Streptococcal Lancefield polysaccharides are critical cell wall determinants for human Group IIA secreted phospholipase A2 to exert its bactericidal effects.

abstract：:Giardia intestinalis is a major cause of diarrheal disease worldwide and two major Giardia genotypes, assemblages A and B, infect humans. The genome of assemblage A parasite WB was recently sequenced, and the structurally compact 11.7 Mbp genome contains simplified basic cellular machineries and metabolism. We here pe...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Franzén O,Jerlström-Hultqvist J,Castro E,Sherwood E,Ankarklev J,Reiner DS,Palm D,Andersson JO,Andersson B,Svärd SG

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The causative agent of Lyme borreliosis, the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi, has been shown to induce expression of the urokinase receptor (uPAR); however, the role of uPAR in the immune response against Borrelia has never been investigated. uPAR not only acts as a proteinase receptor, but can also, dependently or in...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Hovius JW,Bijlsma MF,van der Windt GJ,Wiersinga WJ,Boukens BJ,Coumou J,Oei A,de Beer R,de Vos AF,van 't Veer C,van Dam AP,Wang P,Fikrig E,Levi MM,Roelofs JJ,van der Poll T

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In inflammation, pain is regulated by a balance of pro- and analgesic mediators. Analgesic mediators include opioid peptides which are secreted by neutrophils at the site of inflammation, leading to activation of opioid receptors on peripheral sensory neurons. In humans, local opioids and opioid peptides significantly...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Rittner HL,Hackel D,Voigt P,Mousa S,Stolz A,Labuz D,Schäfer M,Schaefer M,Stein C,Brack A

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV-1 maturation inhibitors (MIs) disrupt the final step in the HIV-1 protease-mediated cleavage of the Gag polyprotein between capsid p24 capsid (CA) and spacer peptide 1 (SP1), leading to the production of infectious virus. BMS-955176 is a second generation MI with improved antiviral activity toward polymorphic Gag ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Lin Z,Cantone J,Lu H,Nowicka-Sans B,Protack T,Yuan T,Yang H,Liu Z,Drexler D,Regueiro-Ren A,Meanwell NA,Cockett M,Krystal M,Lataillade M,Dicker IB

更新日期：2016-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Babesia bovis is an apicomplexan tick-transmitted pathogen of cattle imposing a global risk and severe constraints to livestock health and economic development. The complete genome sequence was undertaken to facilitate vaccine antigen discovery, and to allow for comparative analysis with the related apicomplexan hemop...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Brayton KA,Lau AO,Herndon DR,Hannick L,Kappmeyer LS,Berens SJ,Bidwell SL,Brown WC,Crabtree J,Fadrosh D,Feldblum T,Forberger HA,Haas BJ,Howell JM,Khouri H,Koo H,Mann DJ,Norimine J,Paulsen IT,Radune D,Ren Q,Smith

更新日期：2007-10-19 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：:Human T Lymphotropic virus (HTLV) infection can persist in individuals resulting, at least in part, from viral escape of the innate immunity, including inhibition of type I interferon response in infected T-cells. Plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) are known to bypass viral escape by their robust type I interferon pr...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Assil S,Futsch N,Décembre E,Alais S,Gessain A,Cosset FL,Mahieux R,Dreux M,Dutartre H

更新日期：2019-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycoplasma pneumoniae, a human pathogenic bacterium, glides on host cell surfaces by a unique and unknown mechanism. It forms an attachment organelle at a cell pole as a membrane protrusion composed of surface and internal structures, with a highly organized architecture. In the present study, we succeeded in isolatin...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Nakane D,Kenri T,Matsuo L,Miyata M

更新日期：2015-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Targeting of permissive entry sites is crucial for bacterial infection. The targeting mechanisms are incompletely understood. We have analyzed target-site selection by S. Typhimurium. This enteropathogenic bacterium employs adhesins (e.g. fim) and the type III secretion system 1 (TTSS-1) for host cell binding, the tri...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Misselwitz B,Barrett N,Kreibich S,Vonaesch P,Andritschke D,Rout S,Weidner K,Sormaz M,Songhet P,Horvath P,Chabria M,Vogel V,Spori DM,Jenny P,Hardt WD

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intrinsic oncotropism and oncosuppressive activities of rodent protoparvoviruses (PVs) are opening new prospects for cancer virotherapy. Virus propagation, cytolytic activity, and spread are tightly connected to activation of the PDK1 signaling cascade, which delays stress-induced cell death and sustains functioni...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Bär S,Rommelaere J,Nüesch JP

更新日期：2015-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Clonorchis sinensis is a carcinogenic human liver fluke, prolonged infection which provokes chronic inflammation, epithelial hyperplasia, periductal fibrosis, and even cholangiocarcinoma (CCA). These effects are driven by direct physical damage caused by the worms, as well as chemical irritation from their excretory-s...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Won J,Cho Y,Lee D,Jeon BY,Ju JW,Chung S,Pak JH

更新日期：2019-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：:For Hepatitis C virus (HCV), initiation of translation is cap-independently mediated by its internal ribosome entry site (IRES). Unlike other IRES-containing viruses that shut off host cap-dependent translation, translation of HCV coexists with that of the host. How HCV IRES-mediated translation is regulated in the in...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Huang JY,Su WC,Jeng KS,Chang TH,Lai MM

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic exchange by recombination, or reassortment of genomic segments, has been shown to be an important process in RNA virus evolution, resulting often in important phenotypic changes affecting host range and virulence. However, data from numerous systems indicate that reassortant or recombinant genotypes could be s...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Escriu F,Fraile A,García-Arenal F

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dendritic cells (DCs) are specialized phagocytes that internalize exogenous antigens and microbes at peripheral sites, and then migrate to lymphatic organs to display foreign peptides to naïve T cells. There are several examples where DCs have been shown to be more efficient at restricting the intracellular replicatio...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Nogueira CV,Lindsten T,Jamieson AM,Case CL,Shin S,Thompson CB,Roy CR

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:EBV transforms B cells in vitro and causes human B-cell lymphomas including classical Hodgkin lymphoma (CHL), Burkitt lymphoma (BL) and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). The EBV latency protein, EBNA2, transcriptionally activates the promoters of all latent viral protein-coding genes expressed in type III EBV lat...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Li C,Romero-Masters JC,Huebner S,Ohashi M,Hayes M,Bristol JA,Nelson SE,Eichelberg MR,Van Sciver N,Ranheim EA,Scott RS,Johannsen EC,Kenney SC

更新日期：2020-06-15 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：:Toxin-antitoxin (TA) systems are prevalent in many bacterial genomes and have been implicated in biofilm and persister cell formation, but the contribution of individual chromosomally encoded TA systems during bacterial pathogenesis is not well understood. Of the known TA systems encoded by Escherichia coli, only a su...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Norton JP,Mulvey MA

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：: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：:Transmission of Helicobacter pylori is thought to occur mainly during childhood, and predominantly within families. However, due to the difficulty of obtaining H. pylori isolates from large population samples and to the extensive genetic diversity between isolates, the transmission and spread of H. pylori remain poorl...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Schwarz S,Morelli G,Kusecek B,Manica A,Balloux F,Owen RJ,Graham DY,van der Merwe S,Achtman M,Suerbaum S

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genomic dissection of antibiotic resistance in bacterial pathogens has largely focused on genetic changes conferring growth above a single critical concentration of drug. However, reduced susceptibility to antibiotics-even below this breakpoint-is associated with poor treatment outcomes in the clinic, including in tub...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Hicks ND,Giffen SR,Culviner PH,Chao MC,Dulberger CL,Liu Q,Stanley S,Brown J,Sixsmith J,Wolf ID,Fortune SM

更新日期：2020-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The disease state of amebiasis, caused by Entamoeba histolytica, varies from asymptomatic to severe manifestations that include dysentery and extraintestinal abscesses. The virulence factors of the pathogen, and host defense mechanisms, contribute to the outcomes of infection; however, the underlying genetic factors, ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Nakada-Tsukui K,Sekizuka T,Sato-Ebine E,Escueta-de Cadiz A,Ji DD,Tomii K,Kuroda M,Nozaki T

更新日期：2018-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Exosomes can transfer genetic materials between cells. Their roles in viral infections are beginning to be appreciated. Researches have shown that exosomes released from virus-infected cells contain a variety of viral and host cellular factors that are able to modulate recipient's cellular response and result in produ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Fu Y,Zhang L,Zhang F,Tang T,Zhou Q,Feng C,Jin Y,Wu Z

更新日期：2017-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Type I interferons (IFNs) play a critical role in host defense against influenza virus infection, and the mechanism of influenza virus to evade type I IFNs responses remains to be fully understood. Here, we found that progranulin (PGRN) was significantly increased both in vitro and in vivo during influenza virus infec...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Wei F,Jiang Z,Sun H,Pu J,Sun Y,Wang M,Tong Q,Bi Y,Ma X,Gao GF,Liu J

更新日期：2019-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Viral infections of central nervous system (CNS) often trigger inflammatory responses that give rise to a wide range of pathological outcomes. The CNS is equipped with an elaborate network of innate immune sentinels (e.g. microglia, macrophages, dendritic cells) that routinely serve as first responders to these infect...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Nayak D,Johnson KR,Heydari S,Roth TL,Zinselmeyer BH,McGavern DB

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phase variable expression, mediated by high frequency reversible changes in the length of simple sequence repeats, facilitates adaptation of bacterial populations to changing environments and is frequently important in bacterial virulence. Here we elucidate a novel phase variable mechanism for NadA, an adhesin and inv...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Metruccio MM,Pigozzi E,Roncarati D,Berlanda Scorza F,Norais N,Hill SA,Scarlato V,Delany I

更新日期：2009-12-01 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：:Intracellular pathogens have evolved diverse strategies to invade and survive within host cells. Among the most studied facultative intracellular pathogens, Listeria monocytogenes is known to express two invasins-InlA and InlB-that induce bacterial internalization into nonphagocytic cells. The pore-forming toxin liste...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Vadia S,Arnett E,Haghighat AC,Wilson-Kubalek EM,Tweten RK,Seveau S

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neisseria gonorrhoeae causes the sexually-transmitted infection gonorrhea, a global disease that is difficult to treat and for which there is no vaccine. This pathogen employs an arsenal of conserved outer membrane proteins called TonB-dependent transporters (TdTs) that allow the gonococcus to overcome nutritional imm...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Maurakis S,Keller K,Maxwell CN,Pereira K,Chazin WJ,Criss AK,Cornelissen CN

更新日期：2019-08-01 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