Dengue virus reduces AGPAT1 expression to alter phospholipids and enhance infection in Aedes aegypti.

abstract：:Promyelocytic leukemia protein (PML) has antiviral functions and many viruses encode gene products that disrupt PML nuclear bodies (PML NBs). However, evidence of the relevance of PML NB modification for viral pathogenesis is limited and little is known about viral gene functions required for PML NB disruption in infe...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Wang L,Oliver SL,Sommer M,Rajamani J,Reichelt M,Arvin AM

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) nonstructural protein 2 (NS2) is a hydrophobic, transmembrane protein that is required not only for NS2-NS3 cleavage, but also for infectious virus production. To identify cellular factors that interact with NS2 and are important for HCV propagation, we screened a human liver cDNA library by sp...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Suzuki R,Matsuda M,Watashi K,Aizaki H,Matsuura Y,Wakita T,Suzuki T

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Pneumococcal serine-rich repeat protein (PsrP) is a pathogenicity island encoded adhesin that has been positively correlated with the ability of Streptococcus pneumoniae to cause invasive disease. Previous studies have shown that PsrP mediates bacterial attachment to Keratin 10 (K10) on the surface of lung cells t...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Sanchez CJ,Shivshankar P,Stol K,Trakhtenbroit S,Sullam PM,Sauer K,Hermans PW,Orihuela CJ

更新日期：2010-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Human Papillomavirus (HPV) 16 E7 protein promotes the transformation of HPV infected epithelium to malignancy. Here, we use a murine model in which the E7 protein of HPV16 is expressed as a transgene in epithelium to show that mast cells are recruited to the basal layer of E7-expressing epithelium, and that this recru...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Bergot AS,Ford N,Leggatt GR,Wells JW,Frazer IH,Grimbaldeston MA

更新日期：2014-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Interferons (IFNs) are a group of cytokines with a well-established antiviral function. They can be induced by viral infection, are secreted and bind to specific receptors on the same or neighbouring cells to activate the expression of hundreds of IFN stimulated genes (ISGs) with antiviral function. Type I IFN has bee...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Crotta S,Davidson S,Mahlakoiv T,Desmet CJ,Buckwalter MR,Albert ML,Staeheli P,Wack A

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In bacteria, transformation and restriction-modification (R-M) systems play potentially antagonistic roles. While the former, proposed as a form of sexuality, relies on internalized foreign DNA to create genetic diversity, the latter degrade foreign DNA to protect from bacteriophage attack. The human pathogen Streptoc...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Johnston C,Martin B,Granadel C,Polard P,Claverys JP

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The microbiome and the phage meta-genome within the human gut are influenced by antibiotic treatments. Identifying a novel mechanism, here we demonstrate that bacteria use the universal communication molecule AI-2 to induce virulence genes and transfer them via phage release. High concentrations (i.e. 100 μM) of AI-2 ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Rossmann FS,Racek T,Wobser D,Puchalka J,Rabener EM,Reiger M,Hendrickx AP,Diederich AK,Jung K,Klein C,Huebner J

更新日期：2015-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The human parvovirus Adeno-Associated Virus (AAV) type 2 can only replicate in cells co-infected with a helper virus, such as Adenovirus or Herpes Simplex Virus type 1 (HSV-1); whereas, in the absence of a helper virus, it establishes a latent infection. Previous studies demonstrated that the ternary HSV-1 helicase/pr...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Alazard-Dany N,Nicolas A,Ploquin A,Strasser R,Greco A,Epstein AL,Fraefel C,Salvetti A

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Highly phagocytic macrophages line the marginal zone (MZ) of the spleen and the lymph node subcapsular sinus. Although these macrophages have been attributed with a variety of functions, including the uptake and clearance of blood and lymph-borne pathogens, little is known about the effector mechanisms they employ aft...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Phillips R,Svensson M,Aziz N,Maroof A,Brown N,Beattie L,Signoret N,Kaye PM

更新日期：2010-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：:A central question in Leishmania research is why most species cause cutaneous infections but others cause fatal visceral disease. Interestingly, L. donovani causes both visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis in Sri Lanka. L. donovani clinical isolates were therefore obtained from cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL-SL) and visc...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Zhang WW,Ramasamy G,McCall LI,Haydock A,Ranasinghe S,Abeygunasekara P,Sirimanna G,Wickremasinghe R,Myler P,Matlashewski G

更新日期：2014-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteria that live in the environment have evolved pathways specialized to defend against eukaryotic organisms or other bacteria. In this manuscript, we systematically examined the role of the five type VI secretion systems (T6SSs) of Burkholderia thailandensis (B. thai) in eukaryotic and bacterial cell interactions. ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Schwarz S,West TE,Boyer F,Chiang WC,Carl MA,Hood RD,Rohmer L,Tolker-Nielsen T,Skerrett SJ,Mougous JD

更新日期：2010-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：:In host-pathogen interactions, the struggle for iron may have major consequences on the outcome of the disease. To overcome the low solubility and bio-availability of iron, bacteria have evolved multiple systems to acquire iron from various sources such as heme, hemoglobin and ferritin. The molecular basis of iron acq...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Segond D,Abi Khalil E,Buisson C,Daou N,Kallassy M,Lereclus D,Arosio P,Bou-Abdallah F,Nielsen Le Roux C

更新日期：2014-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Malaria is a global health concern caused by infection with Plasmodium parasites. With rising insecticide and drug resistance, there is a critical need to develop novel control strategies, including strategies to block parasite sporogony in key mosquito vector species. MAPK signaling pathways regulated by extracellula...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Souvannaseng L,Hun LV,Baker H,Klyver JM,Wang B,Pakpour N,Bridgewater JM,Napoli E,Giulivi C,Riehle MA,Luckhart S

更新日期：2018-11-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis B virus (HBV) replicates its 3 kb DNA genome through capsid-internal reverse transcription, initiated by assembly of 120 core protein (HBc) dimers around a complex of viral pregenomic (pg) RNA and polymerase. Following synthesis of relaxed circular (RC) DNA capsids can be enveloped and secreted as stable vir...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Heger-Stevic J,Zimmermann P,Lecoq L,Böttcher B,Nassal M

更新日期：2018-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the role of myeloid dendritic cells (mDCs) in the outcome of SIV infection by comparing and contrasting their frequency, mobilization, phenotype, cytokine production and apoptosis in pathogenic (pigtailed macaques, PTMs), nonpathogenic (African green monkeys, AGMs) and controlled (rhesus macaques, RMs) SIV...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Wijewardana V,Kristoff J,Xu C,Ma D,Haret-Richter G,Stock JL,Policicchio BB,Mobley AD,Nusbaum R,Aamer H,Trichel A,Ribeiro RM,Apetrei C,Pandrea I

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The virions of enteroviruses such as poliovirus undergo a global conformational change after binding to the cellular receptor, characterized by a 4% expansion, and by the opening of holes at the two and quasi-three-fold symmetry axes of the capsid. The resultant particle is called a 135S particle or A-particle and is ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Shah PNM,Filman DJ,Karunatilaka KS,Hesketh EL,Groppelli E,Strauss M,Hogle JM

更新日期：2020-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) reduces HIV-associated morbidities and mortalities but cannot cure the infection. Given the difficulty of eradicating HIV-1, a functional cure for HIV-infected patients appears to be a more reachable short-term goal. We identified 14 HIV patients (post-treatment controllers [P...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Sáez-Cirión A,Bacchus C,Hocqueloux L,Avettand-Fenoel V,Girault I,Lecuroux C,Potard V,Versmisse P,Melard A,Prazuck T,Descours B,Guergnon J,Viard JP,Boufassa F,Lambotte O,Goujard C,Meyer L,Costagliola D,Venet A,Pancin

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is the leading cause of neonatal pneumonia, septicemia, and meningitis. We have previously shown that in adult mice GBS glycolytic enzyme glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) is an extracellular virulence factor that induces production of the immunosuppressive cytokine interleuk...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Madureira P,Andrade EB,Gama B,Oliveira L,Moreira S,Ribeiro A,Correia-Neves M,Trieu-Cuot P,Vilanova M,Ferreira P

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Viroporins are small transmembrane proteins with ion channel activities modulating properties of intracellular membranes that have diverse proviral functions. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) encodes a viroporin, p7, acting during assembly, envelopment and secretion of viral particles (VP). HCV p7 is released from the viral po...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Denolly S,Mialon C,Bourlet T,Amirache F,Penin F,Lindenbach B,Boson B,Cosset FL

更新日期：2017-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:IFNγ signaling drives dendritic cells (DCs) to promote type I T cell (Th1) immunity. Here, we show that activation of DCs by IFNγ is equally crucial for the differentiation of a population of T-bet+ regulatory T (Treg) cells specialized to inhibit Th1 immune responses. Conditional deletion of IFNγ receptor in DCs but ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Lee HM,Fleige A,Forman R,Cho S,Khan AA,Lin LL,Nguyen DT,O'Hara-Hall A,Yin Z,Hunter CA,Muller W,Lu LF

更新日期：2015-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Insect immune systems can recognize specific pathogens and prime offspring immunity. High specificity of immune priming can be achieved when insect females transfer immune elicitors into developing oocytes. The molecular mechanism behind this transfer has been a mystery. Here, we establish that the egg-yolk protein vi...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Salmela H,Amdam GV,Freitak D

更新日期：2015-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymph nodes (LN) and their resident T follicular helper CD4+ T cells (Tfh) are a critical site for HIV replication and persistence. Therefore, optimizing antiviral activity in lymphoid tissues will be needed to reduce or eliminate the HIV reservoir. In this study, we retained effector immune cells in LN of cART-suppre...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Pino M,Paganini S,Deleage C,Padhan K,Harper JL,King CT,Micci L,Cervasi B,Mudd JC,Gill KP,Jean SM,Easley K,Silvestri G,Estes JD,Petrovas C,Lederman MM,Paiardini M

更新日期：2019-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infects about 50% of the US population, is the leading infectious cause of birth defects, and is considered the most important infectious agent in transplant recipients. The virus infects many cell types in vivo and in vitro. While previous studies have identified several cellular proteins...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Li Q,Wilkie AR,Weller M,Liu X,Cohen JI

更新日期：2015-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure to Plasmodium falciparum is associated with circulating "atypical" memory B cells (atMBCs), which appear similar to dysfunctional B cells found in HIV-infected individuals. Functional analysis of atMBCs has been limited, with one report suggesting these cells are not dysfunctional but produce protective antib...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Sullivan RT,Kim CC,Fontana MF,Feeney ME,Jagannathan P,Boyle MJ,Drakeley CJ,Ssewanyana I,Nankya F,Mayanja-Kizza H,Dorsey G,Greenhouse B

更新日期：2015-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclear hormone receptors respond to small molecules such as retinoids or steroids and regulate development. Signaling in the conserved p38/PMK-1 MAP kinase pathway regulates innate immunity. In this study, we show that the Caenorhabditis elegans nuclear receptor DAF-12 negatively regulates the defense against pathoge...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Liu F,He CX,Luo LJ,Zou QL,Zhao YX,Saini R,Han SF,Knölker HJ,Wang LS,Ge BX

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serine protease cascades regulate important insect immune responses namely melanization and Toll pathway activation. An important component of these cascades are clip-domain serine protease homologs (cSPHs), which are non-catalytic, but essential for activating the enzyme prophenoloxidase (PPO) in the melanization res...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： El Moussawi L,Nakhleh J,Kamareddine L,Osta MA

更新日期：2019-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Surface recognition and penetration are critical steps in the infection cycle of many plant pathogenic fungi. In Magnaporthe oryzae, cAMP signaling is involved in surface recognition and pathogenesis. Deletion of the MAC1 adenylate cyclase gene affected appressorium formation and plant infection. In this study, we use...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Zhou X,Zhang H,Li G,Shaw B,Xu JR

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many viral pathogens are persistently transmitted by insect vectors and cause agricultural or health problems. Generally, an insect vector can use autophagy as an intrinsic antiviral defense mechanism against viral infection. Whether viruses can evolve to exploit autophagy to promote their transmission by insect vecto...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Chen Y,Chen Q,Li M,Mao Q,Chen H,Wu W,Jia D,Wei T

更新日期：2017-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), a ubiquitous human herpesvirus, can latently infect the human population. EBV is associated with several types of malignancies originating from lymphoid and epithelial cell types. EBV latent antigen 3C (EBNA3C) is essential for EBV-induced immortalization of B-cells. The Moloney murine leukem...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Banerjee S,Lu J,Cai Q,Sun Z,Jha HC,Robertson ES

更新日期：2014-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Most fungal pathogens of humans display robust protective oxidative stress responses that contribute to their pathogenicity. The induction of enzymes that detoxify reactive oxygen species (ROS) is an essential component of these responses. We showed previously that ectopic expression of the heme-containing catalase en...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Pradhan A,Herrero-de-Dios C,Belmonte R,Budge S,Lopez Garcia A,Kolmogorova A,Lee KK,Martin BD,Ribeiro A,Bebes A,Yuecel R,Gow NAR,Munro CA,MacCallum DM,Quinn J,Brown AJP

更新日期：2017-05-22 00:00:00