A combination of independent transcriptional regulators shapes bacterial virulence gene expression during infection.

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：:All pathogenesis and death associated with Plasmodium falciparum malaria is due to parasite-infected erythrocytes. Invasion of erythrocytes by P. falciparum merozoites requires specific interactions between host receptors and parasite ligands that are localized in apical organelles called micronemes. Here, we identify...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Dawn A,Singh S,More KR,Siddiqui FA,Pachikara N,Ramdani G,Langsley G,Chitnis CE

更新日期：2014-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial superantigens (SAgs) cause Vβ-dependent T-cell proliferation leading to immune dysregulation associated with the pathogenesis of life-threatening infections such as toxic shock syndrome, and necrotizing pneumonia. Previously, we demonstrated that staphylococcal enterotoxin-like toxin X (SElX) from Staphyloco...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Tuffs SW,James DBA,Bestebroer J,Richards AC,Goncheva MI,O'Shea M,Wee BA,Seo KS,Schlievert PM,Lengeling A,van Strijp JA,Torres VJ,Fitzgerald JR

更新日期：2017-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Entamoeba histolytica transmembrane kinases (EhTMKs) can be grouped into six distinct families on the basis of motifs and sequences. Analysis of the E. histolytica genome revealed the presence of 35 EhTMKB1 members on the basis of sequence identity (>or=95%). Only six homologs were full length containing an extracellu...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Shrimal S,Bhattacharya S,Bhattacharya A

更新日期：2010-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The Ras-GAP SH3 domain-binding proteins (G3BP) are essential regulators of the formation of stress granules (SG), cytosolic aggregates of proteins and RNA that are induced upon cellular stress, such as virus infection. Many viruses, including Semliki Forest virus (SFV), block SG induction by targeting G3BP. In this wo...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Panas MD,Schulte T,Thaa B,Sandalova T,Kedersha N,Achour A,McInerney GM

更新日期：2015-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial biofilm is considered as a particular lifestyle helping cells to survive hostile environments triggered by a variety of signals sensed and integrated through adequate regulatory pathways. Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a Gram-negative bacterium causing severe infections in humans, forms biofilms and is a fantastic ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： de Bentzmann S,Giraud C,Bernard CS,Calderon V,Ewald F,Plésiat P,Nguyen C,Grunwald D,Attree I,Jeannot K,Fauvarque MO,Bordi C

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs play an important role in the interplay between bacterial pathogens and host cells, participating as host defense mechanisms, as well as exploited by bacteria to subvert host cellular functions. Here, we show that microRNAs modulate infection by Shigella flexneri, a major causative agent of bacillary dysente...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Sunkavalli U,Aguilar C,Silva RJ,Sharan M,Cruz AR,Tawk C,Maudet C,Mano M,Eulalio A

更新日期：2017-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:IFNγ signaling drives dendritic cells (DCs) to promote type I T cell (Th1) immunity. Here, we show that activation of DCs by IFNγ is equally crucial for the differentiation of a population of T-bet+ regulatory T (Treg) cells specialized to inhibit Th1 immune responses. Conditional deletion of IFNγ receptor in DCs but ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Lee HM,Fleige A,Forman R,Cho S,Khan AA,Lin LL,Nguyen DT,O'Hara-Hall A,Yin Z,Hunter CA,Muller W,Lu LF

更新日期：2015-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The envelope glycoprotein (Env) of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type-1 (HIV-1) is a critical determinant of viral infectivity, tropism and is the main target for humoral immunity; however, little is known about the cellular machinery that directs Env trafficking and its incorporation into nascent virions. Here we ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Groppelli E,Len AC,Granger LA,Jolly C

更新日期：2014-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein (Env) composed of the receptor binding domain gp120 and the fusion protein subunit gp41 catalyzes virus entry and is a major target for therapeutic intervention and for neutralizing antibodies. Env interactions with cellular receptors trigger refolding of gp41, which induces close appos...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Buzon V,Natrajan G,Schibli D,Campelo F,Kozlov MM,Weissenhorn W

更新日期：2010-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Pili of pathogenic Neisseria are major virulence factors associated with adhesion, twitching motility, auto-aggregation, and DNA transformation. Pili of N. meningitidis are subject to several different post-translational modifications. Among these pilin modifications, the presence of phosphorylcholine (ChoP) and a gly...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Jen FE,Warren MJ,Schulz BL,Power PM,Swords WE,Weiser JN,Apicella MA,Edwards JL,Jennings MP

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhalation of fungal spores (conidia) occurs commonly and, in specific circumstances, can result in invasive disease. We investigated the murine inflammatory response to conidia of Aspergillus fumigatus, the most common invasive mold in immunocompromised hosts. In contrast to dormant spores, germinating conidia induce...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Hohl TM,Van Epps HL,Rivera A,Morgan LA,Chen PL,Feldmesser M,Pamer EG

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dendritic cells (DCs) are specialized phagocytes that internalize exogenous antigens and microbes at peripheral sites, and then migrate to lymphatic organs to display foreign peptides to naïve T cells. There are several examples where DCs have been shown to be more efficient at restricting the intracellular replicatio...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Nogueira CV,Lindsten T,Jamieson AM,Case CL,Shin S,Thompson CB,Roy CR

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial processing peptidases are heterodimeric enzymes (alpha/betaMPP) that play an essential role in mitochondrial biogenesis by recognizing and cleaving the targeting presequences of nuclear-encoded mitochondrial proteins. The two subunits are paralogues that probably evolved by duplication of a gene for a mo...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Smíd O,Matusková A,Harris SR,Kucera T,Novotný M,Horváthová L,Hrdý I,Kutejová E,Hirt RP,Embley TM,Janata J,Tachezy J

更新日期：2008-12-01 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：:The opa genes of the Gram negative bacterium Neisseria meningitidis encode Opacity-associated outer membrane proteins whose role is to promote adhesion to the human host tissue during colonisation and invasion. Each meningococcus contains 3-4 opa loci, each of which may be occupied by one of a large number of alleles....

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Callaghan MJ,Buckee CO,Jolley KA,Kriz P,Maiden MC,Gupta S

更新日期：2008-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant parasitic nematodes (PPNs) seriously threaten global food security. Conventionally an integrated approach to PPN management has relied heavily on carbamate, organophosphate and fumigant nematicides which are now being withdrawn over environmental health and safety concerns. This progressive withdrawal has left a...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Warnock ND,Wilson L,Patten C,Fleming CC,Maule AG,Dalzell JJ

更新日期：2017-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Gut dysbiosis associated with intestinal inflammation is characterized by the blooming of particular bacteria such as adherent-invasive E. coli (AIEC). However, the precise mechanisms by which AIEC impact on colitis remain largely unknown. Here we show that antibiotic-induced dysbiosis worsened chemically-induced coli...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Ohno M,Hasegawa M,Hayashi A,Caballero-Flores G,Alteri CJ,Lawley TD,Kamada N,Núñez G,Inohara N

更新日期：2020-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:My father was diagnosed with stomach cancer recently. Luckily, it was still at an early stage, and endoscopic surgery successfully took care of it. My father was fortunate; since people with stomach cancer do not show clear symptoms in the early stages, the disease is often not diagnosed until it becomes advanced. In ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Shinohara ML

更新日期：2017-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Reverse transcriptase (RT) is the target for the majority of anti-HIV-1 drugs. As with all anti-AIDS treatments, continued success of RT inhibitors is persistently disrupted by the occurrence of resistance mutations. To explore latent resistance mechanisms potentially accessible to therapeutically challenged HIV-1 vir...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Galilee M,Alian A

更新日期：2018-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent emergence of a novel H7N9 influenza A virus (IAV) causing severe human infections in China raises concerns about a possible pandemic. The lack of pre-existing neutralizing antibodies in the broader population highlights the potential protective role of IAV-specific CD8(+) cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) memory...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Duan S,Meliopoulos VA,McClaren JL,Guo XZ,Sanders CJ,Smallwood HS,Webby RJ,Schultz-Cherry SL,Doherty PC,Thomas PG

更新日期：2015-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Simian virus 40 (SV40) and cellular DNA replication rely on host ATM and ATR DNA damage signaling kinases to facilitate DNA repair and elicit cell cycle arrest following DNA damage. During SV40 DNA replication, ATM kinase activity prevents concatemerization of the viral genome whereas ATR activity prevents accumulatio...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Sowd GA,Mody D,Eggold J,Cortez D,Friedman KL,Fanning E

更新日期：2014-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Exosomes can transfer genetic materials between cells. Their roles in viral infections are beginning to be appreciated. Researches have shown that exosomes released from virus-infected cells contain a variety of viral and host cellular factors that are able to modulate recipient's cellular response and result in produ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Fu Y,Zhang L,Zhang F,Tang T,Zhou Q,Feng C,Jin Y,Wu Z

更新日期：2017-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Insects rely primarily on innate immune responses to fight pathogens. In Drosophila, antimicrobial peptides are key contributors to host defense. Antimicrobial peptide gene expression is regulated by the IMD and Toll pathways. Bacterial peptidoglycans trigger these pathways, through recognition by peptidoglycan recogn...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Aggarwal K,Rus F,Vriesema-Magnuson C,Ertürk-Hasdemir D,Paquette N,Silverman N

更新日期：2008-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) is a major threat to swine health worldwide and is considered the most significant viral disease in the swine industry today. In past years, studies on the entry of the virus into its host cell have led to the identification of a number of essential virus...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Van Breedam W,Van Gorp H,Zhang JQ,Crocker PR,Delputte PL,Nauwynck HJ

更新日期：2010-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Lytic herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) infection triggers disruption of transcription termination (DoTT) of most cellular genes, resulting in extensive intergenic transcription. Similarly, cellular stress responses lead to gene-specific transcription downstream of genes (DoG). In this study, we performed a detailed comp...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Hennig T,Michalski M,Rutkowski AJ,Djakovic L,Whisnant AW,Friedl MS,Jha BA,Baptista MAP,L'Hernault A,Erhard F,Dölken L,Friedel CC

更新日期：2018-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The bacterial endosymbiont Wolbachia pipientis protects its hosts from a range of pathogens by limiting their ability to form infections inside the insect. This "pathogen blocking" could be explained by innate immune priming by the symbiont, competition for host-derived resources between pathogens and Wolbachia, or th...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Caragata EP,Rancès E,Hedges LM,Gofton AW,Johnson KN,O'Neill SL,McGraw EA

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The host's immune system plays a key role in modulating growth of pathogens and the intestinal microbiota in the gut. In particular, inflammatory bowel disorders and pathogen infections induce shifts of the resident commensal microbiota which can result in overgrowth of Enterobacteriaceae ("inflammation-inflicted bloo...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Nedialkova LP,Denzler R,Koeppel MB,Diehl M,Ring D,Wille T,Gerlach RG,Stecher B

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasmodium vivax can cause severe malaria, however its pathogenesis is poorly understood. In contrast to P. falciparum, circulating vivax parasitemia is low, with minimal apparent sequestration in endothelium-lined microvasculature, and pathogenesis thought unrelated to parasite biomass. However, the relationships bet...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Barber BE,William T,Grigg MJ,Parameswaran U,Piera KA,Price RN,Yeo TW,Anstey NM

更新日期：2015-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The herpesviruses, like most other DNA viruses, replicate in the host cell nucleus. Subnuclear domains known as promyelocytic leukemia protein nuclear bodies (PML-NBs), or ND10 bodies, have been implicated in restricting early herpesviral gene expression. These viruses have evolved countermeasures to disperse PML-NBs,...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Reichelt M,Wang L,Sommer M,Perrino J,Nour AM,Sen N,Baiker A,Zerboni L,Arvin AM

更新日期：2011-02-03 00:00:00