Serum-dependent selective expression of EhTMKB1-9, a member of Entamoeba histolytica B1 family of transmembrane kinases.

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：:This Pearl article recounts the story of a US corporation, Lennar, the nation's leading homebuilder, an essential function in the US (not allowed to lock down), when faced with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic at the end of February 2020. The culture of the company, which allowed it to proceed safely, ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Goldschmidt-Clermont PJ

更新日期：2020-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Malaria starts with the infection of the liver of the host by Plasmodium sporozoites, the parasite form transmitted by infected mosquitoes. Sporozoites migrate through several hepatocytes by breaching their plasma membranes before finally infecting one with the formation of an internalization vacuole. Migration throug...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Ono T,Cabrita-Santos L,Leitao R,Bettiol E,Purcell LA,Diaz-Pulido O,Andrews LB,Tadakuma T,Bhanot P,Mota MM,Rodriguez A

更新日期：2008-02-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Type I interferons (IFNs) play a critical role in host defense against influenza virus infection, and the mechanism of influenza virus to evade type I IFNs responses remains to be fully understood. Here, we found that progranulin (PGRN) was significantly increased both in vitro and in vivo during influenza virus infec...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Wei F,Jiang Z,Sun H,Pu J,Sun Y,Wang M,Tong Q,Bi Y,Ma X,Gao GF,Liu J

更新日期：2019-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Retroviruses encode cis-acting RNA nuclear export elements that override nuclear retention of intron-containing viral mRNAs including the full-length, unspliced genomic RNAs (gRNAs) packaged into assembling virions. The HIV-1 Rev-response element (RRE) recruits the cellular nuclear export receptor CRM1 (also known as ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Pocock GM,Becker JT,Swanson CM,Ahlquist P,Sherer NM

更新日期：2016-04-12 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：: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：: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：:G3BP-1 and -2 (hereafter referred to as G3BP) are multifunctional RNA-binding proteins involved in stress granule (SG) assembly. Viruses from diverse families target G3BP for recruitment to replication or transcription complexes in order to block SG assembly but also to acquire pro-viral effects via other unknown func...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Götte B,Panas MD,Hellström K,Liu L,Samreen B,Larsson O,Ahola T,McInerney GM

更新日期：2019-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Newcastle Disease Virus (NDV) is a pathogenic strain of avian paramyxovirus (aPMV-1) that is among the most serious of disease threats to the poultry industry worldwide. Viral diversity is high in aPMV-1; eight genotypes are recognized based on phylogenetic reconstruction of gene sequences. Modified live vaccines have...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Chong YL,Padhi A,Hudson PJ,Poss M

更新日期：2010-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Uncovering how natural selection and genetic drift shape the evolutionary dynamics of virus populations within their hosts can pave the way to a better understanding of virus emergence. Mathematical models already play a leading role in these studies and are intended to predict future emergences. Here, using high-thro...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Fabre F,Montarry J,Coville J,Senoussi R,Simon V,Moury B

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The whipworm Trichuris trichiura is a soil-transmitted helminth that dwells in the epithelium of the caecum and proximal colon of their hosts causing the human disease, trichuriasis. Trichuriasis is characterized by colitis attributed to the inflammatory response elicited by the parasite while tunnelling through intes...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Duque-Correa MA,Karp NA,McCarthy C,Forman S,Goulding D,Sankaranarayanan G,Jenkins TP,Reid AJ,Cambridge EL,Ballesteros Reviriego C,Sanger Mouse Genetics Project.,3i consortium.,Müller W,Cantacessi C,Dougan G,Grencis RK,Ber

更新日期：2019-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Prions are unorthodox infectious agents that replicate by templating misfolded conformations of a host-encoded glycoprotein, collectively termed PrPSc. Prion diseases are invariably fatal and currently incurable, but oral drugs that can prolong incubation times in prion-infected mice have been developed. Here, we test...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Burke CM,Mark KMK,Kun J,Beauchemin KS,Supattapone S

更新日期：2020-05-18 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：: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：:Modified vaccinia virus Ankara (MVA) is an approved smallpox vaccine and a promising vaccine vector for other pathogens as well as for cancer therapeutics with more than 200 current or completed clinical trials. MVA was derived by passaging the parental Ankara vaccine virus hundreds of times in chick embryo fibroblast...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Peng C,Wyatt LS,Glushakow-Smith SG,Lal-Nag M,Weisberg AS,Moss B

更新日期：2020-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The apicomplexan, Cryptosporidium parvum, possesses a bacterial-type lactate dehydrogenase (CpLDH). This is considered to be an essential enzyme, as this parasite lacks the Krebs cycle and cytochrome-based respiration, and mainly-if not solely, relies on glycolysis to produce ATP. Here, we provide evidence that in ext...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Zhang H,Guo F,Zhu G

更新日期：2015-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Many viruses express factors that reduce host gene expression through widespread degradation of cellular mRNA. An example of this class of proteins is the mRNA-targeting endoribonuclease SOX from the gamma-herpesvirus Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV). Previous studies indicated that cleavage of messenger...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Gaglia MM,Rycroft CH,Glaunsinger BA

更新日期：2015-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Successful infection of the host requires secretion of effector proteins to evade or suppress plant immunity. Secretion of effectors in root-infecting fungal pathogens, however, remains unexplored. We previously reported that Verticillium dahliae, a root-infecting phytopathogenic fungus, develops a penetration peg fro...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Zhou TT,Zhao YL,Guo HS

更新日期：2017-03-10 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：: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：: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：:T-follicular helper (Tfh) cells, co-expressing PD-1 and TIGIT, serve as a major cell reservoir for HIV-1 and are responsible for active and persistent HIV-1 transcription after prolonged antiretroviral therapy (ART). However, the precise mechanisms regulating HIV-1 transcription in lymph nodes (LNs) remain unclear. In...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Banga R,Rebecchini C,Procopio FA,Noto A,Munoz O,Ioannidou K,Fenwick C,Ohmiti K,Cavassini M,Corpataux JM,de Leval L,Pantaleo G,Perreau M

更新日期：2019-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Retroviral capsid recognition by Trim5 blocks productive infection. Rhesus macaques harbor three functionally distinct Trim5 alleles: Trim5α(Q) , Trim5α(TFP) and Trim5(CypA) . Despite the high degree of amino acid identity between Trim5α(Q) and Trim5α(TFP) alleles, the Q/TFP polymorphism results in the differential re...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： McCarthy KR,Schmidt AG,Kirmaier A,Wyand AL,Newman RM,Johnson WE

更新日期：2013-05-01 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：:Herpesviruses encode a characteristic serine protease with a unique fold and an active site that comprises the unusual triad Ser-His-His. The protease is essential for viral replication and as such constitutes a promising drug target. In solution, a dynamic equilibrium exists between an inactive monomeric and an activ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Zühlsdorf M,Werten S,Klupp BG,Palm GJ,Mettenleiter TC,Hinrichs W

更新日期：2015-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Ebolaviruses, highly lethal zoonotic pathogens, possess longer genomes than most other non-segmented negative-strand RNA viruses due in part to long 5' and 3' untranslated regions (UTRs) present in the seven viral transcriptional units. To date, specific functions have not been assigned to these UTRs. With reporter as...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Shabman RS,Hoenen T,Groseth A,Jabado O,Binning JM,Amarasinghe GK,Feldmann H,Basler CF

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The heterosexual risk group has become the largest HIV infected group in the United Kingdom during the last 10 years, but little is known of the network structure and dynamics of viral transmission in this group. The overwhelming majority of UK heterosexual infections are of non-B HIV subtypes, indicating viruses orig...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Hughes GJ,Fearnhill E,Dunn D,Lycett SJ,Rambaut A,Leigh Brown AJ,UK HIV Drug Resistance Collaboration.

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neisseria gonorrhoeae causes the sexually-transmitted infection gonorrhea, a global disease that is difficult to treat and for which there is no vaccine. This pathogen employs an arsenal of conserved outer membrane proteins called TonB-dependent transporters (TdTs) that allow the gonococcus to overcome nutritional imm...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Maurakis S,Keller K,Maxwell CN,Pereira K,Chazin WJ,Criss AK,Cornelissen CN

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Information on the growth rate and metabolism of microbial pathogens that cause long-term chronic infections is limited, reflecting the absence of suitable tools for measuring these parameters in vivo. Here, we have measured the replication and physiological state of Leishmania mexicana parasites in murine inflammator...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Kloehn J,Saunders EC,O'Callaghan S,Dagley MJ,McConville MJ

更新日期：2015-02-25 00:00:00