Mobilization of HIV spread by diaphanous 2 dependent filopodia in infected dendritic cells.

abstract：:Cellular immune responses require the generation and recruitment of diverse blood cell types that recognize and kill pathogens. In Drosophila melanogaster larvae, immune-inducible lamellocytes participate in recognizing and killing parasitoid wasp eggs. However, the sequence of events required for lamellocyte generati...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Anderl I,Vesala L,Ihalainen TO,Vanha-Aho LM,Andó I,Rämet M,Hultmark D

更新日期：2016-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Rice dwarf virus (RDV) replicates in and is transmitted by a leafhopper vector in a persistent-propagative manner. Previous cytopathologic and genetic data revealed that tubular structures, constructed by the nonstructural viral protein Pns10, contain viral particles and are directly involved in the intercellular spre...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Chen Q,Chen H,Mao Q,Liu Q,Shimizu T,Uehara-Ichiki T,Wu Z,Xie L,Omura T,Wei T

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida albicans, a clinically important dimorphic fungal pathogen that can evade immune attack by masking its cell wall beta-glucan from immune recognition, mutes protective host responses mediated by the Dectin-1 beta-glucan receptor on innate immune cells. Although the ability of C. albicans to switch between a yea...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Wheeler RT,Kombe D,Agarwala SD,Fink GR

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Entamoeba histolytica transmembrane kinases (EhTMKs) can be grouped into six distinct families on the basis of motifs and sequences. Analysis of the E. histolytica genome revealed the presence of 35 EhTMKB1 members on the basis of sequence identity (>or=95%). Only six homologs were full length containing an extracellu...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Shrimal S,Bhattacharya S,Bhattacharya A

更新日期：2010-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida albicans is the most frequent cause of oral fungal infections. However, the exact pathogenicity mechanisms that this fungus employs are largely unknown and many of the genes expressed during oral infection are uncharacterized. In this study we sought to functionally characterize 12 previously unknown function ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Mayer FL,Wilson D,Jacobsen ID,Miramón P,Große K,Hube B

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The number of pathogens that are required to infect a host, termed infective dose, varies dramatically across pathogen species. It has recently been predicted that infective dose will depend upon the mode of action of the molecules that pathogens use to facilitate their infection. Specifically, pathogens which use loc...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Leggett HC,Cornwallis CK,West SA

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anthrax poses a community health risk due to accidental or intentional aerosol release. Reliable quantitative dose-response analyses are required to estimate the magnitude and timeline of potential consequences and the effect of public health intervention strategies under specific scenarios. Analyses of available data...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Toth DJ,Gundlapalli AV,Schell WA,Bulmahn K,Walton TE,Woods CW,Coghill C,Gallegos F,Samore MH,Adler FR

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retroviral capsid recognition by Trim5 blocks productive infection. Rhesus macaques harbor three functionally distinct Trim5 alleles: Trim5α(Q) , Trim5α(TFP) and Trim5(CypA) . Despite the high degree of amino acid identity between Trim5α(Q) and Trim5α(TFP) alleles, the Q/TFP polymorphism results in the differential re...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： McCarthy KR,Schmidt AG,Kirmaier A,Wyand AL,Newman RM,Johnson WE

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dissemination of HIV in the host involves transit of the virus and virus-infected cells across the lymphatic endothelium. HIV may alter lymphatic endothelial permeability to foster dissemination, but the mechanism is largely unexplored. Using a primary human lymphatic endothelial cell model, we found that HIV-1 envelo...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Zhang X,Yu J,Kuzontkoski PM,Zhu W,Li DY,Groopman JE

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracellular bacteria have evolved mechanisms that promote survival within hostile host environments, often resulting in functional dysregulation and disease. Using the Anaplasma phagocytophilum-infected granulocyte model, we establish a link between host chromatin modifications, defense gene transcription and intrac...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Garcia-Garcia JC,Barat NC,Trembley SJ,Dumler JS

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macroautophagy has been shown to be important for the cellular remodelling required for Leishmania differentiation. We now demonstrate that L. major contains a functional ATG12-ATG5 conjugation system, which is required for ATG8-dependent autophagosome formation. Nascent autophagosomes were found commonly associated w...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Williams RA,Smith TK,Cull B,Mottram JC,Coombs GH

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus is a Delta-proteobacterium that oscillates between free-living growth and predation on Gram-negative bacteria including important pathogens of man, animals and plants. After entering the prey periplasm, killing the prey and replicating inside the prey bdelloplast, several motile B. bacteriov...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Hobley L,Fung RK,Lambert C,Harris MA,Dabhi JM,King SS,Basford SM,Uchida K,Till R,Ahmad R,Aizawa S,Gomelsky M,Sockett RE

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both iron starvation and excess are detrimental to cellular life, especially for animal and plant pathogens since they always live in iron-limited environments produced by host immune responses. However, how organisms sense and respond to iron is incompletely understood. Herein, we reveal that in the phytopathogenic b...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Wang L,Pan Y,Yuan ZH,Zhang H,Peng BY,Wang FF,Qian W

更新日期：2016-12-30 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：: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：:The Ras-GAP SH3 domain-binding proteins (G3BP) are essential regulators of the formation of stress granules (SG), cytosolic aggregates of proteins and RNA that are induced upon cellular stress, such as virus infection. Many viruses, including Semliki Forest virus (SFV), block SG induction by targeting G3BP. In this wo...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Panas MD,Schulte T,Thaa B,Sandalova T,Kedersha N,Achour A,McInerney GM

更新日期：2015-02-06 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：:Many animal and plant viruses rely on vectors for their transmission from host to host. Grapevine fanleaf virus (GFLV), a picorna-like virus from plants, is transmitted specifically by the ectoparasitic nematode Xiphinema index. The icosahedral capsid of GFLV, which consists of 60 identical coat protein subunits (CP),...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Schellenberger P,Sauter C,Lorber B,Bron P,Trapani S,Bergdoll M,Marmonier A,Schmitt-Keichinger C,Lemaire O,Demangeat G,Ritzenthaler C

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Production of concatemeric DNA is an essential step during HSV infection, as the packaging machinery must recognize longer-than-unit-length concatemers; however, the mechanism by which they are formed is poorly understood. Although it has been proposed that the viral genome circularizes and rolling circle replication ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Schumacher AJ,Mohni KN,Kan Y,Hendrickson EA,Stark JM,Weller SK

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:All pathogenesis and death associated with Plasmodium falciparum malaria is due to parasite-infected erythrocytes. Invasion of erythrocytes by P. falciparum merozoites requires specific interactions between host receptors and parasite ligands that are localized in apical organelles called micronemes. Here, we identify...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Dawn A,Singh S,More KR,Siddiqui FA,Pachikara N,Ramdani G,Langsley G,Chitnis CE

更新日期：2014-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Many immune response genes are highly polymorphic, consistent with the selective pressure imposed by pathogens over evolutionary time, and the need to balance infection control with the risk of auto-immunity. Epidemiological and genomic studies have identified many genetic variants that confer susceptibility or resist...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Andoniou CE,Sutton VR,Wikstrom ME,Fleming P,Thia KY,Matthews AY,Kaiserman D,Schuster IS,Coudert JD,Eldi P,Chaudhri G,Karupiah G,Bird PI,Trapani JA,Degli-Esposti MA

更新日期：2014-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracellular Toll-like receptors (TLRs) expressed by dendritic cells recognize nucleic acids derived from pathogens and play an important role in the immune responses against the influenza virus (IAV), a single-stranded RNA sensed by different receptors including TLR7. However, the importance of TLR7 processing in th...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Maschalidi S,Hässler S,Blanc F,Sepulveda FE,Tohme M,Chignard M,van Endert P,Si-Tahar M,Descamps D,Manoury B

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ubiquitin-like modifier ISG15 is one of the most predominant proteins induced by type I interferons (IFN). In this study, murine embryo fibroblast (MEFs) and mice lacking the gene were used to demonstrate a novel role of ISG15 as a host defense molecule against vaccinia virus (VACV) infection. In MEFs, the growth ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Guerra S,Cáceres A,Knobeloch KP,Horak I,Esteban M

更新日期：2008-07-04 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：:Nosocomial infections are increasingly being recognised as a major patient safety issue. The modern hospital environment and associated health care practices have provided a niche for the rapid evolution of microbial pathogens that are well adapted to surviving and proliferating in this setting, after which they can i...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Carter GP,Douce GR,Govind R,Howarth PM,Mackin KE,Spencer J,Buckley AM,Antunes A,Kotsanas D,Jenkin GA,Dupuy B,Rood JI,Lyras D

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) virus causes an acute vesicular disease of domesticated and wild ruminants and pigs. Identifying sources of FMD outbreaks is often confounded by incomplete epidemiological evidence and the numerous routes by which virus can spread (movements of infected animals or their products, contamina...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Cottam EM,Wadsworth J,Shaw AE,Rowlands RJ,Goatley L,Maan S,Maan NS,Mertens PP,Ebert K,Li Y,Ryan ED,Juleff N,Ferris NP,Wilesmith JW,Haydon DT,King DP,Paton DJ,Knowles NJ

更新日期：2008-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Micro (mi)RNAs are small non-coding RNAs that regulate the expression of their targets' messenger RNAs through both translational inhibition and regulation of target RNA stability. Recently, a number of viruses, particularly of the herpesvirus family, have been shown to express their own miRNAs to control both viral a...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Dölken L,Krmpotic A,Kothe S,Tuddenham L,Tanguy M,Marcinowski L,Ruzsics Z,Elefant N,Altuvia Y,Margalit H,Koszinowski UH,Jonjic S,Pfeffer S

更新日期：2010-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005822.]. ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Abdelrahman Y,Ouellette SP,Belland RJ,Cox JV

更新日期：2016-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:In addition to modulating the function and stability of cellular mRNAs, microRNAs can profoundly affect the life cycles of viruses bearing sequence complementary targets, a finding recently exploited to ameliorate toxicities of vaccines and oncolytic viruses. To elucidate the mechanisms underlying microRNA-mediated an...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Kelly EJ,Hadac EM,Cullen BR,Russell SJ

更新日期：2010-03-19 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