The novel Candida albicans transporter Dur31 Is a multi-stage pathogenicity factor.

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journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Ghirardini E,Restelli E,Morini R,Bertani I,Ortolan D,Perrucci F,Pozzi D,Matteoli M,Chiesa R

更新日期：2020-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Abilities of bacterial pathogens to adapt to the iron limitation present in hosts is critical to their virulence. Bacterial pathogens have evolved diverse strategies to coordinately regulate iron metabolism and virulence associated functions to maintain iron homeostasis in response to changing iron availability in the...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Pandey SS,Patnana PK,Lomada SK,Tomar A,Chatterjee S

更新日期：2016-11-30 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：:Exposure to Plasmodium falciparum is associated with circulating "atypical" memory B cells (atMBCs), which appear similar to dysfunctional B cells found in HIV-infected individuals. Functional analysis of atMBCs has been limited, with one report suggesting these cells are not dysfunctional but produce protective antib...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Sullivan RT,Kim CC,Fontana MF,Feeney ME,Jagannathan P,Boyle MJ,Drakeley CJ,Ssewanyana I,Nankya F,Mayanja-Kizza H,Dorsey G,Greenhouse B

更新日期：2015-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Microfold (M) cell host-pathogen interaction studies would benefit from the visual analysis of dynamic cellular and microbial interplays. We adapted a human in vitro M cell model to physiological bacterial infections, expression of fluorescent localization reporters and long-term three-dimensional time-lapse microscop...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Rey C,Chang YY,Latour-Lambert P,Varet H,Proux C,Legendre R,Coppée JY,Enninga J

更新日期：2020-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus gallolyticus subspecies gallolyticus (Sgg) has a strong clinical association with colorectal cancer (CRC) and actively promotes the development of colon tumors. However, the molecular determinants involved in Sgg pathogenicity in the gut are unknown. Bacterial type VII secretion systems (T7SS) mediate pa...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Taylor JC,Gao X,Xu J,Holder M,Petrosino J,Kumar R,Liu W,Höök M,Mackenzie C,Hillhouse A,Brashear W,Nunez MP,Xu Y

更新日期：2021-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV-1 assembly and release are believed to occur at the plasma membrane in most host cells with the exception of primary macrophages, for which exclusive budding at late endosomes has been reported. Here, we applied a novel ultrastructural approach to assess HIV-1 budding in primary macrophages in an immunomarker-inde...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Welsch S,Keppler OT,Habermann A,Allespach I,Krijnse-Locker J,Kräusslich HG

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nematode parasites secrete molecules which regulate the mammalian immune system, but their genetic intractability is a major impediment to identifying and characterising the biological effects of these molecules. We describe here a novel system for heterologous expression of helminth secreted proteins in the natural p...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Vaux R,Schnoeller C,Berkachy R,Roberts LB,Hagen J,Gounaris K,Selkirk ME

更新日期：2016-11-01 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：:Identification of the determinants of pathogen reservoir potential is central to understand disease emergence. It has been proposed that host lifespan is one such determinant: short-lived hosts will invest less in costly defenses against pathogens, so that they will be more susceptible to infection, more competent as ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Hily JM,García A,Moreno A,Plaza M,Wilkinson MD,Fereres A,Fraile A,García-Arenal F

更新日期：2014-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:KSHV is the etiological agent of Kaposi's sarcoma (KS), primary effusion lymphoma (PEL), and a subset of multicentricCastleman's disease (MCD). The fact that KSHV-encoded miRNAs are readily detectable in all KSHV-associated tumors suggests a potential role in viral pathogenesis and tumorigenesis. MiRNA-mediated regula...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Haecker I,Gay LA,Yang Y,Hu J,Morse AM,McIntyre LM,Renne R

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunocompromised individuals tend to suffer from influenza longer with more serious complications than otherwise healthy patients. Little is known about the impact of prolonged infection and the efficacy of antiviral therapy in these patients. Among all 189 influenza A virus infected immunocompromised patients admitt...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： van der Vries E,Stittelaar KJ,van Amerongen G,Veldhuis Kroeze EJ,de Waal L,Fraaij PL,Meesters RJ,Luider TM,van der Nagel B,Koch B,Vulto AG,Schutten M,Osterhaus AD

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metalloproteases (MPs) have demonstrated roles in immune modulation. In some cases, these enzymes are produced by parasites to influence host immune responses such that parasite infection is facilitated. One of the best examples of parasite-mediated immune modulation is the matrix metalloprotease (MMP) leishmanolysin ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Hambrook JR,Kaboré AL,Pila EA,Hanington PC

更新日期：2018-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Respiratory virus infections, such as influenza, typically induce a robust type I (pro-inflammatory cytokine) immune response, however, the production of type 2 cytokines has been observed. Type 2 cytokine production during respiratory virus infection is linked to asthma exacerbation; however, type 2 cytokines may als...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Gorski SA,Hahn YS,Braciale TJ

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) is a major threat to swine health worldwide and is considered the most significant viral disease in the swine industry today. In past years, studies on the entry of the virus into its host cell have led to the identification of a number of essential virus...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Van Breedam W,Van Gorp H,Zhang JQ,Crocker PR,Delputte PL,Nauwynck HJ

更新日期：2010-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), a ubiquitous human herpesvirus, can latently infect the human population. EBV is associated with several types of malignancies originating from lymphoid and epithelial cell types. EBV latent antigen 3C (EBNA3C) is essential for EBV-induced immortalization of B-cells. The Moloney murine leukem...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Banerjee S,Lu J,Cai Q,Sun Z,Jha HC,Robertson ES

更新日期：2014-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) arise from retroviruses chromosomally integrated in the host germline. ERVs are common in vertebrate genomes and provide a valuable fossil record of past retroviral infections to investigate the biology and evolution of retroviruses over a deep time scale, including cross-species transmi...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Zhuo X,Feschotte C

更新日期：2015-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Targeting of permissive entry sites is crucial for bacterial infection. The targeting mechanisms are incompletely understood. We have analyzed target-site selection by S. Typhimurium. This enteropathogenic bacterium employs adhesins (e.g. fim) and the type III secretion system 1 (TTSS-1) for host cell binding, the tri...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Misselwitz B,Barrett N,Kreibich S,Vonaesch P,Andritschke D,Rout S,Weidner K,Sormaz M,Songhet P,Horvath P,Chabria M,Vogel V,Spori DM,Jenny P,Hardt WD

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A central question in Leishmania research is why most species cause cutaneous infections but others cause fatal visceral disease. Interestingly, L. donovani causes both visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis in Sri Lanka. L. donovani clinical isolates were therefore obtained from cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL-SL) and visc...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Zhang WW,Ramasamy G,McCall LI,Haydock A,Ranasinghe S,Abeygunasekara P,Sirimanna G,Wickremasinghe R,Myler P,Matlashewski G

更新日期：2014-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Most fungal pathogens of humans display robust protective oxidative stress responses that contribute to their pathogenicity. The induction of enzymes that detoxify reactive oxygen species (ROS) is an essential component of these responses. We showed previously that ectopic expression of the heme-containing catalase en...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Pradhan A,Herrero-de-Dios C,Belmonte R,Budge S,Lopez Garcia A,Kolmogorova A,Lee KK,Martin BD,Ribeiro A,Bebes A,Yuecel R,Gow NAR,Munro CA,MacCallum DM,Quinn J,Brown AJP

更新日期：2017-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of Activation-Induced Cytidine Deaminase (AID) in somatic hypermutation and polyclonal antibody affinity maturation has not been shown for polyclonal responses in humans. We investigated whether AID induction in human B cells following H1N1pdm09 vaccination correlated with in-vivo antibody affinity maturation...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Khurana S,Frasca D,Blomberg B,Golding H

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene expression of DNA viruses requires nuclear import of the viral genome. Human Adenoviruses (Ads), like most DNA viruses, encode factors within early transcription units promoting their own gene expression and counteracting cellular antiviral defense mechanisms. The cellular transcriptional repressor Daxx prevents ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Schreiner S,Martinez R,Groitl P,Rayne F,Vaillant R,Wimmer P,Bossis G,Sternsdorf T,Marcinowski L,Ruzsics Z,Dobner T,Wodrich H

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trichodysplasia spinulosa-associated Polyomavirus (TSPyV) was isolated from a patient suffering from trichodysplasia spinulosa, a skin disease that can appear in severely immunocompromised patients. While TSPyV is one of the five members of the polyomavirus family that are directly linked to a human disease, details a...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Ströh LJ,Gee GV,Blaum BS,Dugan AS,Feltkamp MC,Atwood WJ,Stehle T

更新日期：2015-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue samples from Australian carpet pythons (Morelia spilota) with neurological disease were screened for viruses using next-generation sequencing. Coding complete genomes of two bornaviruses were identified with the gene order 3'-N-X-P-G-M-L, representing a transposition of the G and M genes compared to other borna...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Hyndman TH,Shilton CM,Stenglein MD,Wellehan JFX Jr

更新日期：2018-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Pandemic influenza A virus (IAV) remains a significant threat to global health. Preparedness relies primarily upon a single class of neuraminidase (NA) targeted antivirals, against which resistance is steadily growing. The M2 proton channel is an alternative clinically proven antiviral target, yet a near-ubiquitous S3...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Scott C,Kankanala J,Foster TL,Goldhill DH,Bao P,Simmons K,Pingen M,Bentham M,Atkins E,Loundras E,Elderfield R,Claridge JK,Thompson J,Stilwell PR,Tathineni R,McKimmie CS,Targett-Adams P,Schnell JR,Cook GP,Evans S,B

更新日期：2020-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Lytic herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) infection triggers disruption of transcription termination (DoTT) of most cellular genes, resulting in extensive intergenic transcription. Similarly, cellular stress responses lead to gene-specific transcription downstream of genes (DoG). In this study, we performed a detailed comp...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Hennig T,Michalski M,Rutkowski AJ,Djakovic L,Whisnant AW,Friedl MS,Jha BA,Baptista MAP,L'Hernault A,Erhard F,Dölken L,Friedel CC

更新日期：2018-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The ~9.5 kilobase HIV-1 genome contains RNA sequences and structures that control many aspects of viral replication, including transcription, splicing, nuclear export, translation, packaging and reverse transcription. Nonetheless, chemical probing and other approaches suggest that the HIV-1 genome may contain many mor...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Takata MA,Soll SJ,Emery A,Blanco-Melo D,Swanstrom R,Bieniasz PD

更新日期：2018-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Francisella tularensis (Ft) causes a frequently fatal, acute necrotic pneumonia in humans and animals. Following lethal Ft infection in mice, infiltration of the lungs by predominantly immature myeloid cells and subsequent myeloid cell death drive pathogenesis and host mortality. However, following sub-lethal Ft chall...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Periasamy S,Le HT,Duffy EB,Chin H,Harton JA

更新日期：2016-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Dengue is the most common mosquito-borne viral disease in humans. Changes of lipid-related metabolites in endoplasmic reticulum of dengue virus (DENV) infected cells have been associated with replicative complexes formation. Previously, we reported that DENV infection inhibits HMGCR phosphorylation generating a choles...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Soto-Acosta R,Bautista-Carbajal P,Cervantes-Salazar M,Angel-Ambrocio AH,Del Angel RM

更新日期：2017-04-06 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