EspA acts as a critical mediator of ESX1-dependent virulence in Mycobacterium tuberculosis by affecting bacterial cell wall integrity.

abstract：:Host genetic variation modifying HIV-1 acquisition risk can inform development of HIV-1 prevention strategies. However, associations between rare or intermediate-frequency variants and HIV-1 acquisition are not well studied. We tested for the association between variation in genic regions and extreme HIV-1 acquisition...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Mackelprang RD,Bamshad MJ,Chong JX,Hou X,Buckingham KJ,Shively K,deBruyn G,Mugo NR,Mullins JI,McElrath MJ,Baeten JM,Celum C,Emond MJ,Lingappa JR,Partners in Prevention HSV\/HIV Transmission Study and the Partners PrEP Study T

更新日期：2017-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant microRNAs (miRNA) guide cleavage of target mRNAs by DICER-like proteins, thereby reducing mRNA abundance. Native precursor miRNAs can be redesigned to target RNAs of interest, and one application of such artificial microRNA (amiRNA) technology is to generate plants resistant to pathogenic viruses. Transgenic Ara...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Lin SS,Wu HW,Elena SF,Chen KC,Niu QW,Yeh SD,Chen CC,Chua NH

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The causative agent of Lyme borreliosis, the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi, has been shown to induce expression of the urokinase receptor (uPAR); however, the role of uPAR in the immune response against Borrelia has never been investigated. uPAR not only acts as a proteinase receptor, but can also, dependently or in...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Hovius JW,Bijlsma MF,van der Windt GJ,Wiersinga WJ,Boukens BJ,Coumou J,Oei A,de Beer R,de Vos AF,van 't Veer C,van Dam AP,Wang P,Fikrig E,Levi MM,Roelofs JJ,van der Poll T

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV and other lentiviruses can productively infect nondividing cells, whereas most other retroviruses, such as murine leukemia virus, require cell division for efficient infection. However, the determinants for this phenotype have been controversial. Here, we show that HIV-1 capsid (CA) is involved in facilitating HIV...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Yamashita M,Perez O,Hope TJ,Emerman M

更新日期：2007-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The function of Toll pathway defense against bacterial infection has been well established in shrimp, however how this pathway responds to viral infection is still largely unknown. In this study, we report the Toll4-Dorsal-AMPs cascade restricts the white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) infection of shrimp. A total of nine...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Li H,Yin B,Wang S,Fu Q,Xiao B,Lǚ K,He J,Li C

更新日期：2018-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:There are 25 auxin response factors (ARFs) in the rice genome, which play critical roles in regulating myriad aspects of plant development, but their role (s) in host antiviral immune defense and the underneath mechanism remain largely unknown. By using the rice-rice dwarf virus (RDV) model system, here we report that...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Qin Q,Li G,Jin L,Huang Y,Wang Y,Wei C,Xu Z,Yang Z,Wang H,Li Y

更新日期：2020-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Type VI secretion systems (T6SS) are trans-envelope machines dedicated to the secretion of virulence factors into eukaryotic or prokaryotic cells, therefore required for pathogenesis and/or for competition towards neighboring bacteria. The T6SS apparatus resembles the injection device of bacteriophage T4, and is ancho...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Felisberto-Rodrigues C,Durand E,Aschtgen MS,Blangy S,Ortiz-Lombardia M,Douzi B,Cambillau C,Cascales E

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Community acquired-methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) is a socially problematic pathogen that infects healthy individuals, causing severe disease. CA-MRSA is more virulent than hospital associated-MRSA (HA-MRSA). The underlying mechanism for the high virulence of CA-MRSA is not known. The transcript...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Kaito C,Saito Y,Ikuo M,Omae Y,Mao H,Nagano G,Fujiyuki T,Numata S,Han X,Obata K,Hasegawa S,Yamaguchi H,Inokuchi K,Ito T,Hiramatsu K,Sekimizu K

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV-1 buds form infected cells in an immature, non-infectious form. Maturation into an infectious virion requires proteolytic cleavage of the Gag polyprotein at five positions, leading to a dramatic change in virus morphology. Immature virions contain an incomplete spherical shell where Gag is arranged with the N-term...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： de Marco A,Müller B,Glass B,Riches JD,Kräusslich HG,Briggs JA

更新日期：2010-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Environments such as light condition influence the spread of infectious diseases by affecting insect vector behavior. However, whether and how light affects the host defense which further affects insect preference and performance, remains unclear, nor has been demonstrated how pathogens co-adapt light condition to fac...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Zhao P,Zhang X,Gong Y,Wang D,Xu D,Wang N,Sun Y,Gao L,Liu SS,Deng XW,Kliebenstein DJ,Zhou X,Fang RX,Ye J

更新日期：2021-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Viroporins are small transmembrane proteins with ion channel activities modulating properties of intracellular membranes that have diverse proviral functions. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) encodes a viroporin, p7, acting during assembly, envelopment and secretion of viral particles (VP). HCV p7 is released from the viral po...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Denolly S,Mialon C,Bourlet T,Amirache F,Penin F,Lindenbach B,Boson B,Cosset FL

更新日期：2017-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:RsaE is a conserved small regulatory RNA (sRNA) which was previously reported to represent a riboregulator of central carbon flow and other metabolic pathways in Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus subtilis. Here we show that RsaE contributes to extracellular (e)DNA release and biofilm-matrix switching towards polysacc...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Schoenfelder SMK,Lange C,Prakash SA,Marincola G,Lerch MF,Wencker FDR,Förstner KU,Sharma CM,Ziebuhr W

更新日期：2019-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we investigated the significance of a conserved five-amino acid motif 'AELPR' in the C-terminal region of helper component-proteinase (HCPro) for potato virus A (PVA; genus Potyvirus) infection. This motif is a putative interaction site for WD40 domain-containing proteins, including VARICOSE (VCS). We a...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： De S,Pollari M,Varjosalo M,Mäkinen K

更新日期：2020-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Unique purine-rich mRNA sequences embedded in the coding sequences of a distinct group of gammaherpesvirus maintenance proteins underlie the ability of the latently infected cell to minimize immune recognition. The Epstein-Barr virus nuclear antigen, EBNA1, a well characterized lymphocryptovirus maintenance protein ha...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Tellam JT,Lekieffre L,Zhong J,Lynn DJ,Khanna R

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clonorchis sinensis is a carcinogenic human liver fluke, prolonged infection which provokes chronic inflammation, epithelial hyperplasia, periductal fibrosis, and even cholangiocarcinoma (CCA). These effects are driven by direct physical damage caused by the worms, as well as chemical irritation from their excretory-s...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Won J,Cho Y,Lee D,Jeon BY,Ju JW,Chung S,Pak JH

更新日期：2019-05-23 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：: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：: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：:Hendra and Nipah viruses (family Paramyxoviridae, genus Henipavirus) are bat-borne viruses that cause fatal disease in humans and a range of other mammalian species. Gaining a deeper understanding of host pathways exploited by henipaviruses for infection may identify targets for new anti-viral therapies. Here we have ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Foo CH,Rootes CL,Cowley K,Marsh GA,Gould CM,Deffrasnes C,Cowled CJ,Klein R,Riddell SJ,Middleton D,Simpson KJ,Wang LF,Bean AG,Stewart CR

更新日期：2016-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA granules are cellular structures, which play an important role in mRNA translation, storage, and degradation. Animal (+)RNA viruses often co-opt RNA granule proteins for viral reproduction. However, the role of RNA granules in plant viral infections is poorly understood. Here we use Potato virus A (PVA) as a model...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Hafrén A,Lõhmus A,Mäkinen K

更新日期：2015-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Botulinum neurotoxin serotype C (BoNT/C) is a neuroparalytic toxin associated with outbreaks of animal botulism, particularly in birds, and is the only BoNT known to cleave two different SNARE proteins, SNAP-25 and syntaxin. BoNT/C was shown to be a good substitute for BoNT/A1 in human dystonia therapy because of its ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Zanetti G,Sikorra S,Rummel A,Krez N,Duregotti E,Negro S,Henke T,Rossetto O,Binz T,Pirazzini M

更新日期：2017-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Among the several new antimalarials discovered over the past decade are at least three clinical candidate drugs, each with a distinct chemical structure, that disrupt Na+ homeostasis resulting in a rapid increase in intracellular Na+ concentration ([Na+]i) within the erythrocytic stages of Plasmodium falciparum. At pr...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Das S,Bhatanagar S,Morrisey JM,Daly TM,Burns JM Jr,Coppens I,Vaidya AB

更新日期：2016-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Zaire ebolavirus (ZEBOV) causes severe hemorrhagic fever in humans and nonhuman primates, with fatality rates in humans of up to 90%. The molecular basis for the extreme virulence of ZEBOV remains elusive. While adult mice resist ZEBOV infection, the Mayinga strain of the virus has been adapted to cause lethal infecti...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Ebihara H,Takada A,Kobasa D,Jones S,Neumann G,Theriault S,Bray M,Feldmann H,Kawaoka Y

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Virions are thought to contain all the essential proteins that govern virus egress from the host cell and initiation of replication in the target cell. It has been known for some time that influenza virions contain nine viral proteins; however, analyses of other enveloped viruses have revealed that proteins from the h...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Shaw ML,Stone KL,Colangelo CM,Gulcicek EE,Palese P

更新日期：2008-06-06 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：:Experimental visceral leishmaniasis (VL) represents an exquisite model to study CD8(+) T cell responses in a context of chronic inflammation and antigen persistence, since it is characterized by chronic infection in the spleen and CD8(+) T cells are required for the development of protective immunity. However, antigen...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Joshi T,Rodriguez S,Perovic V,Cockburn IA,Stäger S

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the mechanisms that help promote protective immune responses to pathogens is a major challenge in biomedical research and an important goal for the design of innovative therapeutic or vaccination strategies. While natural killer (NK) cells can directly contribute to the control of viral replication, whet...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Robbins SH,Bessou G,Cornillon A,Zucchini N,Rupp B,Ruzsics Z,Sacher T,Tomasello E,Vivier E,Koszinowski UH,Dalod M

更新日期：2007-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclear factor of activated T cells 5 (NFAT5)/Tonicity enhancer binding protein (TonEBP) is a transcription factor induced by hypertonic stress in the kidney. However, the function of NFAT5 in other organs has rarely been studied, even though it is ubiquitously expressed. Indeed, although NFAT5 was reported to be crit...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Qiu Y,Ye X,Zhang HM,Hanson P,Zhao G,Tong L,Xie R,Yang D

更新日期：2017-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptolysin S (SLS) is a bacteriocin-like haemolytic and cytotoxic virulence factor that plays a key role in the virulence of Group A Streptococcus (GAS), the causative agent of pharyngitis, impetigo, necrotizing fasciitis and streptococcal toxic shock syndrome. Although it has long been thought that SLS and related ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Cotter PD,Draper LA,Lawton EM,Daly KM,Groeger DS,Casey PG,Ross RP,Hill C

更新日期：2008-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Phytopathogenic ascomycete fungi possess huge effector repertoires that are dominated by hundreds of sequence-unrelated small secreted proteins. The molecular function of these effectors and the evolutionary mechanisms that generate this tremendous number of singleton genes are largely unknown. To get a deeper underst...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： de Guillen K,Ortiz-Vallejo D,Gracy J,Fournier E,Kroj T,Padilla A

更新日期：2015-10-27 00:00:00