HTLV-1 tax stabilizes MCL-1 via TRAF6-dependent K63-linked polyubiquitination to promote cell survival and transformation.

abstract：:Knowledge of the within-host frequencies of resistance-associated amino acid variants (RAVs) is important to the identification of optimal drug combinations for the treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Multiple RAVs may exist in infected individuals, often below detection limits, at any resistance locus, de...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Raja R,Pareek A,Newar K,Dixit NM

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vertical transmission (VT) and horizontal transmission (HT) of pathogens refer to parental and non-parental chains of host-to-host transmission. Combining HT with VT enlarges considerably the range of ecological conditions in which a pathogen can persist, but the factors governing the relative frequency of each transm...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Lequime S,Paul RE,Lambrechts L

更新日期：2016-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclear factor of activated T cells 5 (NFAT5)/Tonicity enhancer binding protein (TonEBP) is a transcription factor induced by hypertonic stress in the kidney. However, the function of NFAT5 in other organs has rarely been studied, even though it is ubiquitously expressed. Indeed, although NFAT5 was reported to be crit...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Qiu Y,Ye X,Zhang HM,Hanson P,Zhao G,Tong L,Xie R,Yang D

更新日期：2017-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV-1 assembly and release are believed to occur at the plasma membrane in most host cells with the exception of primary macrophages, for which exclusive budding at late endosomes has been reported. Here, we applied a novel ultrastructural approach to assess HIV-1 budding in primary macrophages in an immunomarker-inde...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Welsch S,Keppler OT,Habermann A,Allespach I,Krijnse-Locker J,Kräusslich HG

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Viroids are small, non-protein-coding RNAs which can induce disease symptoms in a variety of plant species. Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is the natural host of Potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTVd) where infection results in stunting, distortion of leaves and tubers and yield loss. Replication of PSTVd is accompanied b...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Bao S,Owens RA,Sun Q,Song H,Liu Y,Eamens AL,Feng H,Tian H,Wang MB,Zhang R

更新日期：2019-12-02 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：:Accurate calculation of mutation rates for viruses and viroids is necessary for evolutionary studies and to evaluate adaptation potential. However, estimation of in vivo mutation rates is complicated by selection, which leads to loss or proliferation of certain mutations. To minimize this concern, lethal mutations, in...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Wu J,Bisaro DM

更新日期：2020-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Toll-like receptor (TLR) ligands are being considered as adjuvants for the induction of antigen-specific immune responses, as in the design of vaccines. Polyriboinosinic-polyribocytoidylic acid (poly I:C), a synthetic double-stranded RNA (dsRNA), is recognized by TLR3 and other intracellular receptors. Poly ICLC is a ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Stahl-Hennig C,Eisenblätter M,Jasny E,Rzehak T,Tenner-Racz K,Trumpfheller C,Salazar AM,Uberla K,Nieto K,Kleinschmidt J,Schulte R,Gissmann L,Müller M,Sacher A,Racz P,Steinman RM,Uguccioni M,Ignatius R

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:APE1 is a multifunctional protein with a DNA base excision repair function in its C-terminal domain and a redox activity in its N-terminal domain. The redox function of APE1 converts certain transcription factors from inactive oxidized to active reduced forms. Given that among the APE1-regulated transcription factors ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Zhong C,Xu M,Wang Y,Xu J,Yuan Y

更新日期：2017-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Parasitic nematodes are of medical and veterinary importance, adversely affecting human health and animal welfare. Ascaris suum is a gastrointestinal parasite of pigs; in addition to its veterinary significance it is a good model of the human parasite Ascaris lumbricoides, estimated to infect approximately 1.4 billion...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Williamson SM,Robertson AP,Brown L,Williams T,Woods DJ,Martin RJ,Sattelle DB,Wolstenholme AJ

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many thousands of endoparasitic wasp species are known to inject polydnavirus (PDV) particles into their caterpillar host during oviposition, causing immune and developmental dysfunctions that benefit the wasp larva. PDVs associated with braconid and ichneumonid wasps, bracoviruses and ichnoviruses respectively, both ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Volkoff AN,Jouan V,Urbach S,Samain S,Bergoin M,Wincker P,Demettre E,Cousserans F,Provost B,Coulibaly F,Legeai F,Béliveau C,Cusson M,Gyapay G,Drezen JM

更新日期：2010-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of the tubercle bacillus to arrest phagosome maturation is considered one major mechanism that allows its survival within host macrophages. To identify mycobacterial genes involved in this process, we developed a high throughput phenotypic cell-based assay enabling individual sub-cellular analysis of over ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Brodin P,Poquet Y,Levillain F,Peguillet I,Larrouy-Maumus G,Gilleron M,Ewann F,Christophe T,Fenistein D,Jang J,Jang MS,Park SJ,Rauzier J,Carralot JP,Shrimpton R,Genovesio A,Gonzalo-Asensio JA,Puzo G,Martin C,Brosch R

更新日期：2010-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The APOBEC3 (A3) cytidine deaminases are antiretroviral proteins, whose targets include human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1). Their incorporation into viral particles is critical for antiviral activity and is driven by interactions with the RNA molecules that are packaged into virions. However, it is unclear wh...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： York A,Kutluay SB,Errando M,Bieniasz PD

更新日期：2016-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:In inflammation, pain is regulated by a balance of pro- and analgesic mediators. Analgesic mediators include opioid peptides which are secreted by neutrophils at the site of inflammation, leading to activation of opioid receptors on peripheral sensory neurons. In humans, local opioids and opioid peptides significantly...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Rittner HL,Hackel D,Voigt P,Mousa S,Stolz A,Labuz D,Schäfer M,Schaefer M,Stein C,Brack A

更新日期：2009-04-01 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：:Genomic dissection of antibiotic resistance in bacterial pathogens has largely focused on genetic changes conferring growth above a single critical concentration of drug. However, reduced susceptibility to antibiotics-even below this breakpoint-is associated with poor treatment outcomes in the clinic, including in tub...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Hicks ND,Giffen SR,Culviner PH,Chao MC,Dulberger CL,Liu Q,Stanley S,Brown J,Sixsmith J,Wolf ID,Fortune SM

更新日期：2020-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Viral infections of central nervous system (CNS) often trigger inflammatory responses that give rise to a wide range of pathological outcomes. The CNS is equipped with an elaborate network of innate immune sentinels (e.g. microglia, macrophages, dendritic cells) that routinely serve as first responders to these infect...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Nayak D,Johnson KR,Heydari S,Roth TL,Zinselmeyer BH,McGavern DB

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

abstract：:Apolipoprotein E (ApoE) belongs to a class of cellular proteins involved in lipid metabolism. ApoE is a polymorphic protein produced primarily in macrophages and astrocytes. Different isoforms of ApoE have been associated with susceptibility to various diseases including Alzheimer's and cardiovascular diseases. ApoE e...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Siddiqui R,Suzu S,Ueno M,Nasser H,Koba R,Bhuyan F,Noyori O,Hamidi S,Sheng G,Yasuda-Inoue M,Hishiki T,Sukegawa S,Miyagi E,Strebel K,Matsushita S,Shimotohno K,Ariumi Y

更新日期：2018-11-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Turnip yellow mosaic virus (TYMV)--a member of the alphavirus-like supergroup of viruses--serves as a model system for positive-stranded RNA virus membrane-bound replication. TYMV encodes a precursor replication polyprotein that is processed by the endoproteolytic activity of its internal cysteine proteinase domain (P...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Lombardi C,Ayach M,Beaurepaire L,Chenon M,Andreani J,Guerois R,Jupin I,Bressanelli S

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial cell division predominantly occurs by a highly conserved process, termed binary fission, that requires the bacterial homologue of tubulin, FtsZ. Other mechanisms of bacterial cell division that are independent of FtsZ are rare. Although the obligate intracellular human pathogen Chlamydia trachomatis, the lea...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

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

更新日期：2016-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The root knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita, is an obligate parasite that causes significant damage to a broad range of host plants. Infection is associated with secretion of proteins surrounded by proliferating cells. Many parasites are known to secrete effectors that interfere with plant innate immunity, enabling ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Bellafiore S,Shen Z,Rosso MN,Abad P,Shih P,Briggs SP

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnaporthe oryzae is the causal agent of rice blast disease, a devastating problem worldwide. This fungus has caused breakdown of resistance conferred by newly developed commercial cultivars. To address how the rice blast fungus adapts itself to new resistance genes so quickly, we examined chromosomal locations of AV...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Chuma I,Isobe C,Hotta Y,Ibaragi K,Futamata N,Kusaba M,Yoshida K,Terauchi R,Fujita Y,Nakayashiki H,Valent B,Tosa Y

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Modern agriculture favours the selection and spread of novel plant diseases. Furthermore, crop genetic resistance against pathogens is often rendered ineffective within a few years of its commercial deployment. Leptosphaeria maculans, the cause of phoma stem canker of oilseed rape, develops gene-for-gene interactions ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Daverdin G,Rouxel T,Gout L,Aubertot JN,Fudal I,Meyer M,Parlange F,Carpezat J,Balesdent MH

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ecotin is a serine protease inhibitor produced by hundreds of microbial species, including pathogens. Here we show, that ecotin orthologs from Escherichia coli, Yersinia pestis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Leishmania major are potent inhibitors of MASP-1 and MASP-2, the two key activator proteases of the complement lec...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Nagy ZA,Szakács D,Boros E,Héja D,Vígh E,Sándor N,Józsi M,Oroszlán G,Dobó J,Gál P,Pál G

更新日期：2019-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Heme metabolism is central to malaria parasite biology. The parasite acquires heme from host hemoglobin in the intraerythrocytic stages and stores it as hemozoin to prevent free heme toxicity. The parasite can also synthesize heme de novo, and all the enzymes in the pathway are characterized. To study the role of the ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Nagaraj VA,Sundaram B,Varadarajan NM,Subramani PA,Kalappa DM,Ghosh SK,Padmanaban G

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Murine norovirus (MNoV) is an important model of human norovirus (HNoV) and mucosal virus infection more broadly. Viral receptor utilization is a major determinant of cell tropism, host range, and pathogenesis. The bona fide receptor for HNoV is unknown. Recently, we identified CD300lf as a proteinaceous receptor for ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Graziano VR,Walker FC,Kennedy EA,Wei J,Ettayebi K,Strine MS,Filler RB,Hassan E,Hsieh LL,Kim AS,Kolawole AO,Wobus CE,Lindesmith LC,Baric RS,Estes MK,Orchard RC,Baldridge MT,Wilen CB

更新日期：2020-04-06 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：:Over 200 million people have, and another 600 million are at risk of contracting, schistosomiasis, one of the major neglected tropical diseases. Transmission of this infection, which is caused by helminth parasites of the genus Schistosoma, depends upon the release of parasite eggs from the human host. However, approx...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Freitas TC,Jung E,Pearce EJ

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unique purine-rich mRNA sequences embedded in the coding sequences of a distinct group of gammaherpesvirus maintenance proteins underlie the ability of the latently infected cell to minimize immune recognition. The Epstein-Barr virus nuclear antigen, EBNA1, a well characterized lymphocryptovirus maintenance protein ha...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Tellam JT,Lekieffre L,Zhong J,Lynn DJ,Khanna R

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00