Reduced accumulation of defective viral genomes contributes to severe outcome in influenza virus infected patients.

abstract：:Hepatitis B virus (HBV) core protein (HBc) contains an N-terminal domain (NTD, assembly domain) and a C-terminal domain (CTD), which are linked by a flexible linker region. HBc plays multiple essential roles in viral replication, including capsid assembly, packaging of the viral pregenomic RNA (pgRNA) into nucleocapsi...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Liu K,Luckenbaugh L,Ning X,Xi J,Hu J

更新日期：2018-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Ebola virus disease afflicts both human and animal populations and is caused by four ebolaviruses. These different ebolaviruses may have distinct reservoir hosts and ecological contexts that determine how, where, and when different ebolavirus spillover events occur. Understanding these virus-specific relationships is ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Judson SD,Fischer R,Judson A,Munster VJ

更新日期：2016-08-05 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：:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) suppress the transcriptional and post-transcriptional expression of genes in plants. Several miRNA families target genes encoding nucleotide-binding site-leucine-rich repeat (NB-LRR) plant innate immune receptors. The fungus Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici causes vascular wilt disease in tomat...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Ouyang S,Park G,Atamian HS,Han CS,Stajich JE,Kaloshian I,Borkovich KA

更新日期：2014-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus is a Delta-proteobacterium that oscillates between free-living growth and predation on Gram-negative bacteria including important pathogens of man, animals and plants. After entering the prey periplasm, killing the prey and replicating inside the prey bdelloplast, several motile B. bacteriov...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Hobley L,Fung RK,Lambert C,Harris MA,Dabhi JM,King SS,Basford SM,Uchida K,Till R,Ahmad R,Aizawa S,Gomelsky M,Sockett RE

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated to what extent natural transformation acting on free DNA substrates can facilitate transfer of mobile elements including transposons, integrons and/or gene cassettes between bacterial species. Naturally transformable cells of Acinetobacter baylyi were exposed to DNA from integron-carrying strains ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Domingues S,Harms K,Fricke WF,Johnsen PJ,da Silva GJ,Nielsen KM

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection is a chronic condition, where viral DNA integrates into the genome. Latently infected cells form a persistent, heterogeneous reservoir that at any time can reactivate the integrated HIV-1. Here we confirmed that latently infected cells from HIV-1 positive study par...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Lindqvist B,Svensson Akusjärvi S,Sönnerborg A,Dimitriou M,Svensson JP

更新日期：2020-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Future HIV vaccines are expected to induce effective Th1 cell-mediated and Env-specific antibody responses that are necessary to offer protective immunity to HIV infection. However, HIV infections are highly prevalent in helminth endemic areas. Helminth infections induce polarised Th2 responses that may impair HIV vac...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Dzhivhuho GA,Rehrl SA,Ndlovu H,Horsnell WGC,Brombacher F,Williamson AL,Chege GK

更新日期：2018-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：:A fatal human case of Duvenhage virus (DUVV) infection in a Dutch traveller who had returned from Kenya was reported in 2007. She exhibited classical symptoms of rabies encephalitis with distinct pathological findings. In the present study we describe the isolation and characterization of DUVV in vitro and its passage...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Koraka P,Martina BE,Roose JM,van Thiel PP,van Amerongen G,Kuiken T,Osterhaus AD

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intracellular pathogenic bacterium Brucella generates a replicative vacuole (rBCV) derived from the endoplasmic reticulum via subversion of the host cell secretory pathway. rBCV biogenesis requires the expression of the Type IV secretion system (T4SS) VirB, which is thought to translocate effector proteins that mo...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Myeni S,Child R,Ng TW,Kupko JJ 3rd,Wehrly TD,Porcella SF,Knodler LA,Celli J

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The life long relationship between herpes simplex virus and its host hinges on the ability of the virus to aggressively replicate in epithelial cells at the site of infection and transport into the nervous system through axons innervating the infection site. Interaction between the virus and the sensory neuron represe...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Sawtell NM,Thompson RL

更新日期：2016-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The control of mosquito populations with insecticide treated bed nets and indoor residual sprays remains the cornerstone of malaria reduction and elimination programs. In light of widespread insecticide resistance in mosquitoes, however, alternative strategies for reducing transmission by the mosquito vector are urgen...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Childs LM,Cai FY,Kakani EG,Mitchell SN,Paton D,Gabrieli P,Buckee CO,Catteruccia F

更新日期：2016-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The host's immune system plays a key role in modulating growth of pathogens and the intestinal microbiota in the gut. In particular, inflammatory bowel disorders and pathogen infections induce shifts of the resident commensal microbiota which can result in overgrowth of Enterobacteriaceae ("inflammation-inflicted bloo...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Nedialkova LP,Denzler R,Koeppel MB,Diehl M,Ring D,Wille T,Gerlach RG,Stecher B

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycolysis is a metabolic pathway that is central to the assimilation of carbon for either respiration or fermentation and therefore is critical for the growth of all organisms. Consequently, glycolytic transcriptional regulation is important for the metabolic flexibility of pathogens in their attempts to colonize div...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Askew C,Sellam A,Epp E,Hogues H,Mullick A,Nantel A,Whiteway M

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sepsis is a frequent complication in critical illness. The mechanisms that are involved in initiation and propagation of the disease are not well understood. Scavenger receptor A (SRA) is a membrane receptor that binds multiple polyanions such as oxidized LDL and endotoxin. Recent studies suggest that SRA acts as a pa...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Ozment TR,Ha T,Breuel KF,Ford TR,Ferguson DA,Kalbfleisch J,Schweitzer JB,Kelley JL,Li C,Williams DL

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interactions of influenza A virus (IAV) with sialic acid (SIA) receptors determine viral fitness and host tropism. Binding to mucus decoy receptors and receptors on epithelial host cells is determined by a receptor-binding hemagglutinin (HA), a receptor-destroying neuraminidase (NA) and a complex in vivo receptor-repe...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Guo H,Rabouw H,Slomp A,Dai M,van der Vegt F,van Lent JWM,McBride R,Paulson JC,de Groot RJ,van Kuppeveld FJM,de Vries E,de Haan CAM

更新日期：2018-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Host genetic variation modifying HIV-1 acquisition risk can inform development of HIV-1 prevention strategies. However, associations between rare or intermediate-frequency variants and HIV-1 acquisition are not well studied. We tested for the association between variation in genic regions and extreme HIV-1 acquisition...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Mackelprang RD,Bamshad MJ,Chong JX,Hou X,Buckingham KJ,Shively K,deBruyn G,Mugo NR,Mullins JI,McElrath MJ,Baeten JM,Celum C,Emond MJ,Lingappa JR,Partners in Prevention HSV\/HIV Transmission Study and the Partners PrEP Study T

更新日期：2017-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Prions are unorthodox infectious agents that replicate by templating misfolded conformations of a host-encoded glycoprotein, collectively termed PrPSc. Prion diseases are invariably fatal and currently incurable, but oral drugs that can prolong incubation times in prion-infected mice have been developed. Here, we test...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Burke CM,Mark KMK,Kun J,Beauchemin KS,Supattapone S

更新日期：2020-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Tsetse flies are vectors of the protozoan parasite African trypanosomes, which cause sleeping sickness disease in humans and nagana in livestock. Although there are no effective vaccines and efficacious drugs against this parasite, vector reduction methods have been successful in curbing the disease, especially for na...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Alam U,Medlock J,Brelsfoard C,Pais R,Lohs C,Balmand S,Carnogursky J,Heddi A,Takac P,Galvani A,Aksoy S

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metalloproteases (MPs) have demonstrated roles in immune modulation. In some cases, these enzymes are produced by parasites to influence host immune responses such that parasite infection is facilitated. One of the best examples of parasite-mediated immune modulation is the matrix metalloprotease (MMP) leishmanolysin ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Hambrook JR,Kaboré AL,Pila EA,Hanington PC

更新日期：2018-10-29 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：:Cells of the immune system are derived from hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) residing in the bone marrow. HSCs become activated in response to stress, such as acute infections, which adapt the bone marrow output to the needs of the immune response. However, the impact of infection-adapted HSC activation and differentia...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Abidin BM,Hammami A,Stäger S,Heinonen KM

更新日期：2017-08-07 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：:Two-cysteine peroxiredoxins are ubiquitous peroxidases that play various functions in cells. In Leishmania and related trypanosomatids, which lack catalase and selenium-glutathione peroxidases, the discovery of this family of enzymes provided the molecular basis for peroxide removal in these organisms. In this report ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Castro H,Teixeira F,Romao S,Santos M,Cruz T,Flórido M,Appelberg R,Oliveira P,Ferreira-da-Silva F,Tomás AM

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retroviruses encode cis-acting RNA nuclear export elements that override nuclear retention of intron-containing viral mRNAs including the full-length, unspliced genomic RNAs (gRNAs) packaged into assembling virions. The HIV-1 Rev-response element (RRE) recruits the cellular nuclear export receptor CRM1 (also known as ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Pocock GM,Becker JT,Swanson CM,Ahlquist P,Sherer NM

更新日期：2016-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Dynamic regulation of leukocyte population size and activation state is crucial for an effective immune response. In malaria, Plasmodium parasites elicit robust host expansion of macrophages and monocytes, but the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Here we show that myeloid expansion during P. chabaudi infection is...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Fontana MF,de Melo GL,Anidi C,Hamburger R,Kim CY,Lee SY,Pham J,Kim CC

更新日期：2016-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial superantigens (SAgs) cause Vβ-dependent T-cell proliferation leading to immune dysregulation associated with the pathogenesis of life-threatening infections such as toxic shock syndrome, and necrotizing pneumonia. Previously, we demonstrated that staphylococcal enterotoxin-like toxin X (SElX) from Staphyloco...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Tuffs SW,James DBA,Bestebroer J,Richards AC,Goncheva MI,O'Shea M,Wee BA,Seo KS,Schlievert PM,Lengeling A,van Strijp JA,Torres VJ,Fitzgerald JR

更新日期：2017-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the importance of humoral immunity to malaria has been established, factors that control antibody production are poorly understood. Follicular helper T cells (Tfh cells) are pivotal for generating high-affinity, long-lived antibody responses. While it has been proposed that expansion of antigen-specific Tfh c...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Figueiredo MM,Costa PAC,Diniz SQ,Henriques PM,Kano FS,Tada MS,Pereira DB,Soares IS,Martins-Filho OA,Jankovic D,Gazzinelli RT,Antonelli LRDV

更新日期：2017-07-10 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：:The human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) Tax protein hijacks the host ubiquitin machinery to activate IκB kinases (IKKs) and NF-κB and promote cell survival; however, the key ubiquitinated factors downstream of Tax involved in cell transformation are unknown. Using mass spectrometry, we undertook an unbiased pr...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Choi YB,Harhaj EW

更新日期：2014-10-23 00:00:00