Experimental evolution of Legionella pneumophila in mouse macrophages leads to strains with altered determinants of environmental survival.

abstract：:The unfolded protein response (UPR) in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) constitutes a critical component of host innate immunity against microbial infections. In this report, we show that porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) utilizes the UPR machinery for its own benefit. We provide evidence that ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Gao P,Chai Y,Song J,Liu T,Chen P,Zhou L,Ge X,Guo X,Han J,Yang H

更新日期：2019-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The intracellular pathogen Listeria monocytogenes is distinguished by its ability to invade and replicate within mammalian cells. Remarkably, of the 15 serovars within the genus, strains belonging to serovar 4b cause the majority of listeriosis clinical cases and outbreaks. The Listeria O-antigens are defined by subtl...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Sumrall ET,Shen Y,Keller AP,Rismondo J,Pavlou M,Eugster MR,Boulos S,Disson O,Thouvenot P,Kilcher S,Wollscheid B,Cabanes D,Lecuit M,Gründling A,Loessner MJ

更新日期：2019-10-07 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：:RANTES (CCL5) is a chemokine expressed by many hematopoietic and non-hematopoietic cell types that plays an important role in homing and migration of effector and memory T cells during acute infections. The RANTES receptor, CCR5, is a major target of anti-HIV drugs based on blocking viral entry. However, defects in RA...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Crawford A,Angelosanto JM,Nadwodny KL,Blackburn SD,Wherry EJ

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paramount to the success of persistent viral infection is the ability of viruses to navigate hostile environments en route to future targets. In response to such obstacles, many viruses have developed the ability of establishing actin rich-membrane bridges to aid in future infections. Herein through dynamic imaging of...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Aggarwal A,Iemma TL,Shih I,Newsome TP,McAllery S,Cunningham AL,Turville SG

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant microRNAs (miRNA) guide cleavage of target mRNAs by DICER-like proteins, thereby reducing mRNA abundance. Native precursor miRNAs can be redesigned to target RNAs of interest, and one application of such artificial microRNA (amiRNA) technology is to generate plants resistant to pathogenic viruses. Transgenic Ara...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Lin SS,Wu HW,Elena SF,Chen KC,Niu QW,Yeh SD,Chen CC,Chua NH

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The virions of enteroviruses such as poliovirus undergo a global conformational change after binding to the cellular receptor, characterized by a 4% expansion, and by the opening of holes at the two and quasi-three-fold symmetry axes of the capsid. The resultant particle is called a 135S particle or A-particle and is ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Shah PNM,Filman DJ,Karunatilaka KS,Hesketh EL,Groppelli E,Strauss M,Hogle JM

更新日期：2020-09-30 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：:The primary role of cytoplasmic viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) is viral genome replication in the cellular cytoplasm. However, picornaviral RdRp denoted 3D polymerase (3D(pol)) also enters the host nucleus, where its function remains unclear. In this study, we describe a novel mechanism of viral attack in w...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Liu YC,Kuo RL,Lin JY,Huang PN,Huang Y,Liu H,Arnold JJ,Chen SJ,Wang RY,Cameron CE,Shih SR

更新日期：2014-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxoplasma gondii possesses an armada of secreted virulent factors that enable parasite invasion and survival into host cells. These factors are contained in specific secretory organelles, the rhoptries, micronemes and dense granules that release their content upon host cell recognition. Dense granules are secreted in...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Venugopal K,Chehade S,Werkmeister E,Barois N,Periz J,Lafont F,Tardieux I,Khalife J,Langsley G,Meissner M,Marion S

更新日期：2020-05-28 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：:The herpesviruses, like most other DNA viruses, replicate in the host cell nucleus. Subnuclear domains known as promyelocytic leukemia protein nuclear bodies (PML-NBs), or ND10 bodies, have been implicated in restricting early herpesviral gene expression. These viruses have evolved countermeasures to disperse PML-NBs,...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Reichelt M,Wang L,Sommer M,Perrino J,Nour AM,Sen N,Baiker A,Zerboni L,Arvin AM

更新日期：2011-02-03 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：:Control of virus infection is mediated in part by major histocompatibility complex (MHC) Class Ia presentation of viral peptides to conventional CD8 T cells. Although important, the absolute requirement for MHC Class Ia-dependent CD8 T cells for control of chronic virus infection has not been formally demonstrated. We...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Braaten DC,McClellan JS,Messaoudi I,Tibbetts SA,McClellan KB,Nikolich-Zugich J,Virgin HW

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) nonstructural protein 2 (NS2) is a hydrophobic, transmembrane protein that is required not only for NS2-NS3 cleavage, but also for infectious virus production. To identify cellular factors that interact with NS2 and are important for HCV propagation, we screened a human liver cDNA library by sp...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Suzuki R,Matsuda M,Watashi K,Aizaki H,Matsuura Y,Wakita T,Suzuki T

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T-follicular helper (Tfh) cells, co-expressing PD-1 and TIGIT, serve as a major cell reservoir for HIV-1 and are responsible for active and persistent HIV-1 transcription after prolonged antiretroviral therapy (ART). However, the precise mechanisms regulating HIV-1 transcription in lymph nodes (LNs) remain unclear. In...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Banga R,Rebecchini C,Procopio FA,Noto A,Munoz O,Ioannidou K,Fenwick C,Ohmiti K,Cavassini M,Corpataux JM,de Leval L,Pantaleo G,Perreau M

更新日期：2019-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Epigenetic mechanisms and chromatin structure play an important role in development. Their impact is therefore expected to be strong in parasites with complex life cycles and multiple, strikingly different, developmental stages, i.e. developmental plasticity. Some studies have already described how the chromatin struc...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Roquis D,Taudt A,Geyer KK,Padalino G,Hoffmann KF,Holroyd N,Berriman M,Aliaga B,Chaparro C,Grunau C,Augusto RC

更新日期：2018-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasmodium vivax can cause severe malaria, however its pathogenesis is poorly understood. In contrast to P. falciparum, circulating vivax parasitemia is low, with minimal apparent sequestration in endothelium-lined microvasculature, and pathogenesis thought unrelated to parasite biomass. However, the relationships bet...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Barber BE,William T,Grigg MJ,Parameswaran U,Piera KA,Price RN,Yeo TW,Anstey NM

更新日期：2015-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV-1 replicative capacity (RC) provides a measure of within-host fitness and is determined in the context of phenotypic drug resistance testing. However it is unclear how these in-vitro measurements relate to in-vivo processes. Here we assess RCs in a clinical setting by combining a previously published machine-learn...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Kouyos RD,von Wyl V,Hinkley T,Petropoulos CJ,Haddad M,Whitcomb JM,Böni J,Yerly S,Cellerai C,Klimkait T,Günthard HF,Bonhoeffer S,Swiss HIV Cohort Study.

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recognition of intracellular pathogenic bacteria by members of the nucleotide-binding domain and leucine-rich repeat containing (NLR) family triggers immune responses against bacterial infection. A major response induced by several Gram-negative bacteria is the activation of caspase-1 via the Nlrc4 inflammasome. Upon ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Suzuki S,Franchi L,He Y,Muñoz-Planillo R,Mimuro H,Suzuki T,Sasakawa C,Núñez G

更新日期：2014-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Israeli acute paralysis virus (IAPV) is a widespread RNA virus of honey bees that has been linked with colony losses. Here we describe the transmission, prevalence, and genetic traits of this virus, along with host transcriptional responses to infections. Further, we present RNAi-based strategies for limiting an impor...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Chen YP,Pettis JS,Corona M,Chen WP,Li CJ,Spivak M,Visscher PK,DeGrandi-Hoffman G,Boncristiani H,Zhao Y,vanEngelsdorp D,Delaplane K,Solter L,Drummond F,Kramer M,Lipkin WI,Palacios G,Hamilton MC,Smith B,Huang SK,Zhe

更新日期：2014-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenoviral vectors have shown significant promise as vaccine delivery vectors due to their ability to elicit both innate and adaptive immune responses. α-defensins are effector molecules of the innate immune response and have been shown to modulate natural infection with adenoviruses, but the majority of α-defensin-ad...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Tartaglia LJ,Badamchi-Zadeh A,Abbink P,Blass E,Aid M,Gebre MS,Li Z,Pastores KC,Trott S,Gupte S,Larocca RA,Barouch DH

更新日期：2019-12-16 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：:Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme disease in humans, is exposed to reactive oxygen and nitrogen species (ROS and RNS) in both the tick vector and vertebrate reservoir hosts. B. burgdorferi contains a limited repertoire of canonical oxidative stress response genes, suggesting that novel gene functions m...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Ramsey ME,Hyde JA,Medina-Perez DN,Lin T,Gao L,Lundt ME,Li X,Norris SJ,Skare JT,Hu LT

更新日期：2017-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is an RNA virus in the Family Paramyxoviridae. Here, the activities performed by the RSV polymerase when it encounters the viral antigenomic promoter were examined. RSV RNA synthesis was reconstituted in vitro using recombinant, isolated polymerase and an RNA oligonucleotide template ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Noton SL,Deflubé LR,Tremaglio CZ,Fearns R

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heparan sulfate proteoglycans (HSPGs) are at the forefront of host-microbe interactions. Molecular and cell-based studies suggest that HSPG-pathogen interactions promote pathogenesis by facilitating microbial attachment and invasion of host cells. However, the specific identity of HSPGs, precise mechanisms by which HS...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Aquino RS,Hayashida A,Park PW

更新日期：2020-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) requires the ESX1 specialized protein secretion system for virulence, for triggering cytosolic immune surveillance pathways, and for priming an optimal CD8+ T cell response. This suggests that ESX1 might act primarily by destabilizing the phagosomal membrane that surrounds the bacteriu...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Garces A,Atmakuri K,Chase MR,Woodworth JS,Krastins B,Rothchild AC,Ramsdell TL,Lopez MF,Behar SM,Sarracino DA,Fortune SM

更新日期：2010-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Transforming growth factor (TGF)-β inhibits hepatitis B virus (HBV) replication although the intracellular effectors involved are not determined. Here, we report that reduction of HBV transcripts by TGF-β is dependent on AID expression, which significantly decreases both HBV transcripts and viral DNA, resulting in inh...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Liang G,Liu G,Kitamura K,Wang Z,Chowdhury S,Monjurul AM,Wakae K,Koura M,Shimadu M,Kinoshita K,Muramatsu M

更新日期：2015-04-02 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：: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