Prion shedding from olfactory neurons into nasal secretions.

abstract：:The picornaviruses coxsackievirus A24 variant (CVA24v) and enterovirus 70 (EV70) cause continued outbreaks and pandemics of acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis (AHC), a highly contagious eye disease against which neither vaccines nor antiviral drugs are currently available. Moreover, these viruses can cause symptoms in t...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Zocher G,Mistry N,Frank M,Hähnlein-Schick I,Ekström JO,Arnberg N,Stehle T

更新日期：2014-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Murine norovirus (MNoV) is an important model of human norovirus (HNoV) and mucosal virus infection more broadly. Viral receptor utilization is a major determinant of cell tropism, host range, and pathogenesis. The bona fide receptor for HNoV is unknown. Recently, we identified CD300lf as a proteinaceous receptor for ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Graziano VR,Walker FC,Kennedy EA,Wei J,Ettayebi K,Strine MS,Filler RB,Hassan E,Hsieh LL,Kim AS,Kolawole AO,Wobus CE,Lindesmith LC,Baric RS,Estes MK,Orchard RC,Baldridge MT,Wilen CB

更新日期：2020-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The agr quorum-sensing system of Staphylococcus aureus modulates the expression of virulence factors in response to autoinducing peptides (AIPs). Recent studies have suggested a role for the agr system in S. aureus biofilm development, as agr mutants exhibit a high propensity to form biofilms, and cells dispersing fro...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Boles BR,Horswill AR

更新日期：2008-04-25 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：: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：:Human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is a retrovirus that persists lifelong in the host. In ∼4% of infected people, HTLV-1 causes a chronic disabling neuroinflammatory disease known as HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP). The pathogenesis of HAM/TSP is unknown and treatment remain...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Tattermusch S,Skinner JA,Chaussabel D,Banchereau J,Berry MP,McNab FW,O'Garra A,Taylor GP,Bangham CR

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unlike the pandemic form of HIV-1 (group M), group O viruses are endemic in west central Africa, especially in Cameroon. However, little is known about group O's genetic evolution, and why this highly divergent lineage has not become pandemic. Using a unique and large set of group O sequences from samples collected fr...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Leoz M,Feyertag F,Kfutwah A,Mauclère P,Lachenal G,Damond F,De Oliveira F,Lemée V,Simon F,Robertson DL,Plantier JC

更新日期：2015-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathogenic bacterial infections of the lung are life threatening and underpin chronic lung diseases. Current treatments are often ineffective potentially due to increasing antibiotic resistance and impairment of innate immunity by disease processes and steroid therapy. Manipulation miRNA directly regulating anti-micro...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Tay HL,Kaiko GE,Plank M,Li J,Maltby S,Essilfie AT,Jarnicki A,Yang M,Mattes J,Hansbro PM,Foster PS

更新日期：2015-04-20 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：:Cerebrovascular dysfunction plays a key role in the pathogenesis of cerebral malaria. In experimental cerebral malaria (ECM) induced by Plasmodium berghei ANKA, cerebrovascular dysfunction characterized by vascular constriction, occlusion and damage results in impaired perfusion and reduced cerebral blood flow and oxy...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Ong PK,Melchior B,Martins YC,Hofer A,Orjuela-Sánchez P,Cabrales P,Zanini GM,Frangos JA,Carvalho LJ

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is a widely distributed herpesvirus that causes significant morbidity in immunocompromised hosts. Inhibitors of viral DNA replication are available, but adverse effects limit their use. Alternative antiviral strategies may include inhibition of entry. We show that soluble derivatives of th...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Stegmann C,Hochdorfer D,Lieber D,Subramanian N,Stöhr D,Laib Sampaio K,Sinzger C

更新日期：2017-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The interplay between autophagy and intracellular pathogens is intricate as autophagy is an essential cellular response to fight against infections, whereas numerous microbes have developed strategies to escape this process or even exploit it to their own benefit. The fine tuned timing and/or selective molecular pathw...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Richetta C,Grégoire IP,Verlhac P,Azocar O,Baguet J,Flacher M,Tangy F,Rabourdin-Combe C,Faure M

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To better understand the initiation of CD8(+) T cell responses during infection, the primary response to the intracellular parasite Toxoplasma gondii was characterized using 2-photon microscopy combined with an experimental system that allowed visualization of dendritic cells (DCs) and parasite specific CD8(+) T cells...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： John B,Harris TH,Tait ED,Wilson EH,Gregg B,Ng LG,Mrass P,Roos DS,Dzierszinski F,Weninger W,Hunter CA

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the advent of genome-wide small interfering RNA screening, large numbers of cellular cofactors important for viral infection have been discovered at a rapid pace, but the viral targets and the mechanism of action for many of these cofactors remain undefined. One such cofactor is cyclophilin A (CyPA), upon which ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Yang F,Robotham JM,Grise H,Frausto S,Madan V,Zayas M,Bartenschlager R,Robinson M,Greenstein AE,Nag A,Logan TM,Bienkiewicz E,Tang H

更新日期：2010-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:In human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), tropism to epithelial and endothelial cells is dependent upon a pentameric complex (PC). Given the structure of the placenta, the PC is potentially an important neutralizing antibody target antigen against congenital infection. The guinea pig is the only small animal model for congenit...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Coleman S,Choi KY,Root M,McGregor A

更新日期：2016-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Dissemination of HIV in the host involves transit of the virus and virus-infected cells across the lymphatic endothelium. HIV may alter lymphatic endothelial permeability to foster dissemination, but the mechanism is largely unexplored. Using a primary human lymphatic endothelial cell model, we found that HIV-1 envelo...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Zhang X,Yu J,Kuzontkoski PM,Zhu W,Li DY,Groopman JE

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paramyxoviruses are known to replicate in the cytoplasm and bud from the plasma membrane. Matrix is the major structural protein in paramyxoviruses that mediates viral assembly and budding. Curiously, the matrix proteins of a few paramyxoviruses have been found in the nucleus, although the biological function associat...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Wang YE,Park A,Lake M,Pentecost M,Torres B,Yun TE,Wolf MC,Holbrook MR,Freiberg AN,Lee B

更新日期：2010-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Legionella pneumophila translocates multiple bacterial effector proteins into host cells to direct formation of a replication vacuole for the bacterium. The emerging consensus is that formation of this compartment involves recruitment of membrane material that traffics between the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and Golgi....

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Dorer MS,Kirton D,Bader JS,Isberg RR

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human T Lymphotropic virus (HTLV) infection can persist in individuals resulting, at least in part, from viral escape of the innate immunity, including inhibition of type I interferon response in infected T-cells. Plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) are known to bypass viral escape by their robust type I interferon pr...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Assil S,Futsch N,Décembre E,Alais S,Gessain A,Cosset FL,Mahieux R,Dreux M,Dutartre H

更新日期：2019-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus aureus is a major human pathogen causing a wide spectrum of nosocomial and community-associated infections with high morbidity and mortality. S. aureus generates a large number of virulence factors whose timing and expression levels are precisely tuned by regulatory proteins and RNAs. The aptitude of ba...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Felden B,Vandenesch F,Bouloc P,Romby P

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type III secretion systems (T3SS) are nano-syringes used by a wide range of Gram-negative pathogens to promote infection by directly injecting effector proteins into targeted host cells. Translocation of effectors is triggered by host-cell contact and requires assembly of a pore in the host-cell plasma membrane, which...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Armentrout EI,Rietsch A

更新日期：2016-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The process by which drug-resistant HIV-1 arises and spreads spatially within an infected individual is poorly understood. Studies have found variable results relating how HIV-1 in the blood differs from virus sampled in tissues, offering conflicting findings about whether HIV-1 throughout the body is homogeneously di...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Feder AF,Kline C,Polacino P,Cottrell M,Kashuba ADM,Keele BF,Hu SL,Petrov DA,Pennings PS,Ambrose Z

更新日期：2017-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Successful treatment of aspergillosis caused by Aspergillus fumigatus is threatened by an increasing incidence of drug resistance. This situation is further complicated by the finding that strains resistant to azoles, the major antifungal drugs for aspergillosis, have been widely disseminated across the globe. To eluc...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Hagiwara D,Miura D,Shimizu K,Paul S,Ohba A,Gonoi T,Watanabe A,Kamei K,Shintani T,Moye-Rowley WS,Kawamoto S,Gomi K

更新日期：2017-01-04 00:00:00

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：: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：: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：:Specific types of human papillomaviruses (HPVs) cause cervical cancer. Cervical cancers exhibit aberrant cellular microRNA (miRNA) expression patterns. By genome-wide analyses, we investigate whether the intracellular and exosomal miRNA compositions of HPV-positive cancer cells are dependent on endogenous E6/E7 oncoge...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Honegger A,Schilling D,Bastian S,Sponagel J,Kuryshev V,Sültmann H,Scheffner M,Hoppe-Seyler K,Hoppe-Seyler F

更新日期：2015-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to complete their life cycle, papillomaviruses have evolved to manipulate a plethora of cellular pathways. The products of the human Alphapapillomavirus E6 proteins specifically interact with and target PDZ containing proteins for degradation. This viral phenotype has been suggested to play a role in viral on...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Van Doorslaer K,DeSalle R,Einstein MH,Burk RD

更新日期：2015-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio cholerae has evolved to adeptly transition between the human small intestine and aquatic environments, leading to water-borne spread and transmission of the lethal diarrheal disease cholera. Using a host model that mimics the pathology of human cholera, we applied high density transposon mutagenesis combined wi...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Kamp HD,Patimalla-Dipali B,Lazinski DW,Wallace-Gadsden F,Camilli A

更新日期：2013-01-01 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