Acute Infectious Gastroenteritis Potentiates a Crohn's Disease Pathobiont to Fuel Ongoing Inflammation in the Post-Infectious Period.

abstract：:Malaria, caused by the apicomplexan parasite Plasmodium, still represents a major threat to human health and welfare and leads to about one million human deaths annually. Plasmodium is a rapidly multiplying unicellular organism undergoing a complex developmental cycle in man and mosquito - a life style that requires r...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Kehr S,Sturm N,Rahlfs S,Przyborski JM,Becker K

更新日期：2010-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Shigella flexneri has evolved the ability to modify host cell function with intracellular active effectors to overcome the intestinal barrier. The detection of these microbial effectors and the initiation of innate immune responses are critical for rapid mucosal defense activation. The guanine nucleotide exchange fact...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Fukazawa A,Alonso C,Kurachi K,Gupta S,Lesser CF,McCormick BA,Reinecker HC

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Astroviruses (AstVs) are positive sense, single-stranded RNA viruses transmitted to a wide range of hosts via the fecal-oral route. The number of AstV-infected animal hosts has rapidly expanded in recent years with many more likely to be discovered because of the advances in viral surveillance and next generation sequ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Karlsson EA,Small CT,Freiden P,Feeroz MM,Matsen FA 4th,San S,Hasan MK,Wang D,Jones-Engel L,Schultz-Cherry S

更新日期：2015-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein C inhibitor (PCI) is a heparin-binding serine proteinase inhibitor belonging to the family of serpin proteins. Here we describe that PCI exerts broad antimicrobial activity against bacterial pathogens. This ability is mediated by the interaction of PCI with lipid membranes, which subsequently leads to their pe...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Malmström E,Mörgelin M,Malmsten M,Johansson L,Norrby-Teglund A,Shannon O,Schmidtchen A,Meijers JC,Herwald H

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Yersinia utilizes a sophisticated type III secretion system to enhance its chances of survival and to overcome the host immune system. SmpB (small protein B) and SsrA (small stable RNA A) are components of a unique bacterial translational control system that help maintain the bacterial translational machinery in a ful...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Okan NA,Bliska JB,Karzai AW

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

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：:The recent origin and great evolutionary potential of HIV imply that the virulence of the virus might still be changing, which could greatly affect the future of the pandemic. However, previous studies of time trends of HIV virulence have yielded conflicting results. Here we used an established methodology to assess t...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Müller V,Maggiolo F,Suter F,Ladisa N,De Luca A,Antinori A,Sighinolfi L,Quiros-Roldan E,Carosi G,Torti C

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The success of Mycobacterium tuberculosis as a pathogen derives from its facile adaptation to the intracellular milieu of human macrophages. To explore this process, we asked whether adaptation also required interference with the metabolic machinery of the host cell. Temporal profiling of the metabolic flux, in cells ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Mehrotra P,Jamwal SV,Saquib N,Sinha N,Siddiqui Z,Manivel V,Chatterjee S,Rao KV

更新日期：2014-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002924.]. ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Grard G,Fair JN,Lee D,Slikas E,Steffen I,Muyembe JJ,Sittler T,Veeraraghavan N,Ruby JG,Wang C,Makuwa M,Mulembakani P,Tesh RB,Mazet J,Rimoin AW,Taylor T,Schneider BS,Simmons G,Delwart E,Wolfe ND,Chiu CY,Leroy EM

更新日期：2017-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Lyme disease in humans is caused by several genospecies of the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (s.l.) complex of spirochetal bacteria, including B. burgdorferi, B. afzelii and B. garinii. These bacteria exist in nature as obligate parasites in an enzootic cycle between small vertebrate hosts and Ixodid tick vectors, w...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Bhatia B,Hillman C,Carracoi V,Cheff BN,Tilly K,Rosa PA

更新日期：2018-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Anthrax poses a community health risk due to accidental or intentional aerosol release. Reliable quantitative dose-response analyses are required to estimate the magnitude and timeline of potential consequences and the effect of public health intervention strategies under specific scenarios. Analyses of available data...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Toth DJ,Gundlapalli AV,Schell WA,Bulmahn K,Walton TE,Woods CW,Coghill C,Gallegos F,Samore MH,Adler FR

更新日期：2013-08-01 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

abstract：:After entry into target cells, retroviruses encounter the host restriction factors such as Fv1 and TRIM5α. While it is clear that these factors target retrovirus capsid proteins (CA), recognition remains poorly defined in the absence of structural information. To better understand the binding interaction between TRIM5...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Ohkura S,Goldstone DC,Yap MW,Holden-Dye K,Taylor IA,Stoye JP

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptides presentation to T cells by MHC class II molecules is of importance in initiation of immune response to a pathogen. The level of MHC II expression directly influences T lymphocyte activation and is often targeted by various viruses. Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) encoded LANA is known to evade ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Cai Q,Banerjee S,Cervini A,Lu J,Hislop AD,Dzeng R,Robertson ES

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While immunological memory has long been considered the province of T- and B-lymphocytes, it has recently been reported that innate cell populations are capable of mediating memory responses. We now show that an innate memory immune response is generated in mice following infection with vaccinia virus, a poxvirus for ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Gillard GO,Bivas-Benita M,Hovav AH,Grandpre LE,Panas MW,Seaman MS,Haynes BF,Letvin NL

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Israeli acute paralysis virus (IAPV) is a widespread RNA virus of honey bees that has been linked with colony losses. Here we describe the transmission, prevalence, and genetic traits of this virus, along with host transcriptional responses to infections. Further, we present RNAi-based strategies for limiting an impor...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Chen YP,Pettis JS,Corona M,Chen WP,Li CJ,Spivak M,Visscher PK,DeGrandi-Hoffman G,Boncristiani H,Zhao Y,vanEngelsdorp D,Delaplane K,Solter L,Drummond F,Kramer M,Lipkin WI,Palacios G,Hamilton MC,Smith B,Huang SK,Zhe

更新日期：2014-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:In human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), tropism to epithelial and endothelial cells is dependent upon a pentameric complex (PC). Given the structure of the placenta, the PC is potentially an important neutralizing antibody target antigen against congenital infection. The guinea pig is the only small animal model for congenit...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Coleman S,Choi KY,Root M,McGregor A

更新日期：2016-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The envelope glycoprotein (Env) of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type-1 (HIV-1) is a critical determinant of viral infectivity, tropism and is the main target for humoral immunity; however, little is known about the cellular machinery that directs Env trafficking and its incorporation into nascent virions. Here we ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Groppelli E,Len AC,Granger LA,Jolly C

更新日期：2014-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:As well as their importance to nutrition, fatty acids (FA) represent a unique group of quorum sensing chemicals that modulate the behavior of bacterial population in virulence. However, the way in which full-length, membrane-bound receptors biochemically detect FA remains unclear. Here, we provide genetic, enzymologic...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Cai Z,Yuan ZH,Zhang H,Pan Y,Wu Y,Tian XQ,Wang FF,Wang L,Qian W

更新日期：2017-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The influenza A virus (IAV) HA protein must be activated by host cells proteases in order to prime the molecule for fusion. Consequently, the availability of activating proteases and the susceptibility of HA to protease activity represents key factors in facilitating virus infection. As such, understanding the intrica...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Galloway SE,Reed ML,Russell CJ,Steinhauer DA

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reverse transcriptase (RT) is the target for the majority of anti-HIV-1 drugs. As with all anti-AIDS treatments, continued success of RT inhibitors is persistently disrupted by the occurrence of resistance mutations. To explore latent resistance mechanisms potentially accessible to therapeutically challenged HIV-1 vir...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Galilee M,Alian A

更新日期：2018-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The type III secretion system is an essential component for virulence in many Gram-negative bacteria. Though components of the secretion system apparatus are conserved, its substrates--effector proteins--are not. We have used a novel computational approach to confidently identify new secreted effectors by integrating ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Samudrala R,Heffron F,McDermott JE

更新日期：2009-04-01 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：: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：:Poxviruses subvert the host immune response by producing immunomodulatory proteins, including a complement regulatory protein. Ectromelia virus provides a mouse model for smallpox where the virus and the host's immune response have co-evolved. Using this model, our study investigated the role of the complement system ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Moulton EA,Atkinson JP,Buller RM

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical course of prion diseases is accurately predictable despite long latency periods, suggesting that prion pathogenesis is driven by precisely timed molecular events. We constructed a searchable genome-wide atlas of mRNA abundance and splicing alterations during the course of disease in prion-inoculated mice....

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Sorce S,Nuvolone M,Russo G,Chincisan A,Heinzer D,Avar M,Pfammatter M,Schwarz P,Delic M,Müller M,Hornemann S,Sanoudou D,Scheckel C,Aguzzi A

更新日期：2020-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA modification plays an important role in modulating host-pathogen interaction. Flavivirus NS5 protein encodes N-7 and 2'-O methyltransferase activities that are required for the formation of 5' type I cap (m(7)GpppAm) of viral RNA genome. Here we reported, for the first time, that flavivirus NS5 has a novel interna...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Dong H,Chang DC,Hua MH,Lim SP,Chionh YH,Hia F,Lee YH,Kukkaro P,Lok SM,Dedon PC,Shi PY

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV-1 strains harboring immune escape mutations can persist in circulation, but the impact of selection by multiple HLA alleles on population HIV-1 dynamics remains unclear. In Japan, HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase codon 135 (RT135) is under strong immune pressure by HLA-B*51:01-restricted and HLA-B*52:01-restricted T ce...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Akahoshi T,Gatanaga H,Kuse N,Chikata T,Koyanagi M,Ishizuka N,Brumme CJ,Murakoshi H,Brumme ZL,Oka S,Takiguchi M

更新日期：2020-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Influenza A virus (IAV) infection can be severe or even lethal in toddlers, the elderly and patients with certain medical conditions. Infection of apparently healthy individuals nonetheless accounts for many severe disease cases and deaths, suggesting that viruses with increased pathogenicity co-circulate with pandemi...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Vasilijevic J,Zamarreño N,Oliveros JC,Rodriguez-Frandsen A,Gómez G,Rodriguez G,Pérez-Ruiz M,Rey S,Barba I,Pozo F,Casas I,Nieto A,Falcón A

更新日期：2017-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracellular vesicles (EV) mediate intercellular communication events and alterations in normal vesicle content contribute to function and disease initiation or progression. The ability to package a variety of cargo and transmit molecular information between cells renders EVs important mediators of cell-to-cell cross...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Nkosi D,Sun L,Duke LC,Meckes DG Jr

更新日期：2020-12-31 00:00:00