Viral profiling identifies multiple subtypes of Kaposi's sarcoma.

abstract：:Membrane repair emerges as an innate defense protecting target cells against bacterial pore-forming toxins. Here, we report the first paradigm of Ca2+-dependent repair following attack by a small β-pore-forming toxin, namely, plasmid-encoded phobalysin of Photobacterium damselae subsp. damselae In striking contrast, V...

journal_title：mBio

authors： von Hoven G,Rivas AJ,Neukirch C,Meyenburg M,Qin Q,Parekh S,Hellmann N,Husmann M

更新日期：2017-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple method for filtering water to reduce the incidence of cholera was tested in a field trial in Matlab, Bangladesh, and proved effective. A follow-up study was conducted 5 years later to determine whether the filtration method continued to be employed by villagers and its impact on the incidence of cholera. A to...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Huq A,Yunus M,Sohel SS,Bhuiya A,Emch M,Luby SP,Russek-Cohen E,Nair GB,Sack RB,Colwell RR

更新日期：2010-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Cryptococcosis is a multifaceted fungal infection with variable clinical presentation and outcome. As in many infectious diseases, this variability is commonly assigned to host factors. To investigate whether the diversity of Cryptococcus neoformans clinical (ClinCn) isolates influences the interaction with ...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Alanio A,Desnos-Ollivier M,Dromer F

更新日期：2011-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) is a major cause of foodborne gastrointestinal illness. EHEC uses a specialized type III secretion system (T3SS) to form attaching and effacing lesions in the colonic epithelium and outcompete commensal gut microbiota to cause disease. A recent report in mBio (E. A. Cameron, M...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Palmer LD,Skaar EP

更新日期：2019-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:We showed previously that the histone lysine methyltransferase (HKMT) H3K27me3 (EZH2) is the catalytic subunit of Polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2) and is required for the maintenance of HIV-1 latency in Jurkat T cells. Here we show, by using chromatin immunoprecipitation experiments, that both PRC2 and euchromatic...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Nguyen K,Das B,Dobrowolski C,Karn J

更新日期：2017-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Nineteen Thermococcus kodakarensis strains have been constructed, each of which synthesizes a different His(6)-tagged protein known or predicted to be a component of the archaeal DNA replication machinery. Using the His(6)-tagged proteins, stable complexes assembled in vivo have been isolated directly from clarified c...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Li Z,Santangelo TJ,Cuboňová L,Reeve JN,Kelman Z

更新日期：2010-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor necrosis factor alpha-induced protein 3 (TNFAIP3), also known as A20, is a ubiquitin-editing enzyme capable of ubiquitination or deubiquitination of its target proteins. In this study, we show that hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection could induce the expression of A20 via the activation of the A20 promoter. The in...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Lee J,Chan ST,Kim JY,Ou JJ

更新日期：2019-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:SARS-CoV-2 uses human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) as the primary receptor to enter host cells and initiate the infection. The critical binding region of ACE2 is an ∼30-amino-acid (aa)-long helix. Here, we report the design of four stapled peptides based on the ACE2 helix, which is expected to bind to SARS-C...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Curreli F,Victor SMB,Ahmed S,Drelich A,Tong X,Tseng CK,Hillyer CD,Debnath AK

更新日期：2020-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:West Nile virus (WNV) is an emerging neuroinvasive flavivirus that now causes significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. The innate and adaptive immune responses to WNV infection have been well studied in C57BL/6J inbred mice, but this model lacks the variations in susceptibility, immunity, and outcome t...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Graham JB,Thomas S,Swarts J,McMillan AA,Ferris MT,Suthar MS,Treuting PM,Ireton R,Gale M Jr,Lund JM

更新日期：2015-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:In infection experiments with genetically distinct Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) strains, we identified clade-specific virulence patterns in human primary macrophages and in mice infected by the aerosol route, both reflecting relevant model systems. Exclusively human-adapted M. tuberculosis linea...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Reiling N,Homolka S,Walter K,Brandenburg J,Niwinski L,Ernst M,Herzmann C,Lange C,Diel R,Ehlers S,Niemann S

更新日期：2013-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium is one of the most common S. enterica serovars associated with U.S. foodborne outbreaks. S. Typhimurium bacteria isolated from humans exhibit wide-ranging virulence phenotypes in inbred mice, leading to speculation that some strains are more virulent in nature. However...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Hayden HS,Matamouros S,Hager KR,Brittnacher MJ,Rohmer L,Radey MC,Weiss EJ,Kim KB,Jacobs MA,Sims-Day EH,Yue M,Zaidi MB,Schifferli DM,Manning SD,Walson JL,Miller SI

更新日期：2016-03-08 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:A mechanistic understanding of the determination and maintenance of the simplest bacterial cell shape, a sphere, remains elusive compared with that of more complex shapes. Cocci seem to lack a dedicated elongation machinery, and a spherical shape has been considered an evolutionary dead-end morphology, as a ...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Pereira AR,Hsin J,Król E,Tavares AC,Flores P,Hoiczyk E,Ng N,Dajkovic A,Brun YV,VanNieuwenhze MS,Roemer T,Carballido-Lopez R,Scheffers DJ,Huang KC,Pinho MG

更新日期：2016-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspergillosis associated with azole-resistant Aspergillus fumigatus has a mortality rate that can approach 90% in certain patient populations. The best-understood avenue for azole resistance involves changes in the cyp51A gene that encodes the target of azole drugs, lanosterol α-14 demethylase. The most common azole r...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Paul S,Stamnes M,Thomas GH,Liu H,Hagiwara D,Gomi K,Filler SG,Moye-Rowley WS

更新日期：2019-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycoviruses infect fungi, and while most persist asymptomatically, there are examples of mycoviruses having both beneficial and detrimental effects on their host. Virus-infected Saccharomyces and Ustilago strains exhibit a killer phenotype conferring a growth advantage over uninfected strains and other competing yeast...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Applen Clancey S,Ruchti F,LeibundGut-Landmann S,Heitman J,Ianiri G

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Pneumococcal pili have been shown to influence pneumococcal colonization, disease development, and the inflammatory response in mice. The role of the pilus-associated RrgA adhesin in pneumococcal interactions with murine and human macrophages was investigated. Expression of pili with RrgA enhanced the uptake...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Orrskog S,Rounioja S,Spadafina T,Gallotta M,Norman M,Hentrich K,Fälker S,Ygberg-Eriksson S,Hasenberg M,Johansson B,Uotila LM,Gahmberg CG,Barocchi M,Gunzer M,Normark S,Henriques-Normark B

更新日期：2012-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) Nef enhances virus replication and contributes to immune evasion in vivo, but the underlying molecular mechanisms remain incompletely defined. Nef interferes with host cell actin dynamics to restrict T lymphocyte responses to chemokine stimulation and T cell recept...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Imle A,Abraham L,Tsopoulidis N,Hoflack B,Saksela K,Fackler OT

更新日期：2015-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Estrogen, a major female sex steroid hormone, has been shown to promote the selection of mucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the airways of patients with chronic respiratory diseases, including cystic fibrosis. This results in long-term persistence, poorer clinical outcomes, and limited therapeutic options. In this study...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Vidaillac C,Yong VFL,Aschtgen MS,Qu J,Yang S,Xu G,Seng ZJ,Brown AC,Ali MK,Jaggi TK,Sankaran J,Foo YH,Righetti F,Nedumaran AM,Mac Aogáin M,Roizman D,Richard JA,Rogers TR,Toyofuku M,Luo D,Loh E,Wohland T,Czarny

更新日期：2020-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial function adapts to cellular demands and is affected by the ability of the organelle to undergo fusion and fission in response to physiological and nonphysiological cues. We previously showed that infection with the human bacterial pathogen Listeria monocytogenes elicits transient mitochondrial fission an...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Carvalho F,Spier A,Chaze T,Matondo M,Cossart P,Stavru F

更新日期：2020-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:To address the question of how microbial diversity and function in the oral cavities of children relates to caries diagnosis, we surveyed the supragingival plaque biofilm microbiome in 44 juvenile twin pairs. Using shotgun sequencing, we constructed a genome encyclopedia describing the core supragingival plaque microb...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Espinoza JL,Harkins DM,Torralba M,Gomez A,Highlander SK,Jones MB,Leong P,Saffery R,Bockmann M,Kuelbs C,Inman JM,Hughes T,Craig JM,Nelson KE,Dupont CL

更新日期：2018-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlamydia trachomatis is an obligate intracellular bacterial pathogen that causes blinding trachoma and sexually transmitted disease afflicting hundreds of millions of people globally. A fundamental but poorly understood pathophysiological characteristic of chlamydial infection is the propensity to cause persistent in...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Yang C,Kari L,Lei L,Carlson JH,Ma L,Couch CE,Whitmire WM,Bock K,Moore I,Bonner C,McClarty G,Caldwell HD

更新日期：2020-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Diet influences health in multiple ways. One important effect of diet is on the gut microbiota. The effects of diet are often related to an individual's specific microbiota composition. The close links between health, diet, and gut microbiota are illustrated in a new mouse model of sepsis where the combination of a hi...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Bassis CM

更新日期：2019-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:History suggests that the 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza virus faces extinction unless it mutates to avoid already high global population immunity. The immune escape mechanisms potentially at its disposal include antigenic drift, antigenic shift via genetic reassortment, and intrasubtypic reassortment. Going back to the...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Morens DM,Taubenberger JK,Fauci AS

更新日期：2010-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Biofilms play a critical role in the colonization, persistence, and pathogenesis of many human pathogens. Multiple mucosa-associated pathogens have evolved a mechanism of rapid adaptation, termed the phasevarion, which facilitates a coordinated regulation of numerous genes throughout the bacterial genome. This epigene...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Brockman KL,Azzari PN,Branstool MT,Atack JM,Schulz BL,Jen FE,Jennings MP,Bakaletz LO

更新日期：2018-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:In bacteria and eukaryotes alike, proper cellular physiology relies on robust subcellular organization. For the phototrophic purple nonsulfur bacteria (PNSB), this organization entails the use of a light-harvesting, membrane-bound compartment known as the intracytoplasmic membrane (ICM). Here we show that ICMs are spa...

journal_title：mBio

authors： LaSarre B,Kysela DT,Stein BD,Ducret A,Brun YV,McKinlay JB

更新日期：2018-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:The ExPortal of Streptococcus pyogenes is a focal microdomain of the cytoplasmic membrane that clusters the translocons of the general secretory pathway with accessory factors to facilitate the maturation of secreted polypeptides. While it is known that the ExPortal is enriched in anionic lipids, the mechani...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Vega LA,Port GC,Caparon MG

更新日期：2013-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:DNA lesions in the template strand block synthesis by replicative DNA polymerases (Pols). Eukaryotic cells possess a number of specialized translesion synthesis (TLS) Pols with the ability to replicate through DNA lesions. The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), a member of the herpesvirus family, infects human B cell...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Yoon JH,Prakash S,Prakash L

更新日期：2012-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Exudative cutaneous ulcers (CU) in yaws-endemic areas are associated with Treponema pallidum subsp. pertenue (TP) and Haemophilus ducreyi (HD), but one-third of CU cases are idiopathic (IU). Using mass drug administration (MDA) of azithromycin, a yaws eradication campaign on Lihir Island in Papua New Guinea reduced bu...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Griesenauer B,González-Beiras C,Fortney KR,Lin H,Gao X,Godornes C,Nelson DE,Katz BP,Lukehart SA,Mitjà O,Dong Q,Spinola SM

更新日期：2021-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryptococcus gattii, the sister species of Cryptococcus neoformans, is an emerging pathogen which gained importance in connection with the ongoing cryptococcosis outbreak on Vancouver Island. Many molecular studies have divided this species into for major lineages: VGI, VGII, VGIII, and VGIV. This commentary summarize...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Meyer W

更新日期：2015-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The Bacillus cereus group comprises numerous closely related species, including bioterrorism agent B. anthracis, foodborne pathogen B. cereus, and biopesticide B. thuringiensis Differentiating organisms capable of causing illness or death from those used in industry is essential for risk assessment and outbreak prepar...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Carroll LM,Wiedmann M,Kovac J

更新日期：2020-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus pneumoniae causes a high burden of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) globally, especially in children from resource-poor settings. Like many bacteria, the pneumococcus can import DNA from other strains or even species by transformation and homologous recombination, which has allowed the pneumococcus to...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Chaguza C,Andam CP,Harris SR,Cornick JE,Yang M,Bricio-Moreno L,Kamng'ona AW,Parkhill J,French N,Heyderman RS,Kadioglu A,Everett DB,Bentley SD,Hanage WP

更新日期：2016-09-27 00:00:00