Innate killing of Leishmania donovani by macrophages of the splenic marginal zone requires IRF-7.

abstract：:HIV-1 is taken up by immature monocyte derived dendritic cells (iMDDCs) into tetraspanin rich caves from which the virus can either be transferred to T lymphocytes or enter into endosomes resulting in degradation. HIV-1 binding and fusion with the DC membrane results in low level de novo infection that can also be tra...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Mercier SK,Donaghy H,Botting RA,Turville SG,Harman AN,Nasr N,Ji H,Kusebauch U,Mendoza L,Shteynberg D,Sandgren K,Simpson RJ,Moritz RL,Cunningham AL

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspergillus fumigatus is an opportunistic fungal pathogen that secretes an array of immune-modulatory molecules, including secondary metabolites (SMs), which contribute to enhancing fungal fitness and growth within the mammalian host. Gliotoxin (GT) is a SM that interferes with the function and recruitment of innate i...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Ries LNA,Pardeshi L,Dong Z,Tan K,Steenwyk JL,Colabardini AC,Ferreira Filho JA,de Castro PA,Silva LP,Preite NW,Almeida F,de Assis LJ,Dos Santos RAC,Bowyer P,Bromley M,Owens RA,Doyle S,Demasi M,Hernández DCR,Netto LES

更新日期：2020-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Monepantel is a member of the recently identified class of anthelmintics known as the amino-acetonitrile derivatives (AADs). Monepantel controls all major gastro-intestinal nematodes in sheep including those that are resistant to the classical anthelmintics. Previous studies have shown that the Caenorhabditis elegans ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Rufener L,Bedoni N,Baur R,Rey S,Glauser DA,Bouvier J,Beech R,Sigel E,Puoti A

更新日期：2013-01-01 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

abstract：:CD4+ T cells support host defence against herpesviruses and other viral pathogens. We identified that CD4+ T cells from systemic and mucosal tissues of hosts infected with the β-herpesviridae human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) or murine cytomegalovirus (MCMV) express the regulatory cytokine interleukin (IL)-10. IL-10+CD4+ T...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Clement M,Marsden M,Stacey MA,Abdul-Karim J,Gimeno Brias S,Costa Bento D,Scurr MJ,Ghazal P,Weaver CT,Carlesso G,Clare S,Jones SA,Godkin A,Jones GW,Humphreys IR

更新日期：2016-12-07 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：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) particles closely mimic human very-low-density lipoproteins (VLDL) to evade humoral immunity and to facilitate cell entry. However, the principles that govern HCV association with VLDL components are poorly defined. Using an siRNA screen, we identified ABHD5 (α/β hydrolase domain containing pro...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Vieyres G,Welsch K,Gerold G,Gentzsch J,Kahl S,Vondran FW,Kaderali L,Pietschmann T

更新日期：2016-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Bartonellae are Gram-negative facultative-intracellular pathogens that use a type-IV-secretion system (T4SS) to translocate a cocktail of Bartonella effector proteins (Beps) into host cells to modulate diverse cellular functions. BepC was initially reported to act in concert with BepF in triggering major actin cytoske...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Marlaire S,Dehio C

更新日期：2021-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) Tax protein hijacks the host ubiquitin machinery to activate IκB kinases (IKKs) and NF-κB and promote cell survival; however, the key ubiquitinated factors downstream of Tax involved in cell transformation are unknown. Using mass spectrometry, we undertook an unbiased pr...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Choi YB,Harhaj EW

更新日期：2014-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been proposed that in wild ecosystems viruses are often plant mutualists, whereas agroecosystems favour pathogenicity. We seek evidence for virus pathogenicity in wild ecosystems through the analysis of plant-virus coevolution, which requires a negative effect of infection on the host fitness. We focus on the i...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Montes N,Alonso-Blanco C,García-Arenal F

更新日期：2019-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Trypanosoma cruzi is the most important parasitic infection in Latin America and is also genetically highly diverse, with at least six discrete typing units (DTUs) reported: Tc I, IIa, IIb, IIc, IId, and IIe. However, the current six-genotype classification is likely to be a poor reflection of the total genetic divers...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Llewellyn MS,Miles MA,Carrasco HJ,Lewis MD,Yeo M,Vargas J,Torrico F,Diosque P,Valente V,Valente SA,Gaunt MW

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Caspase-dependent cleavage of antigens associated with apoptotic cells plays a prominent role in the generation of CD8⁺ T cell responses in various infectious diseases. We found that the emergence of a large population of autoreactive CD8⁺ T effector cells specific for apoptotic T cell-associated self-epitopes exceeds...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Franceschini D,Del Porto P,Piconese S,Trella E,Accapezzato D,Paroli M,Morrone S,Piccolella E,Spada E,Mele A,Sidney J,Sette A,Barnaba V

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：:The two-component system (TCS) KdpD/KdpE, extensively studied for its regulatory role in potassium (K(+)) transport, has more recently been identified as an adaptive regulator involved in the virulence and intracellular survival of pathogenic bacteria, including Staphylococcus aureus, entero-haemorrhagic Escherichia c...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Freeman ZN,Dorus S,Waterfield NR

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pneumonic plague is a fatal disease caused by Yersinia pestis that is associated with a delayed immune response in the lungs. Because neutrophils are the first immune cells recruited to sites of infection, we investigated the mechanisms responsible for their delayed homing to the lung. During the first 24 hr after pul...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Vagima Y,Zauberman A,Levy Y,Gur D,Tidhar A,Aftalion M,Shafferman A,Mamroud E

更新日期：2015-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Positive-strand RNA viruses replicate in host cells by forming large viral replication organelles, which harbor numerous membrane-bound viral replicase complexes (VRCs). In spite of its essential role in viral replication, the biogenesis of the VRCs is not fully understood. The authors identified critical roles of cel...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Feng Z,Kovalev N,Nagy PD

更新日期：2020-12-28 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：:Lyme disease in humans is caused by several genospecies of the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (s.l.) complex of spirochetal bacteria, including B. burgdorferi, B. afzelii and B. garinii. These bacteria exist in nature as obligate parasites in an enzootic cycle between small vertebrate hosts and Ixodid tick vectors, w...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Bhatia B,Hillman C,Carracoi V,Cheff BN,Tilly K,Rosa PA

更新日期：2018-04-05 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：:During immature capsid assembly, HIV-1 genome packaging is initiated when Gag first associates with unspliced HIV-1 RNA by a poorly understood process. Previously, we defined a pathway of sequential intracellular HIV-1 capsid assembly intermediates; here we sought to identify the intermediate in which HIV-1 Gag first ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Barajas BC,Tanaka M,Robinson BA,Phuong DJ,Chutiraka K,Reed JC,Lingappa JR

更新日期：2018-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymph nodes (LN) and their resident T follicular helper CD4+ T cells (Tfh) are a critical site for HIV replication and persistence. Therefore, optimizing antiviral activity in lymphoid tissues will be needed to reduce or eliminate the HIV reservoir. In this study, we retained effector immune cells in LN of cART-suppre...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Pino M,Paganini S,Deleage C,Padhan K,Harper JL,King CT,Micci L,Cervasi B,Mudd JC,Gill KP,Jean SM,Easley K,Silvestri G,Estes JD,Petrovas C,Lederman MM,Paiardini M

更新日期：2019-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Influenza A virus (IAV) infection can be severe or even lethal in toddlers, the elderly and patients with certain medical conditions. Infection of apparently healthy individuals nonetheless accounts for many severe disease cases and deaths, suggesting that viruses with increased pathogenicity co-circulate with pandemi...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Vasilijevic J,Zamarreño N,Oliveros JC,Rodriguez-Frandsen A,Gómez G,Rodriguez G,Pérez-Ruiz M,Rey S,Barba I,Pozo F,Casas I,Nieto A,Falcón A

更新日期：2017-10-12 00:00:00

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：:HIV-1 infection of macrophages plays a key role in viral pathogenesis and progression to AIDS. Polyinosine-polycytidylic acid (poly(I:C); a synthetic analog of dsRNA) and bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS), the ligands for Toll-like receptors (TLR) TLR3 and TLR4, respectively, are known to decrease HIV-1 infection in ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Swaminathan G,Rossi F,Sierra LJ,Gupta A,Navas-Martín S,Martín-García J

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio parahaemolyticus is an emerging bacterial pathogen which colonizes the gastrointestinal tract and can cause severe enteritis and bacteraemia. During infection, V. parahaemolyticus primarily attaches to the small intestine, where it causes extensive tissue damage and compromises epithelial barrier integrity. We ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Lim J,Stones DH,Hawley CA,Watson CA,Krachler AM

更新日期：2014-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio cholerae is a bacterial pathogen that colonizes the chitinous exoskeleton of zooplankton as well as the human gastrointestinal tract. Colonization of these different niches involves an N-acetylglucosamine binding protein (GbpA) that has been reported to mediate bacterial attachment to both marine chitin and mam...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Wong E,Vaaje-Kolstad G,Ghosh A,Hurtado-Guerrero R,Konarev PV,Ibrahim AF,Svergun DI,Eijsink VG,Chatterjee NS,van Aalten DM

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interferon Regulatory Factor 8 (IRF8) is required for development, maturation and expression of anti-microbial defenses of myeloid cells. BXH2 mice harbor a severely hypomorphic allele at Irf8 (Irf8(R294C)) that causes susceptibility to infection with intracellular pathogens including Mycobacterium tuberculosis. We re...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Berghout J,Langlais D,Radovanovic I,Tam M,MacMicking JD,Stevenson MM,Gros P

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dengue virus (DENV) is the leading cause of mosquito-borne viral illness and death in humans. Like many viruses, DENV has evolved potent mechanisms that abolish the antiviral response within infected cells. Nevertheless, several in vivo studies have demonstrated a key role of the innate immune response in controlling ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Décembre E,Assil S,Hillaire ML,Dejnirattisai W,Mongkolsapaya J,Screaton GR,Davidson AD,Dreux M

更新日期：2014-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Recognition of intracellular pathogenic bacteria by members of the nucleotide-binding domain and leucine-rich repeat containing (NLR) family triggers immune responses against bacterial infection. A major response induced by several Gram-negative bacteria is the activation of caspase-1 via the Nlrc4 inflammasome. Upon ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Suzuki S,Franchi L,He Y,Muñoz-Planillo R,Mimuro H,Suzuki T,Sasakawa C,Núñez G

更新日期：2014-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:To ensure their survival, microbial pathogens have evolved diverse strategies to subvert host immune defenses. The human retrovirus HIV-1 has been proposed to hijack the natural endocytic function of dendritic cells (DCs) to infect interacting CD4 T cells in a process termed trans-infection. Although DCs can be direct...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Cavrois M,Neidleman J,Greene WC

更新日期：2008-06-27 00:00:00