Trafficking of hepatitis C virus core protein during virus particle assembly.

abstract：:The MHC class I D(k) molecule supplies vital host resistance during murine cytomegalovirus (MCMV) infection. Natural killer (NK) cells expressing the Ly49G2 inhibitory receptor, which specifically binds D(k), are required to control viral spread. The extent of D(k)-dependent host resistance, however, differs significa...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Gillespie AL,Teoh J,Lee H,Prince J,Stadnisky MD,Anderson M,Nash W,Rival C,Wei H,Gamache A,Farber CR,Tung K,Brown MG

更新日期：2016-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The relative roles of the endosomal TLR3/7/8 versus the intracellular RNA helicases RIG-I and MDA5 in viral infection is much debated. We investigated the roles of each pattern recognition receptor in rhinovirus infection using primary bronchial epithelial cells. TLR3 was constitutively expressed; however, RIG-I and M...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Slater L,Bartlett NW,Haas JJ,Zhu J,Message SD,Walton RP,Sykes A,Dahdaleh S,Clarke DL,Belvisi MG,Kon OM,Fujita T,Jeffery PK,Johnston SL,Edwards MR

更新日期：2010-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Iron is essential for nearly all bacterial pathogens, including Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), but is severely limited in the human host. To meet its iron needs, Mtb secretes siderophores, small molecules with high affinity for iron, and takes up iron-loaded mycobactins (MBT) and carboxymycobactins (cMBT), from the...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Zhang L,Hendrickson RC,Meikle V,Lefkowitz EJ,Ioerger TR,Niederweis M

更新日期：2020-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The macrophage is the primary host cell for the fungal pathogen Histoplasma capsulatum during mammalian infections, yet little is known about fungal genes required for intracellular replication in the host. Since the ability to scavenge iron from the host is important for the virulence of most pathogens, we investigat...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Hwang LH,Mayfield JA,Rine J,Sil A

更新日期：2008-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The Pneumococcal serine-rich repeat protein (PsrP) is a pathogenicity island encoded adhesin that has been positively correlated with the ability of Streptococcus pneumoniae to cause invasive disease. Previous studies have shown that PsrP mediates bacterial attachment to Keratin 10 (K10) on the surface of lung cells t...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Sanchez CJ,Shivshankar P,Stol K,Trakhtenbroit S,Sullam PM,Sauer K,Hermans PW,Orihuela CJ

更新日期：2010-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The kinetoplast (k), the uniquely packaged mitochondrial DNA of trypanosomatid protists is formed by a catenated network of minicircles and maxicircles that divide and segregate once each cell cycle. Although many proteins involved in kDNA replication and segregation are now known, several key steps in the replication...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Peña-Diaz P,Vancová M,Resl C,Field MC,Lukeš J

更新日期：2017-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the role of prion infection of the olfactory mucosa in the shedding of prion infectivity into nasal secretions. Prion infection with the HY strain of the transmissible mink encephalopathy (TME) agent resulted in a prominent infection of the olfactory bulb and the olfactory sensory epithelium in...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Bessen RA,Shearin H,Martinka S,Boharski R,Lowe D,Wilham JM,Caughey B,Wiley JA

更新日期：2010-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Insect immune systems can recognize specific pathogens and prime offspring immunity. High specificity of immune priming can be achieved when insect females transfer immune elicitors into developing oocytes. The molecular mechanism behind this transfer has been a mystery. Here, we establish that the egg-yolk protein vi...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Salmela H,Amdam GV,Freitak D

更新日期：2015-07-31 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：: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：:Root-knot nematodes secrete effectors that manipulate their host plant cells so that the nematode can successfully establish feeding sites and complete its lifecycle. The root-knot nematode feeding structures, their "giant cells," undergo extensive cytoskeletal remodeling. Previous cytological studies have shown the c...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Leelarasamee N,Zhang L,Gleason C

更新日期：2018-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Ingested Vibrio cholerae pass through the stomach and colonize the small intestines of its host. Here, we show that V. cholerae requires at least two types of DNA repair systems to efficiently compete for colonization of the infant mouse intestine. These results show that V. cholerae experiences increased DNA damage i...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Davies BW,Bogard RW,Dupes NM,Gerstenfeld TA,Simmons LA,Mekalanos JJ

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cytidine deaminases APOBEC3G and APOBEC3F exert anti-HIV-1 activity that is countered by the HIV-1 vif protein. Based on potential transcription factor binding sites in their putative promoters, we hypothesized that expression of APOBEC3G and APOBEC3F would vary with T helper lymphocyte differentiation. Naive CD4+...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Vetter ML,Johnson ME,Antons AK,Unutmaz D,D'Aquila RT

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Vibrio cholerae type VI secretion system (T6SS) assembles as a molecular syringe that injects toxic protein effectors into both eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells. We previously reported that the V. cholerae O37 serogroup strain V52 maintains a constitutively active T6SS to kill other Gram-negative bacteria while be...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Miyata ST,Unterweger D,Rudko SP,Pukatzki S

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human parvovirus Adeno-Associated Virus (AAV) type 2 can only replicate in cells co-infected with a helper virus, such as Adenovirus or Herpes Simplex Virus type 1 (HSV-1); whereas, in the absence of a helper virus, it establishes a latent infection. Previous studies demonstrated that the ternary HSV-1 helicase/pr...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Alazard-Dany N,Nicolas A,Ploquin A,Strasser R,Greco A,Epstein AL,Fraefel C,Salvetti A

更新日期：2009-03-01 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：:Certain cutaneous human papillomaviruses (HPVs), which are ubiquitous and acquired early during childhood, can cause a variety of skin tumors and are likely involved in the development of non-melanoma skin cancer, especially in immunosuppressed patients. Hence, the burden of these clinical manifestations demands for a...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Vinzón SE,Braspenning-Wesch I,Müller M,Geissler EK,Nindl I,Gröne HJ,Schäfer K,Rösl F

更新日期：2014-02-20 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：:RNA modification plays an important role in modulating host-pathogen interaction. Flavivirus NS5 protein encodes N-7 and 2'-O methyltransferase activities that are required for the formation of 5' type I cap (m(7)GpppAm) of viral RNA genome. Here we reported, for the first time, that flavivirus NS5 has a novel interna...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Dong H,Chang DC,Hua MH,Lim SP,Chionh YH,Hia F,Lee YH,Kukkaro P,Lok SM,Dedon PC,Shi PY

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The envelope glycoprotein (Env) complexes of the human and simian immunodeficiency viruses (HIV and SIV, respectively) mediate viral entry and are a target for neutralizing antibodies. The receptor binding surfaces of Env are in large part sterically occluded or conformationally masked prior to receptor binding. Knowl...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Zanetti G,Briggs JA,Grünewald K,Sattentau QJ,Fuller SD

更新日期：2006-08-01 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：:SAMHD1 restricts HIV-1 infection of myeloid-lineage and resting CD4+ T-cells. Most likely this occurs through deoxynucleoside triphosphate triphosphohydrolase activity that reduces cellular dNTP to a level where reverse transcriptase cannot function, although alternative mechanisms have been proposed recently. Here, w...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Arnold LH,Groom HC,Kunzelmann S,Schwefel D,Caswell SJ,Ordonez P,Mann MC,Rueschenbaum S,Goldstone DC,Pennell S,Howell SA,Stoye JP,Webb M,Taylor IA,Bishop KN

更新日期：2015-10-02 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：:Poxviruses subvert the host immune response by producing immunomodulatory proteins, including a complement regulatory protein. Ectromelia virus provides a mouse model for smallpox where the virus and the host's immune response have co-evolved. Using this model, our study investigated the role of the complement system ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Moulton EA,Atkinson JP,Buller RM

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effectors are molecules used by microbial pathogens to facilitate infection via effector-triggered susceptibility or tissue necrosis in their host. Much research has been focussed on the identification and elucidating the function of fungal effectors during plant pathogenesis. By comparison, knowledge of how phytopath...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Tan KC,Oliver RP

更新日期：2017-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The Adeno-associated virus (AAV) gene delivery system is ushering in a new and exciting era in the United States; following the first approved gene therapy (Glybera) in Europe, the FDA has approved a second therapy, Luxturna [1]. However, challenges to this system remain. In viral gene therapy, the surface of the caps...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Smith JK,Agbandje-McKenna M

更新日期：2018-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The shape and form of the flagellated eukaryotic parasite Leishmania is sculpted to its ecological niches and needs to be transmitted to each generation with great fidelity. The shape of the Leishmania cell is defined by the sub-pellicular microtubule array and the positioning of the nucleus, kinetoplast and the flage...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Halliday C,Yanase R,Catta-Preta CMC,Moreira-Leite F,Myskova J,Pruzinova K,Volf P,Mottram JC,Sunter JD

更新日期：2020-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterial infection leads to activation of the RIG-I/MAVS/TBK1 RNA sensing pathway in macrophages but the consequences of this activation remains poorly defined. In this study, we determined that activation of this RNA sensing pathway stimulates ICAM-1 expression in M.avium-infected macrophage through the inhibiti...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Cheng Y,Kiene NJ,Tatarian A,Eix EF,Schorey JS

更新日期：2020-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Successful replication and transmission of large DNA viruses such as the cytomegaloviruses (CMV) family of viruses depends on the ability to interfere with multiple aspects of the host immune response. Apoptosis functions as a host innate defence mechanism against viral infection, and the capacity to interfere with th...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Fleming P,Kvansakul M,Voigt V,Kile BT,Kluck RM,Huang DC,Degli-Esposti MA,Andoniou CE

更新日期：2013-02-01 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