Getting to grips with strangles: an effective multi-component recombinant vaccine for the protection of horses from Streptococcus equi infection.

abstract：:The nuclear lamina lines the inner nuclear membrane providing a structural framework for the nucleus. Cellular processes, such as nuclear envelope breakdown during mitosis or nuclear export of large ribonucleoprotein complexes, are functionally linked to the disassembly of the nuclear lamina. In general, lamina disass...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Milbradt J,Hutterer C,Bahsi H,Wagner S,Sonntag E,Horn AH,Kaufer BB,Mori Y,Sticht H,Fossen T,Marschall M

更新日期：2016-08-24 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：:Borrelia burgdorferi, the agent of Lyme disease, has cholesterol and cholesterol-glycolipids that are essential for bacterial fitness, are antigenic, and could be important in mediating interactions with cells of the eukaryotic host. We show that the spirochetes can acquire cholesterol from plasma membranes of epithel...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Crowley JT,Toledo AM,LaRocca TJ,Coleman JL,London E,Benach JL

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interferons (IFNs) are a group of cytokines with a well-established antiviral function. They can be induced by viral infection, are secreted and bind to specific receptors on the same or neighbouring cells to activate the expression of hundreds of IFN stimulated genes (ISGs) with antiviral function. Type I IFN has bee...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Crotta S,Davidson S,Mahlakoiv T,Desmet CJ,Buckwalter MR,Albert ML,Staeheli P,Wack A

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cells of the innate immune system act in synergy to provide a first line of defense against pathogens. Here we describe that dendritic cells (DCs), matured with viral products or mimics thereof, including Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), activated natural killer (NK) cells more efficiently than other mature DC preparations. ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Strowig T,Brilot F,Arrey F,Bougras G,Thomas D,Muller WA,Münz C

更新日期：2008-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Plants and animals mediate early steps of the innate immune response through pathogen recognition receptors (PRRs). PRRs commonly associate with or contain members of a monophyletic group of kinases called the interleukin-1 receptor-associated kinase (IRAK) family that include Drosophila Pelle, human IRAKs, rice XA21 ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Dardick C,Ronald P

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of regulatory T cells (Tregs) in vaccination has been poorly investigated. We have reported that vaccination with ex vivo-generated dendritic-cells (DC) loaded with HIV-lipopeptides (LIPO-5-DC vaccine) in HIV-infected patients was well tolerated and highly immunogenic. These responses and their relation to vi...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Brezar V,Ruffin N,Richert L,Surenaud M,Lacabaratz C,Palucka K,Thiébaut R,Banchereau J,Levy Y,Seddiki N

更新日期：2015-03-27 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：:Human APOBEC3 proteins are cytidine deaminases that contribute broadly to innate immunity through the control of exogenous retrovirus replication and endogenous retroelement retrotransposition. As an intrinsic antiretroviral defense mechanism, APOBEC3 proteins induce extensive guanosine-to-adenosine (G-to-A) mutagenes...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Kim EY,Lorenzo-Redondo R,Little SJ,Chung YS,Phalora PK,Maljkovic Berry I,Archer J,Penugonda S,Fischer W,Richman DD,Bhattacharya T,Malim MH,Wolinsky SM

更新日期：2014-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The structure of the infectious prion protein (PrPSc), which is responsible for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans and bovine spongiform encephalopathy, has escaped all attempts at elucidation due to its insolubility and propensity to aggregate. PrPSc replicates by converting the non-infectious, cellular prion protei...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Vázquez-Fernández E,Vos MR,Afanasyev P,Cebey L,Sevillano AM,Vidal E,Rosa I,Renault L,Ramos A,Peters PJ,Fernández JJ,van Heel M,Young HS,Requena JR,Wille H

更新日期：2016-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Bursaphelenchus xylophilus is the nematode responsible for a devastating epidemic of pine wilt disease in Asia and Europe, and represents a recent, independent origin of plant parasitism in nematodes, ecologically and taxonomically distinct from other nematodes for which genomic data is available. As well as being an ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Kikuchi T,Cotton JA,Dalzell JJ,Hasegawa K,Kanzaki N,McVeigh P,Takanashi T,Tsai IJ,Assefa SA,Cock PJ,Otto TD,Hunt M,Reid AJ,Sanchez-Flores A,Tsuchihara K,Yokoi T,Larsson MC,Miwa J,Maule AG,Sahashi N,Jones JT,Berr

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lactoferrin binding protein B (LbpB) is a bi-lobed outer membrane-bound lipoprotein that comprises part of the lactoferrin (Lf) receptor complex in Neisseria meningitidis and other Gram-negative pathogens. Recent studies have demonstrated that LbpB plays a role in protecting the bacteria from cationic antimicrobial pe...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Ostan NK,Yu RH,Ng D,Lai CC,Pogoutse AK,Sarpe V,Hepburn M,Sheff J,Raval S,Schriemer DC,Moraes TF,Schryvers AB

更新日期：2017-03-03 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：:Fusogenic reoviruses encode fusion-associated small transmembrane (FAST) protein, which induces cell-cell fusion. FAST protein is the only known fusogenic protein in non-enveloped viruses, and its role in virus replication is not yet known. We generated replication-competent, FAST protein-deficient pteropine orthoreov...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Kanai Y,Kawagishi T,Sakai Y,Nouda R,Shimojima M,Saijo M,Matsuura Y,Kobayashi T

更新日期：2019-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Recognition of peptidoglycan (PGN) is paramount for insect antibacterial defenses. In the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, the transmembrane PGN Recognition Protein LC (PGRP-LC) is a receptor of the Imd signaling pathway that is activated after infection with bacteria, mainly Gram-negative (Gram-). Here we demonstra...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Meister S,Agianian B,Turlure F,Relógio A,Morlais I,Kafatos FC,Christophides GK

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is currently the only approved vaccine against tuberculosis (TB) and is administered in over 150 countries worldwide. Despite its widespread use, the vaccine has a variable protective efficacy of 0-80%, with the lowest efficacy rates in tropical regions where TB is most prevalent. This va...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Price DN,Kusewitt DF,Lino CA,McBride AA,Muttil P

更新日期：2016-05-06 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：:Phylogenetic analyses have provided strong evidence that amino acid changes in spike (S) protein of animal and human SARS coronaviruses (SARS-CoVs) during and between two zoonotic transfers (2002/03 and 2003/04) are the result of positive selection. While several studies support that some amino acid changes between an...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Sui J,Aird DR,Tamin A,Murakami A,Yan M,Yammanuru A,Jing H,Kan B,Liu X,Zhu Q,Yuan QA,Adams GP,Bellini WJ,Xu J,Anderson LJ,Marasco WA

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Populations of honey bees are declining throughout the world, with US beekeepers losing 30% of their colonies each winter. Though multiple factors are driving these colony losses, it is increasingly clear that viruses play a major role. However, information about the molecular mechanisms mediating antiviral immunity i...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Galbraith DA,Yang X,Niño EL,Yi S,Grozinger C

更新日期：2015-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Interferon-γ (IFN-γ) represents one of the most important innate immunity responses in a host to combat infections of many human viruses including human herpesviruses. Human N-myc interactor (Nmi) protein, which has been shown to interact with signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) proteins including ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Feng L,Sheng J,Vu GP,Liu Y,Foo C,Wu S,Trang P,Paliza-Carre M,Ran Y,Yang X,Sun X,Deng Z,Zhou T,Lu S,Li H,Liu F

更新日期：2018-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Heparan sulfate proteoglycans (HSPGs) are at the forefront of host-microbe interactions. Molecular and cell-based studies suggest that HSPG-pathogen interactions promote pathogenesis by facilitating microbial attachment and invasion of host cells. However, the specific identity of HSPGs, precise mechanisms by which HS...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Aquino RS,Hayashida A,Park PW

更新日期：2020-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Abnormal metabolism and uncontrolled angiogenesis are two important characteristics of malignant tumors. The occurrence of both events involves many key molecular changes including miRNA. However, EBV encoded miRNAs are rarely mentioned as capable of regulating tumor metabolism and tumor angiogenesis. Here, we reporte...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Lyu X,Wang J,Guo X,Wu G,Jiao Y,Faleti OD,Liu P,Liu T,Long Y,Chong T,Yang X,Huang J,He M,Tsang CM,Tsao SW,Wang Q,Jiang Q,Li X

更新日期：2018-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Various bacterial toxins circumvent host defenses through overproduction of cAMP. In a previous study, we showed that edema factor (EF), an adenylate cyclase from Bacillus anthracis, disrupts endocytic recycling mediated by the small GTPase Rab11. As a result, cargo proteins such as cadherins fail to reach inter-cellu...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Guichard A,Jain P,Moayeri M,Schwartz R,Chin S,Zhu L,Cruz-Moreno B,Liu JZ,Aguilar B,Hollands A,Leppla SH,Nizet V,Bier E

更新日期：2017-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibody-dependent enhancement (ADE) of Ebola virus (EBOV) infection has been demonstrated in vitro, raising concerns about the detrimental potential of some anti-EBOV antibodies. ADE has been described for many viruses and mostly depends on the cross-linking of virus-antibody complexes to cell surface Fc receptors, l...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Furuyama W,Marzi A,Carmody AB,Maruyama J,Kuroda M,Miyamoto H,Nanbo A,Manzoor R,Yoshida R,Igarashi M,Feldmann H,Takada A

更新日期：2016-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of the tubercle bacillus to arrest phagosome maturation is considered one major mechanism that allows its survival within host macrophages. To identify mycobacterial genes involved in this process, we developed a high throughput phenotypic cell-based assay enabling individual sub-cellular analysis of over ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Brodin P,Poquet Y,Levillain F,Peguillet I,Larrouy-Maumus G,Gilleron M,Ewann F,Christophe T,Fenistein D,Jang J,Jang MS,Park SJ,Rauzier J,Carralot JP,Shrimpton R,Genovesio A,Gonzalo-Asensio JA,Puzo G,Martin C,Brosch R

更新日期：2010-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Dynamic regulation of leukocyte population size and activation state is crucial for an effective immune response. In malaria, Plasmodium parasites elicit robust host expansion of macrophages and monocytes, but the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Here we show that myeloid expansion during P. chabaudi infection is...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Fontana MF,de Melo GL,Anidi C,Hamburger R,Kim CY,Lee SY,Pham J,Kim CC

更新日期：2016-12-06 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：:Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) vGPCR is a constitutively active G protein-coupled receptor that subverts proliferative and inflammatory signaling pathways to induce cell transformation in Kaposi's sarcoma. Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) is an inflammatory mediator that plays a key regulatory role in the acti...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Medina MV,D Agostino A,Ma Q,Eroles P,Cavallin L,Chiozzini C,Sapochnik D,Cymeryng C,Hyjek E,Cesarman E,Naipauer J,Mesri EA,Coso OA

更新日期：2020-10-15 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：:The virions of enteroviruses such as poliovirus undergo a global conformational change after binding to the cellular receptor, characterized by a 4% expansion, and by the opening of holes at the two and quasi-three-fold symmetry axes of the capsid. The resultant particle is called a 135S particle or A-particle and is ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Shah PNM,Filman DJ,Karunatilaka KS,Hesketh EL,Groppelli E,Strauss M,Hogle JM

更新日期：2020-09-30 00:00:00