,Trella E,Accapezzato D,Paroli M,Morrone S,Piccolella E,Spada E,Mele A,Sidney J,Sette A,Barnaba V

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A key difference that distinguishes viral infections from protein immunizations is the recognition of viral nucleic acids by cytosolic pattern recognition receptors (PRRs). Insights into the functions of cytosolic PRRs such as the RNA-sensing Rig-I-like receptors (RLRs) in the instruction of adaptive immunity are ther...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： O'Ketch M,Williams S,Larson C,Uhrlaub JL,Wong R,Hall B,Deshpande NR,Schenten D

更新日期：2020-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of next-generation sequencing platforms is set to reveal an unprecedented level of detail on short-term molecular evolutionary processes in bacteria. Here we re-analyse genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) datasets for recently emerged clones of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Castillo-Ramírez S,Harris SR,Holden MT,He M,Parkhill J,Bentley SD,Feil EJ

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This Pearl article recounts the story of a US corporation, Lennar, the nation's leading homebuilder, an essential function in the US (not allowed to lock down), when faced with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic at the end of February 2020. The culture of the company, which allowed it to proceed safely, ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Goldschmidt-Clermont PJ

更新日期：2020-08-27 00:00:00