Broadening of neutralization activity to directly block a dominant antibody-driven SARS-coronavirus evolution pathway.

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：: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：:Pseudomonas aeruginosa is one of the leading causes of nosocomial pneumonia and its associated mortality. Moreover, extensively drug-resistant high-risk clones are globally widespread, presenting a major challenge to the healthcare systems. Despite this, no vaccine is available against this high-concerning pathogen. H...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Cabral MP,Correia A,Vilanova M,Gärtner F,Moscoso M,García P,Vallejo JA,Pérez A,Francisco-Tomé M,Fuentes-Valverde V,Bou G

更新日期：2020-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection of the vascular system by Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Pa) occurs during bacterial dissemination in the body or in blood-borne infections. Type 3 secretion system (T3SS) toxins from Pa induce a massive retraction when injected into endothelial cells. Here, we addressed the role of type 2 secretion system (T2SS) e...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Golovkine G,Faudry E,Bouillot S,Voulhoux R,Attrée I,Huber P

更新日期：2014-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The Pneumococcal serine-rich repeat protein (PsrP) is a pathogenicity island encoded adhesin that has been positively correlated with the ability of Streptococcus pneumoniae to cause invasive disease. Previous studies have shown that PsrP mediates bacterial attachment to Keratin 10 (K10) on the surface of lung cells t...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Sanchez CJ,Shivshankar P,Stol K,Trakhtenbroit S,Sullam PM,Sauer K,Hermans PW,Orihuela CJ

更新日期：2010-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepadnavirus covalently closed circular (ccc) DNA is the bona fide viral transcription template, which plays a pivotal role in viral infection and persistence. Upon infection, the non-replicative cccDNA is converted from the incoming and de novo synthesized viral genomic relaxed circular (rc) DNA, presumably through e...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Long Q,Yan R,Hu J,Cai D,Mitra B,Kim ES,Marchetti A,Zhang H,Wang S,Liu Y,Huang A,Guo H

更新日期：2017-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Herpes simplex virus (HSV)--and herpesviruses in general--encode for a multipartite entry/fusion apparatus. In HSV it consists of the HSV-specific glycoprotein D (gD), and three additional glycoproteins, gH/gL and gB, conserved across the Herpesviridae family and responsible for the execution of fusion. According to t...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Gianni T,Salvioli S,Chesnokova LS,Hutt-Fletcher LM,Campadelli-Fiume G

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to switch between yeast and filamentous forms is central to Candida albicans biology. The yeast-hyphal transition is implicated in adherence, tissue invasion, biofilm formation, phagocyte escape, and pathogenesis. A second form of morphological plasticity in C. albicans involves epigenetic switching betwee...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Si H,Hernday AD,Hirakawa MP,Johnson AD,Bennett RJ

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Certain pathogens deliver effectors into plant cells to modify host protein targets and thereby suppress immunity. These target modifications can be detected by intracellular immune receptors, or Resistance (R) proteins, that trigger strong immune responses including localized host cell death. The accelerated cell dea...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Palma K,Thorgrimsen S,Malinovsky FG,Fiil BK,Nielsen HB,Brodersen P,Hofius D,Petersen M,Mundy J

更新日期：2010-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Interspecific and intervarietal hybridization may contribute to the biological diversity of fungal populations. Cryptococcus neoformans is a pathogenic yeast and the most common fungal cause of meningitis in patients with AIDS. Most patients are infected with either of the two varieties of C. neoformans, designated as...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Litvintseva AP,Lin X,Templeton I,Heitman J,Mitchell TG

更新日期：2007-08-17 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：:Tsetse flies are vectors of the protozoan parasite African trypanosomes, which cause sleeping sickness disease in humans and nagana in livestock. Although there are no effective vaccines and efficacious drugs against this parasite, vector reduction methods have been successful in curbing the disease, especially for na...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Alam U,Medlock J,Brelsfoard C,Pais R,Lohs C,Balmand S,Carnogursky J,Heddi A,Takac P,Galvani A,Aksoy S

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV or human herpesvirus 8) was first identified in Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) lesions of HIV-infected individuals with AIDS, the basic biological understanding of KSHV has progressed remarkably. However, the absence of a proper animal model for KSHV continues to impede direc...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Chang H,Wachtman LM,Pearson CB,Lee JS,Lee HR,Lee SH,Vieira J,Mansfield KG,Jung JU

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The double-stranded RNA-activated protein kinase R (PKR) is a key regulator of the innate immune response. Activation of PKR during viral infection culminates in phosphorylation of the alpha subunit of the eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2 (eIF2alpha) to inhibit protein translation. A broad range of regulator...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Sadler AJ,Latchoumanin O,Hawkes D,Mak J,Williams BR

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis B virus (HBV) capsid or core protein (HBc) contains an N-terminal domain (NTD) and a C-terminal domain (CTD) connected by a short linker peptide. HBc plays a critical role in virtually every step of viral replication, which is further modulated by dynamic phosphorylation and dephosphorylation of its CTD. Whi...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Xi J,Luckenbaugh L,Hu J

更新日期：2021-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans exhibits morphological changes in cell size during lung infection, producing both typical size 5 to 7 μm cells and large titan cells (> 10 μm and up to 100 μm). We found and optimized in vitro conditions that produce titan cells in order to identify the ancestry of titan c...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Hommel B,Mukaremera L,Cordero RJB,Coelho C,Desjardins CA,Sturny-Leclère A,Janbon G,Perfect JR,Fraser JA,Casadevall A,Cuomo CA,Dromer F,Nielsen K,Alanio A

更新日期：2018-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The essential transactivator function of the HIV Tat protein is regulated by multiple posttranslational modifications. Although individual modifications are well characterized, their crosstalk and dynamics of occurrence during the HIV transcription cycle remain unclear.We examine interactions between two critical modi...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Sakane N,Kwon HS,Pagans S,Kaehlcke K,Mizusawa Y,Kamada M,Lassen KG,Chan J,Greene WC,Schnoelzer M,Ott M

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Spumaretrovirinae, or foamy viruses (FVs) are complex retroviruses that infect many species of monkey and ape. Despite little sequence homology, FV and orthoretroviral Gag proteins perform equivalent functions, including genome packaging, virion assembly, trafficking and membrane targeting. However, there is a pau...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Ball NJ,Nicastro G,Dutta M,Pollard DJ,Goldstone DC,Sanz-Ramos M,Ramos A,Müllers E,Stirnnagel K,Stanke N,Lindemann D,Stoye JP,Taylor WR,Rosenthal PB,Taylor IA

更新日期：2016-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Mokola virus (MOKV) belongs to the lyssavirus genus. As other genus members-including rabies virus (RABV)-it causes deadly encephalitis in mammals. MOKV entry into host cells is mediated by its transmembrane glycoprotein G. First, G binds cellular receptors, triggering virion endocytosis. Then, in the acidic endosomal...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Belot L,Ouldali M,Roche S,Legrand P,Gaudin Y,Albertini AA

更新日期：2020-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：:For many viruses, one or two proteins allow cell attachment and entry, which occurs through the plasma membrane or following endocytosis at low pH. In contrast, vaccinia virus (VACV) enters cells by both neutral and low pH routes; four proteins mediate cell attachment and twelve that are associated in a membrane compl...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Laliberte JP,Weisberg AS,Moss B

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interactions of influenza A virus (IAV) with sialic acid (SIA) receptors determine viral fitness and host tropism. Binding to mucus decoy receptors and receptors on epithelial host cells is determined by a receptor-binding hemagglutinin (HA), a receptor-destroying neuraminidase (NA) and a complex in vivo receptor-repe...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Guo H,Rabouw H,Slomp A,Dai M,van der Vegt F,van Lent JWM,McBride R,Paulson JC,de Groot RJ,van Kuppeveld FJM,de Vries E,de Haan CAM

更新日期：2018-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Leishmania donovani causes visceral leishmaniasis (VL), which is typically fatal without treatment. There is substantial variation between individuals in rates of disease progression, response to treatment and incidence of post-treatment sequelae, specifically post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL). Nevertheless, ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Lewis MD,Paun A,Romano A,Langston H,Langner CA,Moore IN,Bock KW,Francisco AF,Brenchley JM,Sacks DL

更新日期：2020-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, we demonstrated that Pseudomonas aeruginosa ExoT induces potent apoptosis in host epithelial cells in a manner that primarily depends on its ADP-ribosyltransferase domain (ADPRT) activity. However, the mechanism underlying ExoT/ADPRT-induced apoptosis remains undetermined. We now report that ExoT/ADPRT dis...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Wood S,Goldufsky J,Shafikhani SH

更新日期：2015-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracellular parasites, such as Leishmania spp, must acquire suitable carbon sources from the host cell in order to replicate. Here we present evidence that intracellular amastigote stages of Leishmania exploit amino sugars in the phagolysosome of mammalian macrophages as a source of carbon and energy. L. major paras...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Naderer T,Heng J,McConville MJ

更新日期：2010-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is a ubiquitous pathogen that can cause disability in newborns and serious clinical diseases in immunocompromised patients. HCMV has a large genome with enormous coding potential; its viral particles are equipped with complicated glycoprotein complexes and can infect a wide range of human ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Ye X,Gui X,Freed DC,Ku Z,Li L,Chen Y,Xiong W,Fan X,Su H,He X,Rustandi RR,Loughney JW,Ma N,Espeseth AS,Liu J,Zhu H,Wang D,Zhang N,Fu TM,An Z

更新日期：2019-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenoviral vectors have shown significant promise as vaccine delivery vectors due to their ability to elicit both innate and adaptive immune responses. α-defensins are effector molecules of the innate immune response and have been shown to modulate natural infection with adenoviruses, but the majority of α-defensin-ad...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Tartaglia LJ,Badamchi-Zadeh A,Abbink P,Blass E,Aid M,Gebre MS,Li Z,Pastores KC,Trott S,Gupte S,Larocca RA,Barouch DH

更新日期：2019-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is the leading cause of neonatal pneumonia, septicemia, and meningitis. We have previously shown that in adult mice GBS glycolytic enzyme glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) is an extracellular virulence factor that induces production of the immunosuppressive cytokine interleuk...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Madureira P,Andrade EB,Gama B,Oliveira L,Moreira S,Ribeiro A,Correia-Neves M,Trieu-Cuot P,Vilanova M,Ferreira P

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transmission of prions between species is limited by the "species barrier," which hampers a full characterization of human prion strains in the mouse model. We report that the efficiency of primary transmission of prions from Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease patients to a wild rodent species, the bank vole (Clethrionomys gla...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Nonno R,Di Bari MA,Cardone F,Vaccari G,Fazzi P,Dell'Omo G,Cartoni C,Ingrosso L,Boyle A,Galeno R,Sbriccoli M,Lipp HP,Bruce M,Pocchiari M,Agrimi U

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Host genetic variations play an important role in several pathogenic diseases, and we have previously provided strong evidences that these genetic variations contribute significantly to differences in susceptibility and clinical outcomes of invasive Group A Streptococcus (GAS) infections, including sepsis and necrotiz...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Chella Krishnan K,Mukundan S,Alagarsamy J,Hur J,Nookala S,Siemens N,Svensson M,Hyldegaard O,Norrby-Teglund A,Kotb M

更新日期：2016-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracellular pathogens have evolved diverse strategies to invade and survive within host cells. Among the most studied facultative intracellular pathogens, Listeria monocytogenes is known to express two invasins-InlA and InlB-that induce bacterial internalization into nonphagocytic cells. The pore-forming toxin liste...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Vadia S,Arnett E,Haghighat AC,Wilson-Kubalek EM,Tweten RK,Seveau S

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00