Genomic evidence for the evolution of Streptococcus equi: host restriction, increased virulence, and genetic exchange with human pathogens.

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：:Migrating cells are guided in complex environments mainly by chemotaxis or structural cues presented by the surrounding tissue. During transmission of malaria, parasite motility in the skin is important for Plasmodium sporozoites to reach the blood circulation. Here we show that sporozoite migration varies in differen...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Hellmann JK,Münter S,Kudryashev M,Schulz S,Heiss K,Müller AK,Matuschewski K,Spatz JP,Schwarz US,Frischknecht F

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A defect in the PKA1 gene encoding the catalytic subunit of cyclic adenosine 5'-monophosphate (cAMP)-dependent protein kinase A (PKA) is known to reduce capsule size and attenuate virulence in the fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans. Conversely, loss of the PKA regulatory subunit encoded by pkr1 results in overpro...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Hu G,Steen BR,Lian T,Sham AP,Tam N,Tangen KL,Kronstad JW

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

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：:Transforming growth factor (TGF)-β inhibits hepatitis B virus (HBV) replication although the intracellular effectors involved are not determined. Here, we report that reduction of HBV transcripts by TGF-β is dependent on AID expression, which significantly decreases both HBV transcripts and viral DNA, resulting in inh...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Liang G,Liu G,Kitamura K,Wang Z,Chowdhury S,Monjurul AM,Wakae K,Koura M,Shimadu M,Kinoshita K,Muramatsu M

更新日期：2015-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Vaccinia virus A33 is an extracellular enveloped virus (EEV)-specific type II membrane glycoprotein that is essential for efficient EEV formation and long-range viral spread within the host. A33 is a target for neutralizing antibody responses against EEV. In this study, we produced seven murine anti-A33 monoclonal ant...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Matho MH,Schlossman A,Meng X,Benhnia MR,Kaever T,Buller M,Doronin K,Parker S,Peters B,Crotty S,Xiang Y,Zajonc DM

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Members of the major candidate phylum Dependentiae (a.k.a. TM6) are widespread across diverse environments from showerheads to peat bogs; yet, with the exception of two isolates infecting amoebae, they are only known from metagenomic data. The limited knowledge of their biology indicates that they have a long evolutio...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Deeg CM,Zimmer MM,George EE,Husnik F,Keeling PJ,Suttle CA

更新日期：2019-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistance of viruses to mutagenic agents is an important problem for the development of lethal mutagenesis as an antiviral strategy. Previous studies with RNA viruses have documented that resistance to the mutagenic nucleoside analogue ribavirin (1-β-D-ribofuranosyl-1-H-1,2,4-triazole-3-carboxamide) is mediated by am...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Agudo R,Ferrer-Orta C,Arias A,de la Higuera I,Perales C,Pérez-Luque R,Verdaguer N,Domingo E

更新日期：2010-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Giardia intestinalis is a major cause of diarrheal disease worldwide and two major Giardia genotypes, assemblages A and B, infect humans. The genome of assemblage A parasite WB was recently sequenced, and the structurally compact 11.7 Mbp genome contains simplified basic cellular machineries and metabolism. We here pe...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Franzén O,Jerlström-Hultqvist J,Castro E,Sherwood E,Ankarklev J,Reiner DS,Palm D,Andersson JO,Andersson B,Svärd SG

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retroviral capsid recognition by Trim5 blocks productive infection. Rhesus macaques harbor three functionally distinct Trim5 alleles: Trim5α(Q) , Trim5α(TFP) and Trim5(CypA) . Despite the high degree of amino acid identity between Trim5α(Q) and Trim5α(TFP) alleles, the Q/TFP polymorphism results in the differential re...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： McCarthy KR,Schmidt AG,Kirmaier A,Wyand AL,Newman RM,Johnson WE

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we investigated the significance of a conserved five-amino acid motif 'AELPR' in the C-terminal region of helper component-proteinase (HCPro) for potato virus A (PVA; genus Potyvirus) infection. This motif is a putative interaction site for WD40 domain-containing proteins, including VARICOSE (VCS). We a...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： De S,Pollari M,Varjosalo M,Mäkinen K

更新日期：2020-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Apolipoprotein E (ApoE) belongs to a class of cellular proteins involved in lipid metabolism. ApoE is a polymorphic protein produced primarily in macrophages and astrocytes. Different isoforms of ApoE have been associated with susceptibility to various diseases including Alzheimer's and cardiovascular diseases. ApoE e...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Siddiqui R,Suzu S,Ueno M,Nasser H,Koba R,Bhuyan F,Noyori O,Hamidi S,Sheng G,Yasuda-Inoue M,Hishiki T,Sukegawa S,Miyagi E,Strebel K,Matsushita S,Shimotohno K,Ariumi Y

更新日期：2018-11-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Little is known about the role of viral genes in modulating host cytokine responses. Here we report a new functional role of the viral encoded IE1 protein of the murine cytomegalovirus in sculpting the inflammatory response in an acute infection. In time course experiments of infected primary macrophages (MΦs) measuri...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Rodríguez-Martín S,Kropp KA,Wilhelmi V,Lisnic VJ,Hsieh WY,Blanc M,Livingston A,Busche A,Tekotte H,Messerle M,Auer M,Fraser I,Jonjic S,Angulo A,Reddehase MJ,Ghazal P

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malaria vaccine candidate Apical Membrane Antigen-1 (AMA1) induces protection, but only against parasite strains that are closely related to the vaccine. Overcoming the AMA1 diversity problem will require an understanding of the structural basis of cross-strain invasion inhibition. A vaccine containing four diverse al...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Dutta S,Dlugosz LS,Drew DR,Ge X,Ababacar D,Rovira YI,Moch JK,Shi M,Long CA,Foley M,Beeson JG,Anders RF,Miura K,Haynes JD,Batchelor AH

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mosquito-borne alphaviruses such as chikungunya virus and Ross River virus (RRV) are emerging pathogens capable of causing large-scale epidemics of virus-induced arthritis and myositis. The pathology of RRV-induced disease in both humans and mice is associated with induction of the host inflammatory response within th...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Gunn BM,Morrison TE,Whitmore AC,Blevins LK,Hueston L,Fraser RJ,Herrero LJ,Ramirez R,Smith PN,Mahalingam S,Heise MT

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tetherin, an interferon-inducible membrane protein, inhibits the release of nascent enveloped viral particles from the surface of infected cells. However, the mechanisms underlying virion retention have not yet been fully delineated. Here, we employ biochemical assays and engineered tetherin proteins to demonstrate co...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Venkatesh S,Bieniasz PD

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The disease state of amebiasis, caused by Entamoeba histolytica, varies from asymptomatic to severe manifestations that include dysentery and extraintestinal abscesses. The virulence factors of the pathogen, and host defense mechanisms, contribute to the outcomes of infection; however, the underlying genetic factors, ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Nakada-Tsukui K,Sekizuka T,Sato-Ebine E,Escueta-de Cadiz A,Ji DD,Tomii K,Kuroda M,Nozaki T

更新日期：2018-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is a chronic disease of cattle caused by Mycobacterium bovis, a member of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex group of bacteria. Vaccination of cattle might offer a long-term solution for controlling the disease and priority has been given to the development of a cattle vaccine against bTB...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Bhuju S,Aranday-Cortes E,Villarreal-Ramos B,Xing Z,Singh M,Vordermeier HM

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the leading viral cause of acute pediatric lower respiratory tract infections worldwide, with no available vaccine or effective antiviral drug. To gain insight into virus-host interactions, we performed a genome-wide siRNA screen. The expression of over 20,000 cellular genes ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Lingemann M,McCarty T,Liu X,Buchholz UJ,Surman S,Martin SE,Collins PL,Munir S

更新日期：2019-08-05 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：: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：:Kaposi's sarcoma (KS), an enigmatic endothelial cell vascular neoplasm, is characterized by the proliferation of spindle shaped endothelial cells, inflammatory cytokines (ICs), growth factors (GFs) and angiogenic factors. KSHV is etiologically linked to KS and expresses its latent genes in KS lesion endothelial cells....

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Sharma-Walia N,Paul AG,Bottero V,Sadagopan S,Veettil MV,Kerur N,Chandran B

更新日期：2010-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a leading cause of liver disease worldwide. The HCV RNA genome is translated into a single polyprotein. Most of the cleavage sites in the non-structural (NS) polyprotein region are processed by the NS3/NS4A serine protease. The vital NS2-NS3 cleavage is catalyzed by the NS2 autopro...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Isken O,Langerwisch U,Jirasko V,Rehders D,Redecke L,Ramanathan H,Lindenbach BD,Bartenschlager R,Tautz N

更新日期：2015-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Apicomplexans are obligate intracellular parasites that actively penetrate their host cells to create an intracellular niche for replication. Commitment to invasion is thought to be mediated by the rhoptries, specialized apical secretory organelles that inject a protein complex into the host cell to form a tight-junct...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Beck JR,Fung C,Straub KW,Coppens I,Vashisht AA,Wohlschlegel JA,Bradley PJ

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and related lymphocryptoviruses (LCV) from non-human primates infect B cells, transform their growth to facilitate life-long viral persistence in the host, and contribute to B cell oncogenesis. Co-evolution of LCV with their primate hosts has led to species-specificity so that LCVs preferentia...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Mühe J,Wang F

更新日期：2017-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The kinetoplast (k), the uniquely packaged mitochondrial DNA of trypanosomatid protists is formed by a catenated network of minicircles and maxicircles that divide and segregate once each cell cycle. Although many proteins involved in kDNA replication and segregation are now known, several key steps in the replication...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Peña-Diaz P,Vancová M,Resl C,Field MC,Lukeš J

更新日期：2017-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is a ubiquitous human γ-herpesvirus that can give rise to cancers of both B-cell and epithelial cell origin. In EBV-induced cancers of epithelial origin, including nasopharyngeal carcinomas (NPCs) and gastric carcinomas, the latent EBV genome expresses very high levels of a cluster of 22 viral...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Kang D,Skalsky RL,Cullen BR

更新日期：2015-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolomics coupled with heavy-atom isotope-labelled glucose has been used to probe the metabolic pathways active in cultured bloodstream form trypomastigotes of Trypanosoma brucei, a parasite responsible for human African trypanosomiasis. Glucose enters many branches of metabolism beyond glycolysis, which has been w...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Creek DJ,Mazet M,Achcar F,Anderson J,Kim DH,Kamour R,Morand P,Millerioux Y,Biran M,Kerkhoven EJ,Chokkathukalam A,Weidt SK,Burgess KE,Breitling R,Watson DG,Bringaud F,Barrett MP

更新日期：2015-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The factors determining the functional avidity and its relationship with the broad heterogeneity of antiviral T cell responses remain partially understood. We investigated HIV-specific CD8 T cell responses in 85 patients with primary HIV infection (PHI) or chronic (progressive and non-progressive) infection. The funct...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Viganò S,Bellutti Enders F,Miconnet I,Cellerai C,Savoye AL,Rozot V,Perreau M,Faouzi M,Ohmiti K,Cavassini M,Bart PA,Pantaleo G,Harari A

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Discovering novel genes involved in immune evasion and drug resistance in the human malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, is of critical importance to global health. Such knowledge may assist in the development of new effective vaccines and in the appropriate use of antimalarial drugs. By performing a full-genome s...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Kidgell C,Volkman SK,Daily J,Borevitz JO,Plouffe D,Zhou Y,Johnson JR,Le Roch K,Sarr O,Ndir O,Mboup S,Batalov S,Wirth DF,Winzeler EA

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00