De novo synthesis of VP16 coordinates the exit from HSV latency in vivo.

abstract：:Many biological processes are controlled by intricate networks of transcriptional regulators. With the development of microarray technology, transcriptional changes can be examined at the whole-genome level. However, such analysis often lacks information on the hierarchical relationship between components of a given s...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Wang D,Amornsiripanitch N,Dong X

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial cell division predominantly occurs by a highly conserved process, termed binary fission, that requires the bacterial homologue of tubulin, FtsZ. Other mechanisms of bacterial cell division that are independent of FtsZ are rare. Although the obligate intracellular human pathogen Chlamydia trachomatis, the lea...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Abdelrahman Y,Ouellette SP,Belland RJ,Cox JV

更新日期：2016-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the intracellular bacterium Listeria monocytogenes has an established predilection for disseminated infection during pregnancy that often results in spontaneous abortion or stillbirth, the specific host-pathogen interaction that dictates these disastrous complications remain incompletely defined. Herein, we d...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Rowe JH,Ertelt JM,Xin L,Way SS

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV-1 maturation inhibitors (MIs) disrupt the final step in the HIV-1 protease-mediated cleavage of the Gag polyprotein between capsid p24 capsid (CA) and spacer peptide 1 (SP1), leading to the production of infectious virus. BMS-955176 is a second generation MI with improved antiviral activity toward polymorphic Gag ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Lin Z,Cantone J,Lu H,Nowicka-Sans B,Protack T,Yuan T,Yang H,Liu Z,Drexler D,Regueiro-Ren A,Meanwell NA,Cockett M,Krystal M,Lataillade M,Dicker IB

更新日期：2016-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The HIV capsid self-assembles a protective conical shell that simultaneously prevents host sensing whilst permitting the import of nucleotides to drive DNA synthesis. This is accomplished through the construction of dynamic, highly charged pores at the centre of each capsid multimer. The clustering of charges required...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Renner N,Mallery DL,Faysal KMR,Peng W,Jacques DA,Böcking T,James LC

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ecotin is a serine protease inhibitor produced by hundreds of microbial species, including pathogens. Here we show, that ecotin orthologs from Escherichia coli, Yersinia pestis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Leishmania major are potent inhibitors of MASP-1 and MASP-2, the two key activator proteases of the complement lec...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Nagy ZA,Szakács D,Boros E,Héja D,Vígh E,Sándor N,Józsi M,Oroszlán G,Dobó J,Gál P,Pál G

更新日期：2019-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The genus Henipavirus in the family Paramyxoviridae contains two viruses, Hendra virus (HeV) and Nipah virus (NiV) for which pteropid bats act as the main natural reservoir. Each virus also causes serious and commonly lethal infection of people as well as various species of domestic animals, however little is known ab...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Marsh GA,de Jong C,Barr JA,Tachedjian M,Smith C,Middleton D,Yu M,Todd S,Foord AJ,Haring V,Payne J,Robinson R,Broz I,Crameri G,Field HE,Wang LF

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Influenza is a major cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide. Despite numerous studies of the pathogenesis of influenza in humans and animal models the dynamics of infection and transmission in individual hosts remain poorly characterized. In this study, we experimentally modelled transmission using the H1N1pdm09 i...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Canini L,Holzer B,Morgan S,Dinie Hemmink J,Clark B,sLoLa Dynamics Consortium.,Woolhouse MEJ,Tchilian E,Charleston B

更新日期：2020-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The effectiveness of the annual influenza vaccine has declined in recent years, especially for the H3N2 component, and is a concern for global public health. A major cause for this lack in effectiveness has been attributed to the egg-based vaccine production process. Substitutions on the hemagglutinin glycoprotein (HA...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Wu NC,Zost SJ,Thompson AJ,Oyen D,Nycholat CM,McBride R,Paulson JC,Hensley SE,Wilson IA

更新日期：2017-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Paramount to the success of persistent viral infection is the ability of viruses to navigate hostile environments en route to future targets. In response to such obstacles, many viruses have developed the ability of establishing actin rich-membrane bridges to aid in future infections. Herein through dynamic imaging of...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Aggarwal A,Iemma TL,Shih I,Newsome TP,McAllery S,Cunningham AL,Turville SG

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trichodysplasia spinulosa-associated Polyomavirus (TSPyV) was isolated from a patient suffering from trichodysplasia spinulosa, a skin disease that can appear in severely immunocompromised patients. While TSPyV is one of the five members of the polyomavirus family that are directly linked to a human disease, details a...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Ströh LJ,Gee GV,Blaum BS,Dugan AS,Feltkamp MC,Atwood WJ,Stehle T

更新日期：2015-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Eradication of tuberculosis (TB), the world's leading cause of death due to infectious disease, requires a highly efficacious TB vaccine. Many TB vaccine candidates are in pre-clinical and clinical development but only a few can be advanced to large-scale efficacy trials due to limited global resources. We aimed to pe...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Rodo MJ,Rozot V,Nemes E,Dintwe O,Hatherill M,Little F,Scriba TJ

更新日期：2019-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Ebola (EBOV) and Marburg (MARV) viruses are members of the Filoviridae family which cause outbreaks of hemorrhagic fever. The filovirus VP40 matrix protein is essential for virus assembly and budding, and its PPxY L-domain motif interacts with WW-domains of specific host proteins, such as Nedd4 and ITCH, to facilitate...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Liang J,Sagum CA,Bedford MT,Sidhu SS,Sudol M,Han Z,Harty RN

更新日期：2017-01-11 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：: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：:The RNA synthesis machinery of vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) comprises the genomic RNA encapsidated by the viral nucleocapsid protein (N) and associated with the RNA dependent RNA polymerase, the viral components of which are a large protein (L) and an accessory phosphoprotein (P). The 241 kDa L protein contains al...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Tekes G,Rahmeh AA,Whelan SP

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) requires the ESX1 specialized protein secretion system for virulence, for triggering cytosolic immune surveillance pathways, and for priming an optimal CD8+ T cell response. This suggests that ESX1 might act primarily by destabilizing the phagosomal membrane that surrounds the bacteriu...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Garces A,Atmakuri K,Chase MR,Woodworth JS,Krastins B,Rothchild AC,Ramsdell TL,Lopez MF,Behar SM,Sarracino DA,Fortune SM

更新日期：2010-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Pandemic influenza A virus (IAV) remains a significant threat to global health. Preparedness relies primarily upon a single class of neuraminidase (NA) targeted antivirals, against which resistance is steadily growing. The M2 proton channel is an alternative clinically proven antiviral target, yet a near-ubiquitous S3...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Scott C,Kankanala J,Foster TL,Goldhill DH,Bao P,Simmons K,Pingen M,Bentham M,Atkins E,Loundras E,Elderfield R,Claridge JK,Thompson J,Stilwell PR,Tathineni R,McKimmie CS,Targett-Adams P,Schnell JR,Cook GP,Evans S,B

更新日期：2020-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Cells of the immune system are derived from hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) residing in the bone marrow. HSCs become activated in response to stress, such as acute infections, which adapt the bone marrow output to the needs of the immune response. However, the impact of infection-adapted HSC activation and differentia...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Abidin BM,Hammami A,Stäger S,Heinonen KM

更新日期：2017-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:In prion diseases, synapse dysfunction, axon retraction and loss of neuronal polarity precede neuronal death. The mechanisms driving such polarization defects, however, remain unclear. Here, we examined the contribution of RhoA-associated coiled-coil containing kinases (ROCK), key players in neuritogenesis, to prion d...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Alleaume-Butaux A,Nicot S,Pietri M,Baudry A,Dakowski C,Tixador P,Ardila-Osorio H,Haeberlé AM,Bailly Y,Peyrin JM,Launay JM,Kellermann O,Schneider B

更新日期：2015-08-04 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：:Knowledge of the within-host frequencies of resistance-associated amino acid variants (RAVs) is important to the identification of optimal drug combinations for the treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Multiple RAVs may exist in infected individuals, often below detection limits, at any resistance locus, de...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Raja R,Pareek A,Newar K,Dixit NM

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the roles of neutrophils and macrophages in fighting bacterial infections is a critical issue in human pathologies. Although phagocytic killing has been extensively studied, little is known about how bacteria are eliminated extracellularly in live vertebrates. We have recently developed an infection mode...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Phan QT,Sipka T,Gonzalez C,Levraud JP,Lutfalla G,Nguyen-Chi M

更新日期：2018-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The widespread use of antibiotics is selecting for a variety of resistance mechanisms that seriously challenge our ability to treat bacterial infections. Resistant bacteria can be selected at the high concentrations of antibiotics used therapeutically, but what role the much lower antibiotic concentrations present in ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Gullberg E,Cao S,Berg OG,Ilbäck C,Sandegren L,Hughes D,Andersson DI

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolated influenza A virus nucleoprotein exists in an equilibrium between monomers and trimers. Samples containing only monomers or only trimers can be stabilized by respectively low and high salt. The trimers bind RNA with high affinity but remain trimmers, whereas the monomers polymerise onto RNA forming nucleoprote...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Chenavas S,Estrozi LF,Slama-Schwok A,Delmas B,Di Primo C,Baudin F,Li X,Crépin T,Ruigrok RW

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic chronic diarrhea (ICD) is a leading cause of morbidity amongst rhesus monkeys kept in captivity. Here, we show that exposure of affected animals to the whipworm Trichuris trichiura led to clinical improvement in fecal consistency, accompanied by weight gain, in four out of the five treated monkeys. By flow ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Broadhurst MJ,Ardeshir A,Kanwar B,Mirpuri J,Gundra UM,Leung JM,Wiens KE,Vujkovic-Cvijin I,Kim CC,Yarovinsky F,Lerche NW,McCune JM,Loke P

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Memory T cell inflation is a process in which a subset of cytomegalovirus (CMV) specific CD8 T cells continuously expands mainly during latent infection and establishes a large and stable population of effector memory cells in peripheral tissues. Here we set out to identify in vivo parameters that promote and limit CD...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Baumann NS,Welten SPM,Torti N,Pallmer K,Borsa M,Barnstorf I,Oduro JD,Cicin-Sain L,Oxenius A

更新日期：2019-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:SAMHD1 restricts HIV-1 infection of myeloid-lineage and resting CD4+ T-cells. Most likely this occurs through deoxynucleoside triphosphate triphosphohydrolase activity that reduces cellular dNTP to a level where reverse transcriptase cannot function, although alternative mechanisms have been proposed recently. Here, w...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Arnold LH,Groom HC,Kunzelmann S,Schwefel D,Caswell SJ,Ordonez P,Mann MC,Rueschenbaum S,Goldstone DC,Pennell S,Howell SA,Stoye JP,Webb M,Taylor IA,Bishop KN

更新日期：2015-10-02 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：: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