Genomic insights into the origin of parasitism in the emerging plant pathogen Bursaphelenchus xylophilus.

abstract：:The prevalence of antibiotic resistance genes in pathogenic bacteria is a major challenge to treating many infectious diseases. The spread of these genes is driven by the strong selection imposed by the use of antibacterial drugs. However, in the absence of drug selection, antibiotic resistance genes impose a fitness ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Albarracín Orio AG,Piñas GE,Cortes PR,Cian MB,Echenique J

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlamydia trachomatis remains one of the few major human pathogens for which there is no transformation system. C. trachomatis has a unique obligate intracellular developmental cycle. The extracellular infectious elementary body (EB) is an infectious, electron-dense structure that, following host cell infection, diffe...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Wang Y,Kahane S,Cutcliffe LT,Skilton RJ,Lambden PR,Clarke IN

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autologous transplantation and engraftment of HIV-resistant cells in sufficient numbers should recapitulate the functional cure of the Berlin Patient, with applicability to a greater number of infected individuals and with a superior safety profile. A robust preclinical model of suppressed HIV infection is critical in...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Peterson CW,Wang J,Deleage C,Reddy S,Kaur J,Polacino P,Reik A,Huang ML,Jerome KR,Hu SL,Holmes MC,Estes JD,Kiem HP

更新日期：2018-04-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Memory T cell inflation is a process in which a subset of cytomegalovirus (CMV) specific CD8 T cells continuously expands mainly during latent infection and establishes a large and stable population of effector memory cells in peripheral tissues. Here we set out to identify in vivo parameters that promote and limit CD...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Baumann NS,Welten SPM,Torti N,Pallmer K,Borsa M,Barnstorf I,Oduro JD,Cicin-Sain L,Oxenius A

更新日期：2019-05-13 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：:Altered cell metabolism is inherently connected with pathological conditions including cancer and viral infections. Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) is the etiological agent of Kaposi's sarcoma (KS). KS tumour cells display features of lymphatic endothelial differentiation and in their vast majority are ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Yogev O,Lagos D,Enver T,Boshoff C

更新日期：2014-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Mosquito-borne alphaviruses such as chikungunya virus and Ross River virus (RRV) are emerging pathogens capable of causing large-scale epidemics of virus-induced arthritis and myositis. The pathology of RRV-induced disease in both humans and mice is associated with induction of the host inflammatory response within th...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Gunn BM,Morrison TE,Whitmore AC,Blevins LK,Hueston L,Fraser RJ,Herrero LJ,Ramirez R,Smith PN,Mahalingam S,Heise MT

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:APE1 is a multifunctional protein with a DNA base excision repair function in its C-terminal domain and a redox activity in its N-terminal domain. The redox function of APE1 converts certain transcription factors from inactive oxidized to active reduced forms. Given that among the APE1-regulated transcription factors ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Zhong C,Xu M,Wang Y,Xu J,Yuan Y

更新日期：2017-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection with equid herpesvirus type 1 (EHV-1) leads to respiratory disease, abortion, and neurologic disorders in horses. Molecular epidemiology studies have demonstrated that a single nucleotide polymorphism resulting in an amino acid variation of the EHV-1 DNA polymerase (N752/D752) is significantly associated wit...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Goodman LB,Loregian A,Perkins GA,Nugent J,Buckles EL,Mercorelli B,Kydd JH,Palù G,Smith KC,Osterrieder N,Davis-Poynter N

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toll/interleukin-1 receptor (TIR) domains in Toll-like receptors are essential for initiating and propagating the eukaryotic innate immune signaling cascade. Here, we investigate TirS, a Staphylococcus aureus TIR mimic that is part of a novel bacterial invasion mechanism. Its ectopic expression in eukaryotic cells inh...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Patot S,Imbert PR,Baude J,Martins Simões P,Campergue JB,Louche A,Nijland R,Bès M,Tristan A,Laurent F,Fischer A,Schrenzel J,Vandenesch F,Salcedo SP,François P,Lina G

更新日期：2017-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Highly pathogenic avian H5N1 influenza A viruses have spread throughout Asia, Europe, and Africa, raising serious worldwide concern about their pandemic potential. Although more than 250 people have been infected with these viruses, with a consequent high rate of mortality, the molecular mechanisms responsible for the...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Hatta M,Hatta Y,Kim JH,Watanabe S,Shinya K,Nguyen T,Lien PS,Le QM,Kawaoka Y

更新日期：2007-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolomics coupled with heavy-atom isotope-labelled glucose has been used to probe the metabolic pathways active in cultured bloodstream form trypomastigotes of Trypanosoma brucei, a parasite responsible for human African trypanosomiasis. Glucose enters many branches of metabolism beyond glycolysis, which has been w...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Creek DJ,Mazet M,Achcar F,Anderson J,Kim DH,Kamour R,Morand P,Millerioux Y,Biran M,Kerkhoven EJ,Chokkathukalam A,Weidt SK,Burgess KE,Breitling R,Watson DG,Bringaud F,Barrett MP

更新日期：2015-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracellular vesicles (EV) mediate intercellular communication events and alterations in normal vesicle content contribute to function and disease initiation or progression. The ability to package a variety of cargo and transmit molecular information between cells renders EVs important mediators of cell-to-cell cross...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Nkosi D,Sun L,Duke LC,Meckes DG Jr

更新日期：2020-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Infectious prions propagate from peripheral entry sites into the central nervous system (CNS), where they cause progressive neurodegeneration that ultimately leads to death. Yet the pathogenesis of prion disease can vary dramatically depending on the strain, or conformational variant of the aberrantly folded and aggre...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Bett C,Joshi-Barr S,Lucero M,Trejo M,Liberski P,Kelly JW,Masliah E,Sigurdson CJ

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Influenza A virus usurps host signaling factors to regulate its replication. One example is mTOR, a cellular regulator of protein synthesis, growth and motility. While the role of mTORC1 in viral infection has been studied, the mechanisms that induce mTORC1 activation and the substrates regulated by mTORC1 during infl...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Kuss-Duerkop SK,Wang J,Mena I,White K,Metreveli G,Sakthivel R,Mata MA,Muñoz-Moreno R,Chen X,Krammer F,Diamond MS,Chen ZJ,García-Sastre A,Fontoura BMA

更新日期：2017-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies identified prion protein (PrP) mutants which act as dominant negative inhibitors of prion formation through a mechanism hypothesized to require an unidentified species-specific cofactor termed protein X. To study the mechanism of dominant negative inhibition in vitro, we used recombinant PrP(C) molecu...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Geoghegan JC,Miller MB,Kwak AH,Harris BT,Supattapone S

更新日期：2009-07-01 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：:The control of mosquito populations with insecticide treated bed nets and indoor residual sprays remains the cornerstone of malaria reduction and elimination programs. In light of widespread insecticide resistance in mosquitoes, however, alternative strategies for reducing transmission by the mosquito vector are urgen...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Childs LM,Cai FY,Kakani EG,Mitchell SN,Paton D,Gabrieli P,Buckee CO,Catteruccia F

更新日期：2016-12-15 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：:Intracellular parasites, such as Leishmania spp, must acquire suitable carbon sources from the host cell in order to replicate. Here we present evidence that intracellular amastigote stages of Leishmania exploit amino sugars in the phagolysosome of mammalian macrophages as a source of carbon and energy. L. major paras...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Naderer T,Heng J,McConville MJ

更新日期：2010-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a critical need for adjuvants that can safely elicit potent and durable T cell-based immunity to intracellular pathogens. Here, we report that parenteral vaccination with a carbomer-based adjuvant, Adjuplex (ADJ), stimulated robust CD8 T-cell responses to subunit antigens and afforded effective immunity again...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Lee W,Kingstad-Bakke B,Paulson B,Larsen A,Overmyer K,Marinaik CB,Dulli K,Toy R,Vogel G,Mueller KP,Tweed K,Walsh AJ,Russell J,Saha K,Reyes L,Skala MC,Sauer JD,Shayakhmetov DM,Coon J,Roy K,Suresh M

更新日期：2021-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:In prion diseases, synapse dysfunction, axon retraction and loss of neuronal polarity precede neuronal death. The mechanisms driving such polarization defects, however, remain unclear. Here, we examined the contribution of RhoA-associated coiled-coil containing kinases (ROCK), key players in neuritogenesis, to prion d...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Alleaume-Butaux A,Nicot S,Pietri M,Baudry A,Dakowski C,Tixador P,Ardila-Osorio H,Haeberlé AM,Bailly Y,Peyrin JM,Launay JM,Kellermann O,Schneider B

更新日期：2015-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphorylated derivatives of phosphatidylinositol (PIPs) are key membrane lipid residues involved in clathrin-mediated endocytosis (CME). CME relies on PIP species PI(4,5)P2 to mark endocytic sites at the plasma membrane (PM) associated to clathrin-coated vesicle (CCV) formation. The highly diverged parasitic protist...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Cernikova L,Faso C,Hehl AB

更新日期：2020-02-24 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：:Malaria vaccine candidate Apical Membrane Antigen-1 (AMA1) induces protection, but only against parasite strains that are closely related to the vaccine. Overcoming the AMA1 diversity problem will require an understanding of the structural basis of cross-strain invasion inhibition. A vaccine containing four diverse al...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Dutta S,Dlugosz LS,Drew DR,Ge X,Ababacar D,Rovira YI,Moch JK,Shi M,Long CA,Foley M,Beeson JG,Anders RF,Miura K,Haynes JD,Batchelor AH

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：:Anaplasma phagocytophilum, the causative agent of human granulocytic anaplasmosis, infects human neutrophils and inhibits mitochondria-mediated apoptosis. Bacterial factors involved in this process are unknown. In the present study, we screened a genomic DNA library of A. phagocytophilum for effectors of the type IV s...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Niu H,Kozjak-Pavlovic V,Rudel T,Rikihisa Y

更新日期：2010-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteria that live in the environment have evolved pathways specialized to defend against eukaryotic organisms or other bacteria. In this manuscript, we systematically examined the role of the five type VI secretion systems (T6SSs) of Burkholderia thailandensis (B. thai) in eukaryotic and bacterial cell interactions. ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Schwarz S,West TE,Boyer F,Chiang WC,Carl MA,Hood RD,Rohmer L,Tolker-Nielsen T,Skerrett SJ,Mougous JD

更新日期：2010-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Some pathogens have evolved mechanisms to overcome host immune defenses by inhibiting host defense signaling pathways and suppressing the expression of host defense effectors. We present evidence that Pseudomonas aeruginosa is able to suppress the expression of a subset of immune defense genes in the animal host Caeno...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Evans EA,Kawli T,Tan MW

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The type VI secretion system (T6SS) is a widespread protein secretion apparatus used by Gram-negative bacteria to deliver toxic effector proteins into adjacent bacterial or host cells. Here, we uncovered a role in interbacterial competition for the two T6SSs encoded by the marine pathogen Vibrio alginolyticus. Using c...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Salomon D,Klimko JA,Trudgian DC,Kinch LN,Grishin NV,Mirzaei H,Orth K

更新日期：2015-08-25 00:00:00