A novel small molecule inhibitor of influenza A viruses that targets polymerase function and indirectly induces interferon.

abstract：:Hepatitis C is a pandemic human RNA virus, which commonly causes chronic infection and liver disease. The characterization of viral populations that successfully initiate infection, and also those that drive progression to chronicity is instrumental for understanding pathogenesis and vaccine design. A comprehensive an...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Bull RA,Luciani F,McElroy K,Gaudieri S,Pham ST,Chopra A,Cameron B,Maher L,Dore GJ,White PA,Lloyd AR

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An unprecedented epidemic of chikungunya virus (CHIKV) infection recently started in countries of the Indian Ocean area, causing an acute and painful syndrome with strong fever, asthenia, skin rash, polyarthritis, and lethal cases of encephalitis. The basis for chikungunya disease and the tropism of CHIKV remain unkno...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Sourisseau M,Schilte C,Casartelli N,Trouillet C,Guivel-Benhassine F,Rudnicka D,Sol-Foulon N,Le Roux K,Prevost MC,Fsihi H,Frenkiel MP,Blanchet F,Afonso PV,Ceccaldi PE,Ozden S,Gessain A,Schuffenecker I,Verhasselt B,Zamb

更新日期：2007-06-01 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：:Parvoviruses exploit transferrin receptor type-1 (TfR) for cellular entry in carnivores, and specific interactions are key to control of host range. We show that several key mutations acquired by TfR during the evolution of Caniforms (dogs and related species) modified the interactions with parvovirus capsids by reduc...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Kaelber JT,Demogines A,Harbison CE,Allison AB,Goodman LB,Ortega AN,Sawyer SL,Parrish CR

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nasal colonization is a major risk factor for S. aureus infections. The mechanisms responsible for colonization are still not well understood and involve several factors on the host and the bacterial side. One key factor is the cell wall teichoic acid (WTA) of S. aureus, which governs direct interactions with nasal ep...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Baur S,Rautenberg M,Faulstich M,Grau T,Severin Y,Unger C,Hoffmann WH,Rudel T,Autenrieth IB,Weidenmaier C

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) reduces HIV-associated morbidities and mortalities but cannot cure the infection. Given the difficulty of eradicating HIV-1, a functional cure for HIV-infected patients appears to be a more reachable short-term goal. We identified 14 HIV patients (post-treatment controllers [P...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Sáez-Cirión A,Bacchus C,Hocqueloux L,Avettand-Fenoel V,Girault I,Lecuroux C,Potard V,Versmisse P,Melard A,Prazuck T,Descours B,Guergnon J,Viard JP,Boufassa F,Lambotte O,Goujard C,Meyer L,Costagliola D,Venet A,Pancin

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PML (Promyelocytic Leukemia protein), also known as TRIM19, belongs to the family of tripartite motif (TRIM) proteins. PML is mainly expressed in the nucleus, where it forms dynamic structures known as PML nuclear bodies that recruit many other proteins, such as Sp100 and Daxx. While the role of PML/TRIM19 in antivira...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Dutrieux J,Maarifi G,Portilho DM,Arhel NJ,Chelbi-Alix MK,Nisole S

更新日期：2015-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Several naked virus species, including members of the Picornaviridae family, have recently been described to escape their host cells and spread infection via enclosure in extracellular vesicles (EV). EV are 50-300 nm sized lipid membrane-enclosed particles produced by all cells that are broadly recognized for playing ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： van der Grein SG,Defourny KAY,Rabouw HH,Galiveti CR,Langereis MA,Wauben MHM,Arkesteijn GJA,van Kuppeveld FJM,Nolte-'t Hoen ENM

更新日期：2019-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammalian prion structures and replication mechanisms are poorly understood. Most synthetic recombinant prion protein (rPrP) amyloids prepared without cofactors are non-infectious or much less infectious than bona fide tissue-derived PrPSc. This effect has been associated with differences in folding of the aggregates,...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Groveman BR,Raymond GJ,Campbell KJ,Race B,Raymond LD,Hughson AG,Orrú CD,Kraus A,Phillips K,Caughey B

更新日期：2017-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Photorhabdus asymbiotica is one of the three recognized species of the Photorhabdus genus, which consists of gram-negative bioluminescent bacteria belonging to the family Morganellaceae. These bacteria live in a symbiotic relationship with nematodes from the genus Heterorhabditis, together forming a complex that is hi...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Jančaříková G,Houser J,Dobeš P,Demo G,Hyršl P,Wimmerová M

更新日期：2017-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Two-component signal transduction systems (TCS) are used by bacteria to sense and respond to their environment. TCS are typically composed of a sensor histidine kinase (HK) and a response regulator (RR). The Vibrio cholerae genome encodes 52 RR, but the role of these RRs in V. cholerae pathogenesis is largely unknown....

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Cheng AT,Ottemann KM,Yildiz FH

更新日期：2015-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Discovering novel genes involved in immune evasion and drug resistance in the human malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, is of critical importance to global health. Such knowledge may assist in the development of new effective vaccines and in the appropriate use of antimalarial drugs. By performing a full-genome s...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Kidgell C,Volkman SK,Daily J,Borevitz JO,Plouffe D,Zhou Y,Johnson JR,Le Roch K,Sarr O,Ndir O,Mboup S,Batalov S,Wirth DF,Winzeler EA

更新日期：2006-06-01 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：:The digestive tract is the first organ affected by the ingestion of foodborne bacteria. While commensal bacteria become resident, opportunistic or virulent bacteria are eliminated from the gut by the local innate immune system. Here we characterize a new mechanism of defense, independent of the immune system, in Droso...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Benguettat O,Jneid R,Soltys J,Loudhaief R,Brun-Barale A,Osman D,Gallet A

更新日期：2018-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：:A significant number of environmental microorganisms can cause serious, even fatal, acute and chronic infections in humans. The severity and outcome of each type of infection depends on the expression of specific bacterial phenotypes controlled by complex regulatory networks that sense and respond to the host environm...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Kesarwani M,Hazan R,He J,Que YA,Apidianakis Y,Lesic B,Xiao G,Dekimpe V,Milot S,Deziel E,Lépine F,Rahme LG

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While immunological memory has long been considered the province of T- and B-lymphocytes, it has recently been reported that innate cell populations are capable of mediating memory responses. We now show that an innate memory immune response is generated in mice following infection with vaccinia virus, a poxvirus for ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Gillard GO,Bivas-Benita M,Hovav AH,Grandpre LE,Panas MW,Seaman MS,Haynes BF,Letvin NL

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The coordinated exit of intracellular pathogens from host cells is a process critical to the success and spread of an infection. While phospholipases have been shown to play important roles in bacteria host cell egress and virulence, their role in the release of intracellular eukaryotic parasites is largely unknown. W...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Burda PC,Roelli MA,Schaffner M,Khan SM,Janse CJ,Heussler VT

更新日期：2015-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：TRIAL REGISTRATION:ClinicalTrials.gov Clinical Trial NCT00594880. ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Chitre AS,Kattah MG,Rosli YY,Pao M,Deswal M,Deeks SG,Hunt PW,Abdel-Mohsen M,Montaner LJ,Kim CC,Ma A,Somsouk M,McCune JM

更新日期：2018-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), a dsDNA, enveloped virus, is a ubiquitous pathogen that establishes lifelong latent infections and caused disease in persons with compromised immune systems, e.g., organ transplant recipients or AIDS patients. HCMV is also a leading cause of congenital viral infections in newborns. Entry ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Burke HG,Heldwein EE

更新日期：2015-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The influenza A virus (IAV) HA protein must be activated by host cells proteases in order to prime the molecule for fusion. Consequently, the availability of activating proteases and the susceptibility of HA to protease activity represents key factors in facilitating virus infection. As such, understanding the intrica...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Galloway SE,Reed ML,Russell CJ,Steinhauer DA

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi almost invariably establishes life-long infections in humans and other mammals, despite the development of potent host immune responses that constrain parasite numbers. The consistent, decades-long persistence of T. cruzi in human hosts arises at least in part from the remarkable level ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Wang W,Peng D,Baptista RP,Li Y,Kissinger JC,Tarleton RL

更新日期：2021-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Bluetongue virus (BTV) causes hemorrhagic disease in economically important livestock. The BTV genome is organized into ten discrete double-stranded RNA molecules (S1-S10) which have been suggested to follow a sequential packaging pathway from smallest to largest segment during virus capsid assembly. To substantiate a...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Fajardo T Jr,Sung PY,Roy P

更新日期：2015-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial processing peptidases are heterodimeric enzymes (alpha/betaMPP) that play an essential role in mitochondrial biogenesis by recognizing and cleaving the targeting presequences of nuclear-encoded mitochondrial proteins. The two subunits are paralogues that probably evolved by duplication of a gene for a mo...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Smíd O,Matusková A,Harris SR,Kucera T,Novotný M,Horváthová L,Hrdý I,Kutejová E,Hirt RP,Embley TM,Janata J,Tachezy J

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnaporthe oryzae is the causal agent of rice blast disease, a devastating problem worldwide. This fungus has caused breakdown of resistance conferred by newly developed commercial cultivars. To address how the rice blast fungus adapts itself to new resistance genes so quickly, we examined chromosomal locations of AV...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Chuma I,Isobe C,Hotta Y,Ibaragi K,Futamata N,Kusaba M,Yoshida K,Terauchi R,Fujita Y,Nakayashiki H,Valent B,Tosa Y

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Aspergillus fumigatus sterol regulatory element binding protein (SREBP) SrbA belongs to the basic Helix-Loop-Helix (bHLH) family of transcription factors and is crucial for antifungal drug resistance and virulence. The latter phenotype is especially striking, as loss of SrbA results in complete loss of virulence i...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Chung D,Barker BM,Carey CC,Merriman B,Werner ER,Lechner BE,Dhingra S,Cheng C,Xu W,Blosser SJ,Morohashi K,Mazurie A,Mitchell TK,Haas H,Mitchell AP,Cramer RA

更新日期：2014-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclear hormone receptors respond to small molecules such as retinoids or steroids and regulate development. Signaling in the conserved p38/PMK-1 MAP kinase pathway regulates innate immunity. In this study, we show that the Caenorhabditis elegans nuclear receptor DAF-12 negatively regulates the defense against pathoge...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Liu F,He CX,Luo LJ,Zou QL,Zhao YX,Saini R,Han SF,Knölker HJ,Wang LS,Ge BX

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Poliomyelitis has nearly been eradicated through the efforts of the World Health Organization's Global Eradication Initiative raising questions on containment of the virus after it has been eliminated in the wild. Most manufacture of inactivated polio vaccines currently requires the growth of large amounts of highly v...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Knowlson S,Burlison J,Giles E,Fox H,Macadam AJ,Minor PD

更新日期：2015-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Human rhinovirus (RV) infections are the principle cause of common colds and precipitate asthma and COPD exacerbations. There is currently no RV vaccine, largely due to the existence of ∼150 strains. We aimed to define highly conserved areas of the RV proteome and test their usefulness as candidate antigens for a broa...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Glanville N,McLean GR,Guy B,Lecouturier V,Berry C,Girerd Y,Gregoire C,Walton RP,Pearson RM,Kebadze T,Burdin N,Bartlett NW,Almond JW,Johnston SL

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite considerable research efforts, little is yet known about key epidemiological parameters of H5N1 highly pathogenic influenza viruses in their avian hosts. Here we show how these parameters can be estimated using a limited number of birds in experimental transmission studies. Our quantitative estimates, based on...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Bouma A,Claassen I,Natih K,Klinkenberg D,Donnelly CA,Koch G,van Boven M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) genome encodes a G protein-coupled receptor (vGPCR). vGPCR is a ligand-independent, constitutively active signaling molecule that promotes cell growth and proliferation; however, it is not clear how vGPCR is negatively regulated. We report here that the KSHV K7 small ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Feng H,Dong X,Negaard A,Feng P

更新日期：2008-09-19 00:00:00