Irf8-regulated genomic responses drive pathological inflammation during cerebral malaria.

abstract：:Many Gram-negative bacteria use Type Three Secretion Systems (T3SS) to deliver effector proteins into host cells. These protein delivery machines are composed of cytosolic components that recognize substrates and generate the force needed for translocation, the secretion conduit, formed by a needle complex and associa...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Archuleta TL,Spiller BW

更新日期：2014-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Septic shock caused by Neisseria meningitidis is typically rapidly evolving and often fatal despite antibiotic therapy. Further understanding of the mechanisms underlying the disease is necessary to reduce fatality rates. Postmortem samples from the characteristic purpuric rashes of the infection show bacterial aggreg...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Melican K,Michea Veloso P,Martin T,Bruneval P,Duménil G

更新日期：2013-01-01 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 Venus kinase receptor (VKR) is a single transmembrane molecule composed of an intracellular tyrosine kinase domain close to that of insulin receptor and an extracellular Venus Flytrap (VFT) structure similar to the ligand binding domain of many class C G protein coupled receptors. This receptor tyrosine kinase (RT...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Vanderstraete M,Gouignard N,Cailliau K,Morel M,Hahnel S,Leutner S,Beckmann S,Grevelding CG,Dissous C

更新日期：2014-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:A global increase in invasive infections due to group A Streptococcus (S. pyogenes or GAS) has been observed since the 1980s, associated with emergence of a clonal group of strains of the M1T1 serotype. Among other virulence attributes, the M1T1 clone secretes NAD+-glycohydrolase (NADase). When GAS binds to epithelial...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Sharma O,O'Seaghdha M,Velarde JJ,Wessels MR

更新日期：2016-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The Spumaretrovirinae, or foamy viruses (FVs) are complex retroviruses that infect many species of monkey and ape. Despite little sequence homology, FV and orthoretroviral Gag proteins perform equivalent functions, including genome packaging, virion assembly, trafficking and membrane targeting. However, there is a pau...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Ball NJ,Nicastro G,Dutta M,Pollard DJ,Goldstone DC,Sanz-Ramos M,Ramos A,Müllers E,Stirnnagel K,Stanke N,Lindemann D,Stoye JP,Taylor WR,Rosenthal PB,Taylor IA

更新日期：2016-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is a ubiquitous oncogenic virus that induces many cancers. N6-Methyladenosine (m6A) modification regulates many cellular processes. We explored the role of m6A in EBV gene regulation and associated cancers. We have comprehensively defined m6A modification of EBV latent and lytic transcripts. F...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Lang F,Singh RK,Pei Y,Zhang S,Sun K,Robertson ES

更新日期：2019-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：:In plants, innate immune responses are initiated by plasma membrane-located pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) upon recognition of elicitors, including exogenous pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) and endogenous damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs). Arabidopsis thaliana produces more than 1000 se...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Hou S,Wang X,Chen D,Yang X,Wang M,Turrà D,Di Pietro A,Zhang W

更新日期：2014-09-04 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：:Expression of genes of the locus of enterocyte effacement (LEE) is essential for adherence of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) to intestinal epithelial cells. Gut factors that may modulate LEE gene expression may therefore influence the outcome of the infection. Because nitric oxide (NO) is a critical effecto...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Branchu P,Matrat S,Vareille M,Garrivier A,Durand A,Crépin S,Harel J,Jubelin G,Gobert AP

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human Cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is a widespread pathogen, infection with which can cause severe disease for immunocompromised individuals. The complex changes wrought on the host's immune system during both productive and latent HCMV infection are well known. Infected cells are masked and manipulated and uninfected immun...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Zischke J,Mamareli P,Pokoyski C,Gabaev I,Buyny S,Jacobs R,Falk CS,Lochner M,Sparwasser T,Schulz TF,Kay-Fedorov PC

更新日期：2017-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Sensing of viral RNA by RIG-I-like receptors initiates innate antiviral response, which is mediated by the central adaptor VISA. How the RIG-I-VISA-mediated antiviral response is terminated at the late phase of infection is enigmatic. Here we identified the protein kinase A catalytic (PKAC) subunits α and β as negativ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Yan BR,Zhou L,Hu MM,Li M,Lin H,Yang Y,Wang YY,Shu HB

更新日期：2017-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:All gammaherpesviruses encode a major glycoprotein homologous to the Epstein-Barr virus gp350. These glycoproteins are often involved in cell binding, and some provide neutralization targets. However, the capacity of gammaherpesviruses for long-term transmission from immune hosts implies that in vivo neutralization is...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Machiels B,Lété C,Guillaume A,Mast J,Stevenson PG,Vanderplasschen A,Gillet L

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the advent of genome-wide small interfering RNA screening, large numbers of cellular cofactors important for viral infection have been discovered at a rapid pace, but the viral targets and the mechanism of action for many of these cofactors remain undefined. One such cofactor is cyclophilin A (CyPA), upon which ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Yang F,Robotham JM,Grise H,Frausto S,Madan V,Zayas M,Bartenschlager R,Robinson M,Greenstein AE,Nag A,Logan TM,Bienkiewicz E,Tang H

更新日期：2010-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Antiretroviral therapy, antibody and CD8+ T cell-mediated responses targeting human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) exert selection pressure on the virus necessitating escape; however, the ability of CD4+ T cells to exert selective pressure remains unclear. Using a computational approach on HIV gag/pol/nef sequences ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Erdmann N,Du VY,Carlson J,Schaefer M,Jureka A,Sterrett S,Yue L,Dilernia D,Lakhi S,Tang J,Sidney J,Gilmour J,Allen S,Hunter E,Heath S,Bansal A,Goepfert PA

更新日期：2015-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies identified prion protein (PrP) mutants which act as dominant negative inhibitors of prion formation through a mechanism hypothesized to require an unidentified species-specific cofactor termed protein X. To study the mechanism of dominant negative inhibition in vitro, we used recombinant PrP(C) molecu...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Geoghegan JC,Miller MB,Kwak AH,Harris BT,Supattapone S

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ebola (EBOV) and Marburg (MARV) viruses are members of the Filoviridae family which cause outbreaks of hemorrhagic fever. The filovirus VP40 matrix protein is essential for virus assembly and budding, and its PPxY L-domain motif interacts with WW-domains of specific host proteins, such as Nedd4 and ITCH, to facilitate...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Liang J,Sagum CA,Bedford MT,Sidhu SS,Sudol M,Han Z,Harty RN

更新日期：2017-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Viral infections impose major stress on the host cell. In response, stress pathways can rapidly deploy defence mechanisms by shutting off the protein synthesis machinery and triggering the accumulation of mRNAs into stress granules to limit the use of energy and nutrients. Because this threatens viral gene expression,...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Brocard M,Iadevaia V,Klein P,Hall B,Lewis G,Lu J,Burke J,Willcocks MM,Parker R,Goodfellow IG,Ruggieri A,Locker N

更新日期：2020-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The innate immune system is the first line of host defense against invading organisms. Thus, pathogens have developed virulence mechanisms to evade the innate immune system. Here, we report a novel means for inhibition of neutrophil recruitment by Group A Streptococcus (GAS). Deletion of the secreted esterase gene (de...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Liu M,Zhu H,Li J,Garcia CC,Feng W,Kirpotina LN,Hilmer J,Tavares LP,Layton AW,Quinn MT,Bothner B,Teixeira MM,Lei B

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclic GMP-AMP (cGAMP) synthase (cGAS, a.k.a. MB21D1), a cytosolic DNA sensor, catalyzes formation of the second messenger 2'3'-cGAMP that activates the stimulator of interferon genes (STING) signaling. How the cGAS activity is modulated remains largely unknown. Here, we demonstrate that sentrin/SUMO-specific protease...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Cui Y,Yu H,Zheng X,Peng R,Wang Q,Zhou Y,Wang R,Wang J,Qu B,Shen N,Guo Q,Liu X,Wang C

更新日期：2017-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Dynamic regulation of leukocyte population size and activation state is crucial for an effective immune response. In malaria, Plasmodium parasites elicit robust host expansion of macrophages and monocytes, but the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Here we show that myeloid expansion during P. chabaudi infection is...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Fontana MF,de Melo GL,Anidi C,Hamburger R,Kim CY,Lee SY,Pham J,Kim CC

更新日期：2016-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Herpesviruses persist indefinitely in their host through complex and poorly defined interactions that mediate latent, chronic or productive states of infection. Human cytomegalovirus (CMV or HCMV), a ubiquitous β-herpesvirus, coordinates the expression of two viral genes, UL135 and UL138, which have opposing roles in ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Buehler J,Zeltzer S,Reitsma J,Petrucelli A,Umashankar M,Rak M,Zagallo P,Schroeder J,Terhune S,Goodrum F

更新日期：2016-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is the major risk factor for the development of gastric cancer. Our laboratory has reported that the Sonic Hedgehog (Shh) signaling pathway is an early response to infection that is fundamental to the initiation of H. pylori-induced gastritis. H. pylori also induces programmed death lig...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Holokai L,Chakrabarti J,Broda T,Chang J,Hawkins JA,Sundaram N,Wroblewski LE,Peek RM Jr,Wang J,Helmrath M,Wells JM,Zavros Y

更新日期：2019-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Memory T cell inflation is a process in which a subset of cytomegalovirus (CMV) specific CD8 T cells continuously expands mainly during latent infection and establishes a large and stable population of effector memory cells in peripheral tissues. Here we set out to identify in vivo parameters that promote and limit CD...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Baumann NS,Welten SPM,Torti N,Pallmer K,Borsa M,Barnstorf I,Oduro JD,Cicin-Sain L,Oxenius A

更新日期：2019-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Clostridium difficile is a global health burden and the leading cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhoea worldwide, causing severe gastrointestinal disease and death. Three well characterised toxins are encoded by this bacterium in two genetic loci, specifically, TcdB (toxin B) and TcdA (toxin A) in the Pathogenicity ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Lyon SA,Hutton ML,Rood JI,Cheung JK,Lyras D

更新日期：2016-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant parasitic nematodes (PPNs) seriously threaten global food security. Conventionally an integrated approach to PPN management has relied heavily on carbamate, organophosphate and fumigant nematicides which are now being withdrawn over environmental health and safety concerns. This progressive withdrawal has left a...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Warnock ND,Wilson L,Patten C,Fleming CC,Maule AG,Dalzell JJ

更新日期：2017-02-27 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：:Antigenic variation to evade host immunity has long been assumed to be a driving force of diversifying selection in pathogens. Colonization by Streptococcus pneumoniae, which is central to the organism's transmission and therefore evolution, is limited by two arms of the immune system: antibody- and T cell- mediated i...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Li Y,Gierahn T,Thompson CM,Trzciński K,Ford CB,Croucher N,Gouveia P,Flechtner JB,Malley R,Lipsitch M

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plants are constantly exposed to a large and diverse array of microbes; however, most plants are immune to the majority of potential invaders and susceptible to only a small subset of pathogens. The cytoskeleton comprises a dynamic intracellular framework that responds rapidly to biotic stresses and supports numerous ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Henty-Ridilla JL,Shimono M,Li J,Chang JH,Day B,Staiger CJ

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The flagellum organelle is an intricate multiprotein assembly best known for its rotational propulsion of bacteria. However, recent studies have expanded our knowledge of other functions in pathogenic contexts, particularly adherence and immune modulation, e.g., for Salmonella enterica, Campylobacter jejuni, Pseudomon...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Rossez Y,Wolfson EB,Holmes A,Gally DL,Holden NJ

更新日期：2015-01-15 00:00:00