Histone methylation changes are required for life cycle progression in the human parasite Schistosoma mansoni.

abstract：:Phospoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC) is absent from humans but encoded in the Plasmodium falciparum genome, suggesting that PEPC has a parasite-specific function. To investigate its importance in P. falciparum, we generated a pepc null mutant (D10(Δpepc) ), which was only achievable when malate, a reduction product o...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Storm J,Sethia S,Blackburn GJ,Chokkathukalam A,Watson DG,Breitling R,Coombs GH,Müller S

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DExD/H box RNA helicases, such as the RIG-I-like receptors (RLR), are important components of the innate immune system. Here we demonstrate a pivotal and sex-specific role for the heterosomal isoforms of the DEAD box RNA helicase DDX3 in the immune system. Mice lacking DDX3X during hematopoiesis showed an altered leuk...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Szappanos D,Tschismarov R,Perlot T,Westermayer S,Fischer K,Platanitis E,Kallinger F,Novatchkova M,Lassnig C,Müller M,Sexl V,Bennett KL,Foong-Sobis M,Penninger JM,Decker T

更新日期：2018-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Entry of Staphylococcus aureus into the bloodstream can lead to metastatic abscess formation and infective endocarditis. Crucial to the development of both these conditions is the interaction of S. aureus with endothelial cells. In vivo and in vitro studies have shown that the staphylococcal invasin FnBPA triggers bac...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Edwards AM,Potts JR,Josefsson E,Massey RC

更新日期：2010-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Flavivirus nonstructural protein 5 (NS5) consists of methyltransferase (MTase) and RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) domains, which catalyze 5'-RNA capping/methylation and RNA synthesis, respectively, during viral genome replication. Although the crystal structure of flavivirus NS5 is known, no data about the quater...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Klema VJ,Ye M,Hindupur A,Teramoto T,Gottipati K,Padmanabhan R,Choi KH

更新日期：2016-02-19 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：:Since 2003, more than 380 cases of H5N1 influenza virus infection of humans have been reported. Although the resultant disease in these cases was often severe or fatal, transmission of avian influenza viruses between humans is rare. The precise nature of the barrier blocking human-to-human spread is unknown. It is cle...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Steel J,Lowen AC,Mubareka S,Palese P

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1007696.]. ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Dewan KK,Taylor-Mulneix DL,Campos LL,Skarlupka AL,Wagner SM,Ryman VE,Gestal MC,Ma L,Blas-Machado U,Faddis BT,Harvill ET

更新日期：2019-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Open reading frame (ORF) 45 of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) is a tegument protein. A genetic analysis with a null mutant suggested a possible role for this protein in the events leading to viral egress. In this study, ORF45 was found to interact with KIF3A, a kinesin-2 motor protein that transports c...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Sathish N,Zhu FX,Yuan Y

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

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：: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：:Chronic immune activation and progression to AIDS are observed after SIV infection in macaques but not in natural host primate species. To better understand this dichotomy, we compared acute pathogenic SIV infection in pigtailed macaques (PTs) to non-pathogenic infection in African green monkeys (AGMs). SIVagm-infecte...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Favre D,Lederer S,Kanwar B,Ma ZM,Proll S,Kasakow Z,Mold J,Swainson L,Barbour JD,Baskin CR,Palermo R,Pandrea I,Miller CJ,Katze MG,McCune JM

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In plants, innate immune responses are initiated by plasma membrane-located pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) upon recognition of elicitors, including exogenous pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) and endogenous damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs). Arabidopsis thaliana produces more than 1000 se...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Hou S,Wang X,Chen D,Yang X,Wang M,Turrà D,Di Pietro A,Zhang W

更新日期：2014-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Nematode parasites secrete molecules which regulate the mammalian immune system, but their genetic intractability is a major impediment to identifying and characterising the biological effects of these molecules. We describe here a novel system for heterologous expression of helminth secreted proteins in the natural p...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Vaux R,Schnoeller C,Berkachy R,Roberts LB,Hagen J,Gounaris K,Selkirk ME

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas aeruginosa is one of the leading causes of nosocomial pneumonia and its associated mortality. Moreover, extensively drug-resistant high-risk clones are globally widespread, presenting a major challenge to the healthcare systems. Despite this, no vaccine is available against this high-concerning pathogen. H...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Cabral MP,Correia A,Vilanova M,Gärtner F,Moscoso M,García P,Vallejo JA,Pérez A,Francisco-Tomé M,Fuentes-Valverde V,Bou G

更新日期：2020-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to switch between yeast and filamentous forms is central to Candida albicans biology. The yeast-hyphal transition is implicated in adherence, tissue invasion, biofilm formation, phagocyte escape, and pathogenesis. A second form of morphological plasticity in C. albicans involves epigenetic switching betwee...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Si H,Hernday AD,Hirakawa MP,Johnson AD,Bennett RJ

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida albicans, a clinically important dimorphic fungal pathogen that can evade immune attack by masking its cell wall beta-glucan from immune recognition, mutes protective host responses mediated by the Dectin-1 beta-glucan receptor on innate immune cells. Although the ability of C. albicans to switch between a yea...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Wheeler RT,Kombe D,Agarwala SD,Fink GR

更新日期：2008-12-01 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：:Mycobacterium leprae, an obligate intracellular bacillus, infects Schwann cells (SCs), leading to peripheral nerve damage, the most severe leprosy symptom. In the present study, we revisited the involvement of phenolic glycolipid I (PGL I), an abundant, private, surface M. leprae molecule, in M. leprae-SC interaction ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Díaz Acosta CC,Dias AA,Rosa TLSA,Batista-Silva LR,Rosa PS,Toledo-Pinto TG,Costa FDMR,Lara FA,Rodrigues LS,Mattos KA,Sarno EN,Bozza PT,Guilhot C,de Berrêdo-Pinho M,Pessolani MCV

更新日期：2018-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) cassette of the cell wall integrity (CWI) pathway is primarily responsible for orchestrating changes of cell wall. However, functions of this cassette in other cellular processes are not well understood. Here, we found that the Botrytis cinerea mutant of MAPK kinase (BcMkk1)...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Yin Y,Wu S,Chui C,Ma T,Jiang H,Hahn M,Ma Z

更新日期：2018-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:We have identified from the mutualistic grass endophyte Epichloë festucae a non-ribosomal peptide synthetase gene (sidN) encoding a siderophore synthetase. The enzymatic product of SidN is shown to be a novel extracellular siderophore designated as epichloënin A, related to ferrirubin from the ferrichrome family. Targ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Johnson LJ,Koulman A,Christensen M,Lane GA,Fraser K,Forester N,Johnson RD,Bryan GT,Rasmussen S

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus aureus USA300 strains cause a highly inflammatory necrotizing pneumonia. The virulence of this strain has been attributed to its expression of multiple toxins that have diverse targets including ADAM10, NLRP3 and CD11b. We demonstrate that induction of necroptosis through RIP1/RIP3/MLKL signaling is a m...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Kitur K,Parker D,Nieto P,Ahn DS,Cohen TS,Chung S,Wachtel S,Bueno S,Prince A

更新日期：2015-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV and other lentiviruses can productively infect nondividing cells, whereas most other retroviruses, such as murine leukemia virus, require cell division for efficient infection. However, the determinants for this phenotype have been controversial. Here, we show that HIV-1 capsid (CA) is involved in facilitating HIV...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Yamashita M,Perez O,Hope TJ,Emerman M

更新日期：2007-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:As with many viruses, rabies virus (RABV) infection induces type I interferon (IFN) production within the infected host cells. However, RABV has evolved mechanisms by which to inhibit IFN production in order to sustain infection. Here we show that RABV infection of dendritic cells (DC) induces potent type I IFN produc...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Faul EJ,Wanjalla CN,Suthar MS,Gale M,Wirblich C,Schnell MJ

更新日期：2010-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary reservoir for HIV is within memory CD4+ T cells residing within tissues, yet the features that make some of these cells more susceptible than others to infection by HIV is not well understood. Recent studies demonstrated that CCR5-tropic HIV-1 efficiently enters tissue-derived memory CD4+ T cells expressin...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Hsiao F,Frouard J,Gramatica A,Xie G,Telwatte S,Lee GQ,Roychoudhury P,Schwarzer R,Luo X,Yukl SA,Lee S,Hoh R,Deeks SG,Jones RB,Cavrois M,Greene WC,Roan NR

更新日期：2020-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbial pathogens often establish infection within particular niches of their host for replication. Determining how infection occurs preferentially in specific host tissues is a key aspect of understanding host-microbe interactions. Here, we describe the discovery of a natural microsporidian parasite of the nematode...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Luallen RJ,Reinke AW,Tong L,Botts MR,Félix MA,Troemel ER

更新日期：2016-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:During immature capsid assembly, HIV-1 genome packaging is initiated when Gag first associates with unspliced HIV-1 RNA by a poorly understood process. Previously, we defined a pathway of sequential intracellular HIV-1 capsid assembly intermediates; here we sought to identify the intermediate in which HIV-1 Gag first ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Barajas BC,Tanaka M,Robinson BA,Phuong DJ,Chutiraka K,Reed JC,Lingappa JR

更新日期：2018-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Cholera, the pandemic diarrheal disease caused by the gram-negative bacterium Vibrio cholerae, continues to be a major public health challenge in the developing world. Cholera toxin, which is responsible for the voluminous stools of cholera, causes constitutive activation of adenylyl cyclase, resulting in the export o...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Blow NS,Salomon RN,Garrity K,Reveillaud I,Kopin A,Jackson FR,Watnick PI

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phosphoinositide-3 kinase (PI3K) pathway regulates diverse cellular activities related to cell growth, migration, survival, and vesicular trafficking. It is known that Ebola virus requires endocytosis to establish an infection. However, the cellular signals that mediate this uptake were unknown for Ebola virus as ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Saeed MF,Kolokoltsov AA,Freiberg AN,Holbrook MR,Davey RA

更新日期：2008-08-29 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：: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