Importin β Can Bind Hepatitis B Virus Core Protein and Empty Core-Like Particles and Induce Structural Changes.

abstract：:Unlike the pandemic form of HIV-1 (group M), group O viruses are endemic in west central Africa, especially in Cameroon. However, little is known about group O's genetic evolution, and why this highly divergent lineage has not become pandemic. Using a unique and large set of group O sequences from samples collected fr...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Leoz M,Feyertag F,Kfutwah A,Mauclère P,Lachenal G,Damond F,De Oliveira F,Lemée V,Simon F,Robertson DL,Plantier JC

更新日期：2015-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:In many bacteria, inhibition of cell wall synthesis leads to cell death and lysis. The pathways and enzymes that mediate cell lysis after exposure to cell wall-acting antibiotics (e.g. beta lactams) are incompletely understood, but the activities of enzymes that degrade the cell wall ('autolysins') are thought to be c...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Dörr T,Davis BM,Waldor MK

更新日期：2015-04-17 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：:Herpes simplex virus (HSV)--and herpesviruses in general--encode for a multipartite entry/fusion apparatus. In HSV it consists of the HSV-specific glycoprotein D (gD), and three additional glycoproteins, gH/gL and gB, conserved across the Herpesviridae family and responsible for the execution of fusion. According to t...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Gianni T,Salvioli S,Chesnokova LS,Hutt-Fletcher LM,Campadelli-Fiume G

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ribonuclease L (RNase L) is an important effector of the innate antiviral response. Mutations or variants that impair function of RNase L, particularly R462Q, have been proposed as susceptibility factors for prostate cancer. Given the role of this gene in viral defense, we sought to explore the possibility that a vira...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Urisman A,Molinaro RJ,Fischer N,Plummer SJ,Casey G,Klein EA,Malathi K,Magi-Galluzzi C,Tubbs RR,Ganem D,Silverman RH,DeRisi JL

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To ensure their survival, microbial pathogens have evolved diverse strategies to subvert host immune defenses. The human retrovirus HIV-1 has been proposed to hijack the natural endocytic function of dendritic cells (DCs) to infect interacting CD4 T cells in a process termed trans-infection. Although DCs can be direct...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Cavrois M,Neidleman J,Greene WC

更新日期：2008-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Many viruses express factors that reduce host gene expression through widespread degradation of cellular mRNA. An example of this class of proteins is the mRNA-targeting endoribonuclease SOX from the gamma-herpesvirus Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV). Previous studies indicated that cleavage of messenger...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Gaglia MM,Rycroft CH,Glaunsinger BA

更新日期：2015-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterovirus 71 (EV71) is the most virulent pathogen among enteroviruses that cause hand, foot and mouth disease in children but rarely in adults. The mechanisms that determine the age-dependent susceptibility remain largely unclear. Here, we found that the paucity of invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells together wi...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Zhu K,Yang J,Luo K,Yang C,Zhang N,Xu R,Chen J,Jin M,Xu B,Guo N,Wang J,Chen Z,Cui Y,Zhao H,Wang Y,Deng C,Bai L,Ge B,Qin CF,Shen H,Yang CF,Leng Q

更新日期：2015-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Modified vaccinia virus Ankara (MVA) is an approved smallpox vaccine and a promising vaccine vector for other pathogens as well as for cancer therapeutics with more than 200 current or completed clinical trials. MVA was derived by passaging the parental Ankara vaccine virus hundreds of times in chick embryo fibroblast...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Peng C,Wyatt LS,Glushakow-Smith SG,Lal-Nag M,Weisberg AS,Moss B

更新日期：2020-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is a widely distributed herpesvirus that causes significant morbidity in immunocompromised hosts. Inhibitors of viral DNA replication are available, but adverse effects limit their use. Alternative antiviral strategies may include inhibition of entry. We show that soluble derivatives of th...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Stegmann C,Hochdorfer D,Lieber D,Subramanian N,Stöhr D,Laib Sampaio K,Sinzger C

更新日期：2017-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs play an important role in the interplay between bacterial pathogens and host cells, participating as host defense mechanisms, as well as exploited by bacteria to subvert host cellular functions. Here, we show that microRNAs modulate infection by Shigella flexneri, a major causative agent of bacillary dysente...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Sunkavalli U,Aguilar C,Silva RJ,Sharan M,Cruz AR,Tawk C,Maudet C,Mano M,Eulalio A

更新日期：2017-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent emergence of a novel H7N9 influenza A virus (IAV) causing severe human infections in China raises concerns about a possible pandemic. The lack of pre-existing neutralizing antibodies in the broader population highlights the potential protective role of IAV-specific CD8(+) cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) memory...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Duan S,Meliopoulos VA,McClaren JL,Guo XZ,Sanders CJ,Smallwood HS,Webby RJ,Schultz-Cherry SL,Doherty PC,Thomas PG

更新日期：2015-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the identification of a novel polyomavirus present in respiratory secretions from human patients with symptoms of acute respiratory tract infection. The virus was initially detected in a nasopharyngeal aspirate from a 3-year-old child from Australia diagnosed with pneumonia. A random library was generated fr...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Gaynor AM,Nissen MD,Whiley DM,Mackay IM,Lambert SB,Wu G,Brennan DC,Storch GA,Sloots TP,Wang D

更新日期：2007-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The kinetoplast (k), the uniquely packaged mitochondrial DNA of trypanosomatid protists is formed by a catenated network of minicircles and maxicircles that divide and segregate once each cell cycle. Although many proteins involved in kDNA replication and segregation are now known, several key steps in the replication...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Peña-Diaz P,Vancová M,Resl C,Field MC,Lukeš J

更新日期：2017-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:CD8+ T cell responses to Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) lytic cycle expressed antigens display a hierarchy of immunodominance, in which responses to epitopes of immediate-early (IE) and some early (E) antigens are more frequently observed than responses to epitopes of late (L) expressed antigens. It has been proposed that t...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Quinn LL,Zuo J,Abbott RJ,Shannon-Lowe C,Tierney RJ,Hislop AD,Rowe M

更新日期：2014-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Effectors are molecules used by microbial pathogens to facilitate infection via effector-triggered susceptibility or tissue necrosis in their host. Much research has been focussed on the identification and elucidating the function of fungal effectors during plant pathogenesis. By comparison, knowledge of how phytopath...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Tan KC,Oliver RP

更新日期：2017-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1) causes lifelong infection affecting between 50 and 90% of the global population. In addition to causing dermal lesions, HSV-1 is a leading cause of blindness resulting from recurrent corneal infection. Corneal disease is characterized by loss of corneal immunologic privilege and extensiv...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Wuest T,Zheng M,Efstathiou S,Halford WP,Carr DJ

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Environments such as light condition influence the spread of infectious diseases by affecting insect vector behavior. However, whether and how light affects the host defense which further affects insect preference and performance, remains unclear, nor has been demonstrated how pathogens co-adapt light condition to fac...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Zhao P,Zhang X,Gong Y,Wang D,Xu D,Wang N,Sun Y,Gao L,Liu SS,Deng XW,Kliebenstein DJ,Zhou X,Fang RX,Ye J

更新日期：2021-01-11 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：:Covalent linkage to members of the small ubiquitin-like (SUMO) family of proteins is an important mechanism by which the functions of many cellular proteins are regulated. Sumoylation has roles in the control of protein stability, activity and localization, and is involved in the regulation of transcription, gene expr...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Sloan E,Tatham MH,Groslambert M,Glass M,Orr A,Hay RT,Everett RD

更新日期：2015-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolomics coupled with heavy-atom isotope-labelled glucose has been used to probe the metabolic pathways active in cultured bloodstream form trypomastigotes of Trypanosoma brucei, a parasite responsible for human African trypanosomiasis. Glucose enters many branches of metabolism beyond glycolysis, which has been w...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Creek DJ,Mazet M,Achcar F,Anderson J,Kim DH,Kamour R,Morand P,Millerioux Y,Biran M,Kerkhoven EJ,Chokkathukalam A,Weidt SK,Burgess KE,Breitling R,Watson DG,Bringaud F,Barrett MP

更新日期：2015-03-16 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

abstract：:Streptolysin S (SLS) is a bacteriocin-like haemolytic and cytotoxic virulence factor that plays a key role in the virulence of Group A Streptococcus (GAS), the causative agent of pharyngitis, impetigo, necrotizing fasciitis and streptococcal toxic shock syndrome. Although it has long been thought that SLS and related ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Cotter PD,Draper LA,Lawton EM,Daly KM,Groeger DS,Casey PG,Ross RP,Hill C

更新日期：2008-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Species-dependent variation in proteins that aid or limit virus replication determines the ability of lentiviruses to jump between host species. Identifying and overcoming these differences facilitates the development of animal models for HIV-1, including models based on chimeric SIVs that express HIV-1 envelope (Env)...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Del Prete GQ,Keele BF,Fode J,Thummar K,Swanstrom AE,Rodriguez A,Raymond A,Estes JD,LaBranche CC,Montefiori DC,KewalRamani VN,Lifson JD,Bieniasz PD,Hatziioannou T

更新日期：2017-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) remains a major public health problem, with an effective vaccine continuing to prove elusive. Progress in vaccination strategies has been hampered by a lack of appreciation of the bacterium's response to dynamic changes in the host immune environment. Here, we utilize reporter Mtb stra...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Sukumar N,Tan S,Aldridge BB,Russell DG

更新日期：2014-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:SARS coronavirus (SCoV) nonstructural protein (nsp) 1, a potent inhibitor of host gene expression, possesses a unique mode of action: it binds to 40S ribosomes to inactivate their translation functions and induces host mRNA degradation. Our previous study demonstrated that nsp1 induces RNA modification near the 5'-end...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Huang C,Lokugamage KG,Rozovics JM,Narayanan K,Semler BL,Makino S

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA granules are cellular structures, which play an important role in mRNA translation, storage, and degradation. Animal (+)RNA viruses often co-opt RNA granule proteins for viral reproduction. However, the role of RNA granules in plant viral infections is poorly understood. Here we use Potato virus A (PVA) as a model...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Hafrén A,Lõhmus A,Mäkinen K

更新日期：2015-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Bursaphelenchus xylophilus is the nematode responsible for a devastating epidemic of pine wilt disease in Asia and Europe, and represents a recent, independent origin of plant parasitism in nematodes, ecologically and taxonomically distinct from other nematodes for which genomic data is available. As well as being an ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Kikuchi T,Cotton JA,Dalzell JJ,Hasegawa K,Kanzaki N,McVeigh P,Takanashi T,Tsai IJ,Assefa SA,Cock PJ,Otto TD,Hunt M,Reid AJ,Sanchez-Flores A,Tsuchihara K,Yokoi T,Larsson MC,Miwa J,Maule AG,Sahashi N,Jones JT,Berr

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C is a pandemic human RNA virus, which commonly causes chronic infection and liver disease. The characterization of viral populations that successfully initiate infection, and also those that drive progression to chronicity is instrumental for understanding pathogenesis and vaccine design. A comprehensive an...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Bull RA,Luciani F,McElroy K,Gaudieri S,Pham ST,Chopra A,Cameron B,Maher L,Dore GJ,White PA,Lloyd AR

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a β-herpesvirus that establishes a lifelong latent or persistent infection. A hallmark of chronic CMV infection is the lifelong persistence of large numbers of virus-specific CD8+ effector/effector memory T cells, a phenomenon called "memory inflation". How the virus continuously stimulates th...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Snyder CM,Cho KS,Bonnett EL,Allan JE,Hill AB

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00