The effect of immune selection on the structure of the meningococcal opa protein repertoire.

abstract：:Candida albicans is the most frequent cause of oral fungal infections. However, the exact pathogenicity mechanisms that this fungus employs are largely unknown and many of the genes expressed during oral infection are uncharacterized. In this study we sought to functionally characterize 12 previously unknown function ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Mayer FL,Wilson D,Jacobsen ID,Miramón P,Große K,Hube B

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The innate immune system is the first line of host defense against invading organisms. Thus, pathogens have developed virulence mechanisms to evade the innate immune system. Here, we report a novel means for inhibition of neutrophil recruitment by Group A Streptococcus (GAS). Deletion of the secreted esterase gene (de...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Liu M,Zhu H,Li J,Garcia CC,Feng W,Kirpotina LN,Hilmer J,Tavares LP,Layton AW,Quinn MT,Bothner B,Teixeira MM,Lei B

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA viruses typically occur in genetically diverse populations due to their error-prone genome replication. Genetic diversity is thought to be important in allowing RNA viruses to explore sequence space, facilitating adaptation to changing environments and hosts. Some arboviruses that infect both a mosquito vector and...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Forrester NL,Guerbois M,Seymour RL,Spratt H,Weaver SC

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iron, an essential co-factor of respiratory chain proteins, is critical for mitochondrial function and maintenance of its redox balance. We previously reported a role for iron uptake in differentiation of Leishmania amazonensis into virulent amastigotes, by a mechanism that involves reactive oxygen species (ROS) produ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Mittra B,Laranjeira-Silva MF,Perrone Bezerra de Menezes J,Jensen J,Michailowsky V,Andrews NW

更新日期：2016-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:An unprecedented epidemic of chikungunya virus (CHIKV) infection recently started in countries of the Indian Ocean area, causing an acute and painful syndrome with strong fever, asthenia, skin rash, polyarthritis, and lethal cases of encephalitis. The basis for chikungunya disease and the tropism of CHIKV remain unkno...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Sourisseau M,Schilte C,Casartelli N,Trouillet C,Guivel-Benhassine F,Rudnicka D,Sol-Foulon N,Le Roux K,Prevost MC,Fsihi H,Frenkiel MP,Blanchet F,Afonso PV,Ceccaldi PE,Ozden S,Gessain A,Schuffenecker I,Verhasselt B,Zamb

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclic GMP-AMP (cGAMP) synthase (cGAS, a.k.a. MB21D1), a cytosolic DNA sensor, catalyzes formation of the second messenger 2'3'-cGAMP that activates the stimulator of interferon genes (STING) signaling. How the cGAS activity is modulated remains largely unknown. Here, we demonstrate that sentrin/SUMO-specific protease...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Cui Y,Yu H,Zheng X,Peng R,Wang Q,Zhou Y,Wang R,Wang J,Qu B,Shen N,Guo Q,Liu X,Wang C

更新日期：2017-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The continued evolution of bacterial pathogens has major implications for both human and animal disease, but the exchange of genetic material between host-restricted pathogens is rarely considered. Streptococcus equi subspecies equi (S. equi) is a host-restricted pathogen of horses that has evolved from the zoonotic p...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Holden MT,Heather Z,Paillot R,Steward KF,Webb K,Ainslie F,Jourdan T,Bason NC,Holroyd NE,Mungall K,Quail MA,Sanders M,Simmonds M,Willey D,Brooks K,Aanensen DM,Spratt BG,Jolley KA,Maiden MC,Kehoe M,Chanter N,Bentl

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Crohn's disease (CD) is a chronic inflammatory condition of diverse etiology. Exposure to foodborne pathogens causing acute gastroenteritis produces a long-term risk of CD well into the post-infectious period but the mechanistic basis for this ongoing relationship to disease onset is unknown. We developed two novel mo...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Small CL,Xing L,McPhee JB,Law HT,Coombes BK

更新日期：2016-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteria of the Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc) can cause devastating pulmonary infections in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients, yet the precise mechanisms underlying inflammation, recurrent exacerbations and transition from chronic stages to acute infection and septicemia are not known. Bcc bacteria are generally beli...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Mesureur J,Feliciano JR,Wagner N,Gomes MC,Zhang L,Blanco-Gonzalez M,van der Vaart M,O'Callaghan D,Meijer AH,Vergunst AC

更新日期：2017-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) reduces HIV-associated morbidities and mortalities but cannot cure the infection. Given the difficulty of eradicating HIV-1, a functional cure for HIV-infected patients appears to be a more reachable short-term goal. We identified 14 HIV patients (post-treatment controllers [P...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Sáez-Cirión A,Bacchus C,Hocqueloux L,Avettand-Fenoel V,Girault I,Lecuroux C,Potard V,Versmisse P,Melard A,Prazuck T,Descours B,Guergnon J,Viard JP,Boufassa F,Lambotte O,Goujard C,Meyer L,Costagliola D,Venet A,Pancin

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The studies reported herein are the first to document the effect of the in vivo administration of a JAK3 inhibitor for defining the potential role of NK cells during acute SIV infection of a group of 15 rhesus macaques (RM). An additional group of 16 MHC/KIR typed RM was included as controls. The previously optimized ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Takahashi Y,Byrareddy SN,Albrecht C,Brameier M,Walter L,Mayne AE,Dunbar P,Russo R,Little DM,Villinger T,Khowawisetsut L,Pattanapanyasat K,Villinger F,Ansari AA

更新日期：2014-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Ebolaviruses, highly lethal zoonotic pathogens, possess longer genomes than most other non-segmented negative-strand RNA viruses due in part to long 5' and 3' untranslated regions (UTRs) present in the seven viral transcriptional units. To date, specific functions have not been assigned to these UTRs. With reporter as...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Shabman RS,Hoenen T,Groseth A,Jabado O,Binning JM,Amarasinghe GK,Feldmann H,Basler CF

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Haemophilus influenzae HMW1 adhesin is a high-molecular weight protein that is secreted by the bacterial two-partner secretion pathway and mediates adherence to respiratory epithelium, an essential early step in the pathogenesis of H. influenzae disease. In recent work, we discovered that HMW1 is a glycoprotein an...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Grass S,Lichti CF,Townsend RR,Gross J,St Geme JW 3rd

更新日期：2010-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Plants possess active defense systems and can protect themselves from pathogenic invasion by secretion of a variety of small antimicrobial or antifungal proteins such as thionins. The antibacterial and antifungal properties of thionins are derived from their ability to induce open pore formation on cell membranes of p...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Asano T,Miwa A,Maeda K,Kimura M,Nishiuchi T

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcriptional regulatory networks are fundamental to how microbes alter gene expression in response to environmental stimuli, thereby playing a critical role in bacterial pathogenesis. However, understanding how bacterial transcriptional regulatory networks function during host-pathogen interaction is limited. Recen...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Shelburne SA,Olsen RJ,Suber B,Sahasrabhojane P,Sumby P,Brennan RG,Musser JM

更新日期：2010-03-19 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：:The mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) cassette of the cell wall integrity (CWI) pathway is primarily responsible for orchestrating changes of cell wall. However, functions of this cassette in other cellular processes are not well understood. Here, we found that the Botrytis cinerea mutant of MAPK kinase (BcMkk1)...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Yin Y,Wu S,Chui C,Ma T,Jiang H,Hahn M,Ma Z

更新日期：2018-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:In human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), tropism to epithelial and endothelial cells is dependent upon a pentameric complex (PC). Given the structure of the placenta, the PC is potentially an important neutralizing antibody target antigen against congenital infection. The guinea pig is the only small animal model for congenit...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Coleman S,Choi KY,Root M,McGregor A

更新日期：2016-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Highly phagocytic macrophages line the marginal zone (MZ) of the spleen and the lymph node subcapsular sinus. Although these macrophages have been attributed with a variety of functions, including the uptake and clearance of blood and lymph-borne pathogens, little is known about the effector mechanisms they employ aft...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Phillips R,Svensson M,Aziz N,Maroof A,Brown N,Beattie L,Signoret N,Kaye PM

更新日期：2010-03-12 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：:The MHC class I D(k) molecule supplies vital host resistance during murine cytomegalovirus (MCMV) infection. Natural killer (NK) cells expressing the Ly49G2 inhibitory receptor, which specifically binds D(k), are required to control viral spread. The extent of D(k)-dependent host resistance, however, differs significa...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Gillespie AL,Teoh J,Lee H,Prince J,Stadnisky MD,Anderson M,Nash W,Rival C,Wei H,Gamache A,Farber CR,Tung K,Brown MG

更新日期：2016-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Sepsis is a frequent complication in critical illness. The mechanisms that are involved in initiation and propagation of the disease are not well understood. Scavenger receptor A (SRA) is a membrane receptor that binds multiple polyanions such as oxidized LDL and endotoxin. Recent studies suggest that SRA acts as a pa...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Ozment TR,Ha T,Breuel KF,Ford TR,Ferguson DA,Kalbfleisch J,Schweitzer JB,Kelley JL,Li C,Williams DL

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In addition to modulating the function and stability of cellular mRNAs, microRNAs can profoundly affect the life cycles of viruses bearing sequence complementary targets, a finding recently exploited to ameliorate toxicities of vaccines and oncolytic viruses. To elucidate the mechanisms underlying microRNA-mediated an...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Kelly EJ,Hadac EM,Cullen BR,Russell SJ

更新日期：2010-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Nasal colonization by both gram-positive and gram-negative pathogens induces expression of the innate immune protein lipocalin 2 (Lcn2). Lcn2 binds and sequesters the iron-scavenging siderophore enterobactin (Ent), preventing bacterial iron acquisition. In addition, Lcn2 bound to Ent induces release of IL-8 from cultu...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Bachman MA,Miller VL,Weiser JN

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1006219.]. ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Hirsch AJ,Smith JL,Haese NN,Broeckel RM,Parkins CJ,Kreklywich C,DeFilippis VR,Denton M,Smith PP,Messer WB,Colgin LM,Ducore RM,Grigsby PL,Hennebold JD,Swanson T,Legasse AW,Axthelm MK,MacAllister R,Wiley CA,Nelson JA

更新日期：2017-04-05 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：:Many thousands of endoparasitic wasp species are known to inject polydnavirus (PDV) particles into their caterpillar host during oviposition, causing immune and developmental dysfunctions that benefit the wasp larva. PDVs associated with braconid and ichneumonid wasps, bracoviruses and ichnoviruses respectively, both ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Volkoff AN,Jouan V,Urbach S,Samain S,Bergoin M,Wincker P,Demettre E,Cousserans F,Provost B,Coulibaly F,Legeai F,Béliveau C,Cusson M,Gyapay G,Drezen JM

更新日期：2010-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:NKT cells play an important role in autoimmune diseases, tumor surveillance, and infectious diseases, providing in most cases protection against infection. NKT cells are reactive to CD1d presented glycolipid antigens. They can modulate immune responses by promoting the secretion of type 1, type 2, or immune regulatory...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Karmakar S,Bhaumik SK,Paul J,De T

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis B virus (HBV) replicates its 3 kb DNA genome through capsid-internal reverse transcription, initiated by assembly of 120 core protein (HBc) dimers around a complex of viral pregenomic (pg) RNA and polymerase. Following synthesis of relaxed circular (RC) DNA capsids can be enveloped and secreted as stable vir...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Heger-Stevic J,Zimmermann P,Lecoq L,Böttcher B,Nassal M

更新日期：2018-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxoplasma gondii possesses an armada of secreted virulent factors that enable parasite invasion and survival into host cells. These factors are contained in specific secretory organelles, the rhoptries, micronemes and dense granules that release their content upon host cell recognition. Dense granules are secreted in...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Venugopal K,Chehade S,Werkmeister E,Barois N,Periz J,Lafont F,Tardieux I,Khalife J,Langsley G,Meissner M,Marion S

更新日期：2020-05-28 00:00:00