Mycobacterium tuberculosis nuoG is a virulence gene that inhibits apoptosis of infected host cells.

abstract：:Mycoplasma pneumoniae, a human pathogenic bacterium, glides on host cell surfaces by a unique and unknown mechanism. It forms an attachment organelle at a cell pole as a membrane protrusion composed of surface and internal structures, with a highly organized architecture. In the present study, we succeeded in isolatin...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Nakane D,Kenri T,Matsuo L,Miyata M

更新日期：2015-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical course of prion diseases is accurately predictable despite long latency periods, suggesting that prion pathogenesis is driven by precisely timed molecular events. We constructed a searchable genome-wide atlas of mRNA abundance and splicing alterations during the course of disease in prion-inoculated mice....

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Sorce S,Nuvolone M,Russo G,Chincisan A,Heinzer D,Avar M,Pfammatter M,Schwarz P,Delic M,Müller M,Hornemann S,Sanoudou D,Scheckel C,Aguzzi A

更新日期：2020-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Necrotrophic plant pathogens acquire nutrients from dead plant cells, which requires the disintegration of the plant cell wall and tissue structures by the pathogen. Infected plants lose tissue integrity and functional immunity as a result, exposing the nutrient rich, decayed tissues to the environment. One challenge ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Cui Z,Yang CH,Kharadi RR,Yuan X,Sundin GW,Triplett LR,Wang J,Zeng Q

更新日期：2019-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The inability of sodium antimony gluconate (SAG)-unresponsive kala-azar patients to clear Leishmania donovani (LD) infection despite SAG therapy is partly due to an ill-defined immune-dysfunction. Since dendritic cells (DCs) typically initiate anti-leishmanial immunity, a role for DCs in aberrant LD clearance was inve...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Haldar AK,Yadav V,Singhal E,Bisht KK,Singh A,Bhaumik S,Basu R,Sen P,Roy S

更新日期：2010-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A well-known histopathological feature of diseased skin in Buruli ulcer (BU) is coagulative necrosis caused by the Mycobacterium ulcerans macrolide exotoxin mycolactone. Since the underlying mechanism is not known, we have investigated the effect of mycolactone on endothelial cells, focussing on the expression of surf...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Ogbechi J,Ruf MT,Hall BS,Bodman-Smith K,Vogel M,Wu HL,Stainer A,Esmon CT,Ahnström J,Pluschke G,Simmonds RE

更新日期：2015-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastrointestinal infections caused by enteric yersiniae can become persistent and complicated by relapsing enteritis and severe autoimmune disorders. To establish a persistent infection, the bacteria have to cope with hostile surroundings when they transmigrate through the intestinal epithelium and colonize underlying...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Heine W,Beckstette M,Heroven AK,Thiemann S,Heise U,Nuss AM,Pisano F,Strowig T,Dersch P

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1007696.]. ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Dewan KK,Taylor-Mulneix DL,Campos LL,Skarlupka AL,Wagner SM,Ryman VE,Gestal MC,Ma L,Blas-Machado U,Faddis BT,Harvill ET

更新日期：2019-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:CD8+ T cell responses to Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) lytic cycle expressed antigens display a hierarchy of immunodominance, in which responses to epitopes of immediate-early (IE) and some early (E) antigens are more frequently observed than responses to epitopes of late (L) expressed antigens. It has been proposed that t...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Quinn LL,Zuo J,Abbott RJ,Shannon-Lowe C,Tierney RJ,Hislop AD,Rowe M

更新日期：2014-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The diversity of a highly variable RNA plant virus was considered to determine the range of virulence substitutions, the evolutionary pathways to virulence, and whether intraspecific diversity modulates virulence pathways and propensity. In all, 114 isolates representative of the genetic and geographic diversity of Ri...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Pinel-Galzi A,Rakotomalala M,Sangu E,Sorho F,Kanyeka Z,Traoré O,Sérémé D,Poulicard N,Rabenantoandro Y,Séré Y,Konaté G,Ghesquière A,Hébrard E,Fargette D

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammalian prion structures and replication mechanisms are poorly understood. Most synthetic recombinant prion protein (rPrP) amyloids prepared without cofactors are non-infectious or much less infectious than bona fide tissue-derived PrPSc. This effect has been associated with differences in folding of the aggregates,...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Groveman BR,Raymond GJ,Campbell KJ,Race B,Raymond LD,Hughson AG,Orrú CD,Kraus A,Phillips K,Caughey B

更新日期：2017-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are 19 to 23 nucleotide-long RNAs that post-transcriptionally regulate gene expression. Human cells express several hundred miRNAs which regulate important biological pathways such as development, proliferation, and apoptosis. Recently, 12 miRNA genes have been identified within the genome of Kaposi...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Samols MA,Skalsky RL,Maldonado AM,Riva A,Lopez MC,Baker HV,Renne R

更新日期：2007-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Human rhinovirus (RV) infections are the principle cause of common colds and precipitate asthma and COPD exacerbations. There is currently no RV vaccine, largely due to the existence of ∼150 strains. We aimed to define highly conserved areas of the RV proteome and test their usefulness as candidate antigens for a broa...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Glanville N,McLean GR,Guy B,Lecouturier V,Berry C,Girerd Y,Gregoire C,Walton RP,Pearson RM,Kebadze T,Burdin N,Bartlett NW,Almond JW,Johnston SL

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV-1 replication normally requires Vif-mediated neutralization of APOBEC3 antiviral enzymes. Viruses lacking Vif succumb to deamination-dependent and -independent restriction processes. Here, HIV-1 adaptation studies were leveraged to ask whether viruses with an irreparable vif deletion could develop resistance to re...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Ikeda T,Symeonides M,Albin JS,Li M,Thali M,Harris RS

更新日期：2018-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis B virus (HBV) core protein (HBc) contains an N-terminal domain (NTD, assembly domain) and a C-terminal domain (CTD), which are linked by a flexible linker region. HBc plays multiple essential roles in viral replication, including capsid assembly, packaging of the viral pregenomic RNA (pgRNA) into nucleocapsi...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Liu K,Luckenbaugh L,Ning X,Xi J,Hu J

更新日期：2018-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The picornaviruses coxsackievirus A24 variant (CVA24v) and enterovirus 70 (EV70) cause continued outbreaks and pandemics of acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis (AHC), a highly contagious eye disease against which neither vaccines nor antiviral drugs are currently available. Moreover, these viruses can cause symptoms in t...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Zocher G,Mistry N,Frank M,Hähnlein-Schick I,Ekström JO,Arnberg N,Stehle T

更新日期：2014-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The herpesviruses, like most other DNA viruses, replicate in the host cell nucleus. Subnuclear domains known as promyelocytic leukemia protein nuclear bodies (PML-NBs), or ND10 bodies, have been implicated in restricting early herpesviral gene expression. These viruses have evolved countermeasures to disperse PML-NBs,...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Reichelt M,Wang L,Sommer M,Perrino J,Nour AM,Sen N,Baiker A,Zerboni L,Arvin AM

更新日期：2011-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Herpesviruses persist indefinitely in their host through complex and poorly defined interactions that mediate latent, chronic or productive states of infection. Human cytomegalovirus (CMV or HCMV), a ubiquitous β-herpesvirus, coordinates the expression of two viral genes, UL135 and UL138, which have opposing roles in ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Buehler J,Zeltzer S,Reitsma J,Petrucelli A,Umashankar M,Rak M,Zagallo P,Schroeder J,Terhune S,Goodrum F

更新日期：2016-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Micro (mi)RNAs are small non-coding RNAs that regulate the expression of their targets' messenger RNAs through both translational inhibition and regulation of target RNA stability. Recently, a number of viruses, particularly of the herpesvirus family, have been shown to express their own miRNAs to control both viral a...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Dölken L,Krmpotic A,Kothe S,Tuddenham L,Tanguy M,Marcinowski L,Ruzsics Z,Elefant N,Altuvia Y,Margalit H,Koszinowski UH,Jonjic S,Pfeffer S

更新日期：2010-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:KSHV is the etiological agent of Kaposi's sarcoma (KS), primary effusion lymphoma (PEL), and a subset of multicentricCastleman's disease (MCD). The fact that KSHV-encoded miRNAs are readily detectable in all KSHV-associated tumors suggests a potential role in viral pathogenesis and tumorigenesis. MiRNA-mediated regula...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Haecker I,Gay LA,Yang Y,Hu J,Morse AM,McIntyre LM,Renne R

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：:Identification of the determinants of pathogen reservoir potential is central to understand disease emergence. It has been proposed that host lifespan is one such determinant: short-lived hosts will invest less in costly defenses against pathogens, so that they will be more susceptible to infection, more competent as ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Hily JM,García A,Moreno A,Plaza M,Wilkinson MD,Fereres A,Fraile A,García-Arenal F

更新日期：2014-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The ubiquitin-like modifier ISG15 is one of the most predominant proteins induced by type I interferons (IFN). In this study, murine embryo fibroblast (MEFs) and mice lacking the gene were used to demonstrate a novel role of ISG15 as a host defense molecule against vaccinia virus (VACV) infection. In MEFs, the growth ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Guerra S,Cáceres A,Knobeloch KP,Horak I,Esteban M

更新日期：2008-07-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The flagellum organelle is an intricate multiprotein assembly best known for its rotational propulsion of bacteria. However, recent studies have expanded our knowledge of other functions in pathogenic contexts, particularly adherence and immune modulation, e.g., for Salmonella enterica, Campylobacter jejuni, Pseudomon...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Rossez Y,Wolfson EB,Holmes A,Gally DL,Holden NJ

更新日期：2015-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:IFI16 (gamma-interferon-inducible protein 16), a predominantly nuclear protein involved in transcriptional regulation, also functions as an innate immune response DNA sensor and induces the IL-1β and antiviral type-1 interferon-β (IFN-β) cytokines. We have shown that IFI16, in association with BRCA1, functions as a se...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Iqbal J,Ansari MA,Kumar B,Dutta D,Roy A,Chikoti L,Pisano G,Dutta S,Vahedi S,Veettil MV,Chandran B

更新日期：2016-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The number of pathogens that are required to infect a host, termed infective dose, varies dramatically across pathogen species. It has recently been predicted that infective dose will depend upon the mode of action of the molecules that pathogens use to facilitate their infection. Specifically, pathogens which use loc...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Leggett HC,Cornwallis CK,West SA

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pili of pathogenic Neisseria are major virulence factors associated with adhesion, twitching motility, auto-aggregation, and DNA transformation. Pili of N. meningitidis are subject to several different post-translational modifications. Among these pilin modifications, the presence of phosphorylcholine (ChoP) and a gly...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Jen FE,Warren MJ,Schulz BL,Power PM,Swords WE,Weiser JN,Apicella MA,Edwards JL,Jennings MP

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type I interferons (IFN) are important for antiviral responses. Melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 (MDA-5) and retinoic acid-induced gene I (RIG-I) proteins detect cytosolic double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) or 5'-triphosphate (5'-ppp) RNA and mediate IFN production. Cytosolic 5'-ppp RNA and dsRNA are generated duri...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Nikonov A,Mölder T,Sikut R,Kiiver K,Männik A,Toots U,Lulla A,Lulla V,Utt A,Merits A,Ustav M

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have identified from the mutualistic grass endophyte Epichloë festucae a non-ribosomal peptide synthetase gene (sidN) encoding a siderophore synthetase. The enzymatic product of SidN is shown to be a novel extracellular siderophore designated as epichloënin A, related to ferrirubin from the ferrichrome family. Targ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Johnson LJ,Koulman A,Christensen M,Lane GA,Fraser K,Forester N,Johnson RD,Bryan GT,Rasmussen S

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gut microbiota facilitate many aspects of human health and development, but dysbiotic microbiota can promote hyperplasia and inflammation and contribute to human diseases such as cancer. Human patients infected with the gastric cancer-causing bacterium Helicobacter pylori have altered microbiota; however, whether dysb...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Jones TA,Hernandez DZ,Wong ZC,Wandler AM,Guillemin K

更新日期：2017-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Species-dependent variation in proteins that aid or limit virus replication determines the ability of lentiviruses to jump between host species. Identifying and overcoming these differences facilitates the development of animal models for HIV-1, including models based on chimeric SIVs that express HIV-1 envelope (Env)...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Del Prete GQ,Keele BF,Fode J,Thummar K,Swanstrom AE,Rodriguez A,Raymond A,Estes JD,LaBranche CC,Montefiori DC,KewalRamani VN,Lifson JD,Bieniasz PD,Hatziioannou T

更新日期：2017-09-25 00:00:00