Species-specific functions of Epstein-Barr virus nuclear antigen 2 (EBNA2) reveal dual roles for initiation and maintenance of B cell immortalization.

abstract：:HIV-1 replicative capacity (RC) provides a measure of within-host fitness and is determined in the context of phenotypic drug resistance testing. However it is unclear how these in-vitro measurements relate to in-vivo processes. Here we assess RCs in a clinical setting by combining a previously published machine-learn...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Kouyos RD,von Wyl V,Hinkley T,Petropoulos CJ,Haddad M,Whitcomb JM,Böni J,Yerly S,Cellerai C,Klimkait T,Günthard HF,Bonhoeffer S,Swiss HIV Cohort Study.

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a leading cause of liver disease worldwide. The HCV RNA genome is translated into a single polyprotein. Most of the cleavage sites in the non-structural (NS) polyprotein region are processed by the NS3/NS4A serine protease. The vital NS2-NS3 cleavage is catalyzed by the NS2 autopro...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Isken O,Langerwisch U,Jirasko V,Rehders D,Redecke L,Ramanathan H,Lindenbach BD,Bartenschlager R,Tautz N

更新日期：2015-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1006219.]. ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Hirsch AJ,Smith JL,Haese NN,Broeckel RM,Parkins CJ,Kreklywich C,DeFilippis VR,Denton M,Smith PP,Messer WB,Colgin LM,Ducore RM,Grigsby PL,Hennebold JD,Swanson T,Legasse AW,Axthelm MK,MacAllister R,Wiley CA,Nelson JA

更新日期：2017-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:To cause infections microbes need to evade host defense systems, one of these being the evolutionarily old and important arm of innate immunity, the alternative pathway of complement. It can attack all kinds of targets and is tightly controlled in plasma and on host cells by plasma complement regulator factor H (FH). ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Meri T,Amdahl H,Lehtinen MJ,Hyvärinen S,McDowell JV,Bhattacharjee A,Meri S,Marconi R,Goldman A,Jokiranta TS

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elucidating the mechanism of action of trypanocidal compounds is an important step in the development of more efficient drugs against Trypanosoma brucei. In a screening approach using an RNAi library in T. brucei bloodstream forms, we identified a member of the mitochondrial carrier family, TbMCP14, as a prime candida...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： de Macêdo JP,Schumann Burkard G,Niemann M,Barrett MP,Vial H,Mäser P,Roditi I,Schneider A,Bütikofer P

更新日期：2015-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV-1 infection of macrophages plays a key role in viral pathogenesis and progression to AIDS. Polyinosine-polycytidylic acid (poly(I:C); a synthetic analog of dsRNA) and bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS), the ligands for Toll-like receptors (TLR) TLR3 and TLR4, respectively, are known to decrease HIV-1 infection in ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Swaminathan G,Rossi F,Sierra LJ,Gupta A,Navas-Martín S,Martín-García J

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the mechanisms that help promote protective immune responses to pathogens is a major challenge in biomedical research and an important goal for the design of innovative therapeutic or vaccination strategies. While natural killer (NK) cells can directly contribute to the control of viral replication, whet...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Robbins SH,Bessou G,Cornillon A,Zucchini N,Rupp B,Ruzsics Z,Sacher T,Tomasello E,Vivier E,Koszinowski UH,Dalod M

更新日期：2007-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Host genetic variations play an important role in several pathogenic diseases, and we have previously provided strong evidences that these genetic variations contribute significantly to differences in susceptibility and clinical outcomes of invasive Group A Streptococcus (GAS) infections, including sepsis and necrotiz...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Chella Krishnan K,Mukundan S,Alagarsamy J,Hur J,Nookala S,Siemens N,Svensson M,Hyldegaard O,Norrby-Teglund A,Kotb M

更新日期：2016-07-11 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：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) particles closely mimic human very-low-density lipoproteins (VLDL) to evade humoral immunity and to facilitate cell entry. However, the principles that govern HCV association with VLDL components are poorly defined. Using an siRNA screen, we identified ABHD5 (α/β hydrolase domain containing pro...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Vieyres G,Welsch K,Gerold G,Gentzsch J,Kahl S,Vondran FW,Kaderali L,Pietschmann T

更新日期：2016-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) genome encodes a G protein-coupled receptor (vGPCR). vGPCR is a ligand-independent, constitutively active signaling molecule that promotes cell growth and proliferation; however, it is not clear how vGPCR is negatively regulated. We report here that the KSHV K7 small ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Feng H,Dong X,Negaard A,Feng P

更新日期：2008-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Rice tungro disease is caused by synergistic interaction of an RNA picorna-like virus Rice tungro spherical virus (RTSV) and a DNA pararetrovirus Rice tungro bacilliform virus (RTBV). It is spread by insects owing to an RTSV-encoded transmission factor. RTBV has evolved a ribosome shunt mechanism to initiate translati...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Pooggin MM,Rajeswaran R,Schepetilnikov MV,Ryabova LA

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebrovascular dysfunction plays a key role in the pathogenesis of cerebral malaria. In experimental cerebral malaria (ECM) induced by Plasmodium berghei ANKA, cerebrovascular dysfunction characterized by vascular constriction, occlusion and damage results in impaired perfusion and reduced cerebral blood flow and oxy...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Ong PK,Melchior B,Martins YC,Hofer A,Orjuela-Sánchez P,Cabrales P,Zanini GM,Frangos JA,Carvalho LJ

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：:Immunocompromised individuals tend to suffer from influenza longer with more serious complications than otherwise healthy patients. Little is known about the impact of prolonged infection and the efficacy of antiviral therapy in these patients. Among all 189 influenza A virus infected immunocompromised patients admitt...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： van der Vries E,Stittelaar KJ,van Amerongen G,Veldhuis Kroeze EJ,de Waal L,Fraaij PL,Meesters RJ,Luider TM,van der Nagel B,Koch B,Vulto AG,Schutten M,Osterhaus AD

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transforming growth factor (TGF)-β inhibits hepatitis B virus (HBV) replication although the intracellular effectors involved are not determined. Here, we report that reduction of HBV transcripts by TGF-β is dependent on AID expression, which significantly decreases both HBV transcripts and viral DNA, resulting in inh...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Liang G,Liu G,Kitamura K,Wang Z,Chowdhury S,Monjurul AM,Wakae K,Koura M,Shimadu M,Kinoshita K,Muramatsu M

更新日期：2015-04-02 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：:Marburg virus (family Filoviridae) causes sporadic outbreaks of severe hemorrhagic disease in sub-Saharan Africa. Bats have been implicated as likely natural reservoir hosts based most recently on an investigation of cases among miners infected in 2007 at the Kitaka mine, Uganda, which contained a large population of ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Amman BR,Carroll SA,Reed ZD,Sealy TK,Balinandi S,Swanepoel R,Kemp A,Erickson BR,Comer JA,Campbell S,Cannon DL,Khristova ML,Atimnedi P,Paddock CD,Crockett RJ,Flietstra TD,Warfield KL,Unfer R,Katongole-Mbidde E,Downin

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic chronic diarrhea (ICD) is a leading cause of morbidity amongst rhesus monkeys kept in captivity. Here, we show that exposure of affected animals to the whipworm Trichuris trichiura led to clinical improvement in fecal consistency, accompanied by weight gain, in four out of the five treated monkeys. By flow ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Broadhurst MJ,Ardeshir A,Kanwar B,Mirpuri J,Gundra UM,Leung JM,Wiens KE,Vujkovic-Cvijin I,Kim CC,Yarovinsky F,Lerche NW,McCune JM,Loke P

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Populations of honey bees are declining throughout the world, with US beekeepers losing 30% of their colonies each winter. Though multiple factors are driving these colony losses, it is increasingly clear that viruses play a major role. However, information about the molecular mechanisms mediating antiviral immunity i...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Galbraith DA,Yang X,Niño EL,Yi S,Grozinger C

更新日期：2015-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Members of the major candidate phylum Dependentiae (a.k.a. TM6) are widespread across diverse environments from showerheads to peat bogs; yet, with the exception of two isolates infecting amoebae, they are only known from metagenomic data. The limited knowledge of their biology indicates that they have a long evolutio...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Deeg CM,Zimmer MM,George EE,Husnik F,Keeling PJ,Suttle CA

更新日期：2019-05-31 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：: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：:Vaccinia virus A33 is an extracellular enveloped virus (EEV)-specific type II membrane glycoprotein that is essential for efficient EEV formation and long-range viral spread within the host. A33 is a target for neutralizing antibody responses against EEV. In this study, we produced seven murine anti-A33 monoclonal ant...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Matho MH,Schlossman A,Meng X,Benhnia MR,Kaever T,Buller M,Doronin K,Parker S,Peters B,Crotty S,Xiang Y,Zajonc DM

更新日期：2015-09-01 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

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：:Uncovering how natural selection and genetic drift shape the evolutionary dynamics of virus populations within their hosts can pave the way to a better understanding of virus emergence. Mathematical models already play a leading role in these studies and are intended to predict future emergences. Here, using high-thro...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Fabre F,Montarry J,Coville J,Senoussi R,Simon V,Moury B

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plants possess active defense systems and can protect themselves from pathogenic invasion by secretion of a variety of small antimicrobial or antifungal proteins such as thionins. The antibacterial and antifungal properties of thionins are derived from their ability to induce open pore formation on cell membranes of p...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Asano T,Miwa A,Maeda K,Kimura M,Nishiuchi T

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retroviral capsid recognition by Trim5 blocks productive infection. Rhesus macaques harbor three functionally distinct Trim5 alleles: Trim5α(Q) , Trim5α(TFP) and Trim5(CypA) . Despite the high degree of amino acid identity between Trim5α(Q) and Trim5α(TFP) alleles, the Q/TFP polymorphism results in the differential re...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： McCarthy KR,Schmidt AG,Kirmaier A,Wyand AL,Newman RM,Johnson WE

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RANTES (CCL5) is a chemokine expressed by many hematopoietic and non-hematopoietic cell types that plays an important role in homing and migration of effector and memory T cells during acute infections. The RANTES receptor, CCR5, is a major target of anti-HIV drugs based on blocking viral entry. However, defects in RA...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Crawford A,Angelosanto JM,Nadwodny KL,Blackburn SD,Wherry EJ

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00