A sialic acid binding site in a human picornavirus.

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：:The survival and persistence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis depends on its capacity to manipulate multiple host defense pathways, including the ability to actively inhibit the death by apoptosis of infected host cells. The genetic basis for this anti-apoptotic activity and its implication for mycobacterial virulence ha...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Velmurugan K,Chen B,Miller JL,Azogue S,Gurses S,Hsu T,Glickman M,Jacobs WR Jr,Porcelli SA,Briken V

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) and human pegivirus (HPgV), formerly GBV-C, are the only known human viruses in the Hepacivirus and Pegivirus genera, respectively, of the family Flaviviridae. We present the discovery of a second pegivirus, provisionally designated human pegivirus 2 (HPgV-2), by next-generation sequencing of p...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Berg MG,Lee D,Coller K,Frankel M,Aronsohn A,Cheng K,Forberg K,Marcinkus M,Naccache SN,Dawson G,Brennan C,Jensen DM,Hackett J Jr,Chiu CY

更新日期：2015-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed that infection with SARS-CoV-2 can result in a wide range of clinical outcomes in humans. An incomplete understanding of immune correlates of protection represents a major barrier to the design of vaccines and therapeutic approaches to prevent infection or limit disease. This deficit...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Graham JB,Swarts JL,Leist SR,Schäfer A,Menachery VD,Gralinski LE,Jeng S,Miller DR,Mooney MA,McWeeney SK,Ferris MT,Pardo-Manuel de Villena F,Heise MT,Baric RS,Lund JM

更新日期：2021-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Beyond their canonical roles in hemostasis and thrombosis, platelets function in the innate immune response by interacting directly with pathogens and by regulating the recruitment and activation of immune effector cells. Thrombocytopenia often coincides with neutropenia in patients with hematologic malignancies and i...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Tischler BY,Tosini NL,Cramer RA,Hohl TM

更新日期：2020-05-14 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：:Replication of viroids, small non-protein-coding plant pathogenic RNAs, entails reiterative transcription of their incoming single-stranded circular genomes, to which the (+) polarity is arbitrarily assigned, cleavage of the oligomeric strands of one or both polarities to unit-length, and ligation to circular RNAs. Wh...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Gas ME,Hernández C,Flores R,Daròs JA

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The SUPPRESSOR OF rps4-RLD1 (SRFR1) gene was identified based on enhanced AvrRps4-triggered resistance in the naturally susceptible Arabidopsis accession RLD. No other phenotypic effects were recorded, and the extent of SRFR1 involvement in regulating effector-triggered immunity was unknown. Here we show that mutation...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Kim SH,Gao F,Bhattacharjee S,Adiasor JA,Nam JC,Gassmann W

更新日期：2010-11-04 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：:Human APOBEC3 proteins are cytidine deaminases that contribute broadly to innate immunity through the control of exogenous retrovirus replication and endogenous retroelement retrotransposition. As an intrinsic antiretroviral defense mechanism, APOBEC3 proteins induce extensive guanosine-to-adenosine (G-to-A) mutagenes...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Kim EY,Lorenzo-Redondo R,Little SJ,Chung YS,Phalora PK,Maljkovic Berry I,Archer J,Penugonda S,Fischer W,Richman DD,Bhattacharya T,Malim MH,Wolinsky SM

更新日期：2014-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid reprogramming of the macrophage activation phenotype is considered important in the defense against consecutive infection with diverse infectious agents. However, in the setting of persistent, chronic infection the functional importance of macrophage-intrinsic adaptation to changing environments vs. recruitment ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Rückerl D,Campbell SM,Duncan S,Sutherland TE,Jenkins SJ,Hewitson JP,Barr TA,Jackson-Jones LH,Maizels RM,Allen JE

更新日期：2017-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The interplay between autophagy and intracellular pathogens is intricate as autophagy is an essential cellular response to fight against infections, whereas numerous microbes have developed strategies to escape this process or even exploit it to their own benefit. The fine tuned timing and/or selective molecular pathw...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Richetta C,Grégoire IP,Verlhac P,Azocar O,Baguet J,Flacher M,Tangy F,Rabourdin-Combe C,Faure M

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sepsis is characterized by a dysregulated host-pathogen response, leading to high cytokine levels, excessive coagulation and failure to eradicate invasive bacteria. Novel therapeutic strategies that address crucial pathogenetic steps during infection are urgently needed. Here, we describe novel bioactive roles and the...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Papareddy P,Kalle M,Sørensen OE,Malmsten M,Mörgelin M,Schmidtchen A

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracellular signaling is a mechanism that higher eukaryotes have evolved to facilitate organismal homeostasis. Recent years have seen an emerging interest in the role of secreted microvesicles, termed extracellular vesicles (EV) or exosomes in this signaling network. EV contents can be modified by the cell in respon...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： McNamara RP,Chugh PE,Bailey A,Costantini LM,Ma Z,Bigi R,Cheves A,Eason AB,Landis JT,Host KM,Xiong J,Griffith JD,Damania B,Dittmer DP

更新日期：2019-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Our appreciation for the extent of Epstein Barr virus (EBV) transcriptome complexity continues to grow through findings of EBV encoded microRNAs, new long non-coding RNAs as well as the more recent discovery of over a hundred new polyadenylated lytic transcripts. Here we report an additional layer to the EBV transcrip...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Ungerleider N,Concha M,Lin Z,Roberts C,Wang X,Cao S,Baddoo M,Moss WN,Yu Y,Seddon M,Lehman T,Tibbetts S,Renne R,Dong Y,Flemington EK

更新日期：2018-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastrointestinal infections caused by enteric yersiniae can become persistent and complicated by relapsing enteritis and severe autoimmune disorders. To establish a persistent infection, the bacteria have to cope with hostile surroundings when they transmigrate through the intestinal epithelium and colonize underlying...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Heine W,Beckstette M,Heroven AK,Thiemann S,Heise U,Nuss AM,Pisano F,Strowig T,Dersch P

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genus Henipavirus in the family Paramyxoviridae contains two viruses, Hendra virus (HeV) and Nipah virus (NiV) for which pteropid bats act as the main natural reservoir. Each virus also causes serious and commonly lethal infection of people as well as various species of domestic animals, however little is known ab...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Marsh GA,de Jong C,Barr JA,Tachedjian M,Smith C,Middleton D,Yu M,Todd S,Foord AJ,Haring V,Payne J,Robinson R,Broz I,Crameri G,Field HE,Wang LF

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deltaretroviruses such as human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) and bovine leukemia virus (BLV) induce a persistent infection that remains generally asymptomatic but can also lead to leukemia or lymphoma. These viruses replicate by infecting new lymphocytes (i.e. the infectious cycle) or via clonal expansion of t...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Gillet NA,Gutiérrez G,Rodriguez SM,de Brogniez A,Renotte N,Alvarez I,Trono K,Willems L

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DExD/H box RNA helicases, such as the RIG-I-like receptors (RLR), are important components of the innate immune system. Here we demonstrate a pivotal and sex-specific role for the heterosomal isoforms of the DEAD box RNA helicase DDX3 in the immune system. Mice lacking DDX3X during hematopoiesis showed an altered leuk...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Szappanos D,Tschismarov R,Perlot T,Westermayer S,Fischer K,Platanitis E,Kallinger F,Novatchkova M,Lassnig C,Müller M,Sexl V,Bennett KL,Foong-Sobis M,Penninger JM,Decker T

更新日期：2018-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The nervous and immune systems influence each other, allowing animals to rapidly protect themselves from changes in their internal and external environment. However, the complex nature of these systems in mammals makes it difficult to determine how neuronal signaling influences the immune response. Here we show that s...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Anderson A,Laurenson-Schafer H,Partridge FA,Hodgkin J,McMullan R

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kaposi's sarcoma (KS), an enigmatic endothelial cell vascular neoplasm, is characterized by the proliferation of spindle shaped endothelial cells, inflammatory cytokines (ICs), growth factors (GFs) and angiogenic factors. KSHV is etiologically linked to KS and expresses its latent genes in KS lesion endothelial cells....

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Sharma-Walia N,Paul AG,Bottero V,Sadagopan S,Veettil MV,Kerur N,Chandran B

更新日期：2010-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The African sleeping sickness parasite Trypanosoma brucei evades the host immune system through antigenic variation of its variant surface glycoprotein (VSG) coat. Although the T. brucei genome contains ∼1500 VSGs, only one VSG is expressed at a time from one of about 15 subtelomeric VSG expression sites (ESs). For an...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Povelones ML,Gluenz E,Dembek M,Gull K,Rudenko G

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adjunctive vitamin D treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis enhances resolution of inflammation but has modest effects on bacterial clearance. Sodium 4-phenylbutyrate (PBA) is in clinical use for a range of conditions and has been shown to synergise with vitamin D metabolites to upregulate cathelicidin antimicrobial pep...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Coussens AK,Wilkinson RJ,Martineau AR

更新日期：2015-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammation is critical for controlling pathogens, but also responsible for symptoms of infectious diseases. IL-27 is an important regulator of inflammation and can limit development of IFNγ-producing Tbet+ CD4+ T (Th1) cells. IL-27 is thought to do this by stimulating IL-10 production by CD4+ T cells, but the underl...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Montes de Oca M,de Labastida Rivera F,Winterford C,Frame TCM,Ng SS,Amante FH,Edwards CL,Bukali L,Wang Y,Uzonna JE,Kuns RD,Zhang P,Kabat A,Klein Geltink RI,Pearce EJ,Hill GR,Engwerda CR

更新日期：2020-10-13 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：:Lytic herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) infection triggers disruption of transcription termination (DoTT) of most cellular genes, resulting in extensive intergenic transcription. Similarly, cellular stress responses lead to gene-specific transcription downstream of genes (DoG). In this study, we performed a detailed comp...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Hennig T,Michalski M,Rutkowski AJ,Djakovic L,Whisnant AW,Friedl MS,Jha BA,Baptista MAP,L'Hernault A,Erhard F,Dölken L,Friedel CC

更新日期：2018-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Influenza viruses continue to pose a major public health threat worldwide and options for antiviral therapy are limited by the emergence of drug-resistant virus strains. The antiviral cytokine, interferon (IFN) is an essential mediator of the innate immune response and influenza viruses, like many viruses, have evolve...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Ortigoza MB,Dibben O,Maamary J,Martinez-Gil L,Leyva-Grado VH,Abreu P Jr,Ayllon J,Palese P,Shaw ML

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phosphoinositide-3 kinase (PI3K) pathway regulates diverse cellular activities related to cell growth, migration, survival, and vesicular trafficking. It is known that Ebola virus requires endocytosis to establish an infection. However, the cellular signals that mediate this uptake were unknown for Ebola virus as ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Saeed MF,Kolokoltsov AA,Freiberg AN,Holbrook MR,Davey RA

更新日期：2008-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium is a Gram-negative bacterial pathogen causing gastroenteritis in humans and a systemic typhoid-like illness in mice. The capacity of Salmonella to cause diseases relies on the establishment of its intracellular replication niche, a membrane-bound compartment named the Salmonella...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Schroeder N,Henry T,de Chastellier C,Zhao W,Guilhon AA,Gorvel JP,Méresse S

更新日期：2010-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The binding of human complement inhibitors to vaccine antigens in vivo could diminish their immunogenicity. A meningococcal ligand for the complement down-regulator, factor H (fH), is fH-binding protein (fHbp), which is specific for human fH. Vaccines containing recombinant fHbp or native outer membrane vesicles (NOMV...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Beernink PT,Shaughnessy J,Pajon R,Braga EM,Ram S,Granoff DM

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00