Bacterial behavior in human blood reveals complement evaders with some persister-like features.

abstract：:Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) remains a major public health problem, with an effective vaccine continuing to prove elusive. Progress in vaccination strategies has been hampered by a lack of appreciation of the bacterium's response to dynamic changes in the host immune environment. Here, we utilize reporter Mtb stra...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Sukumar N,Tan S,Aldridge BB,Russell DG

更新日期：2014-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Accurate calculation of mutation rates for viruses and viroids is necessary for evolutionary studies and to evaluate adaptation potential. However, estimation of in vivo mutation rates is complicated by selection, which leads to loss or proliferation of certain mutations. To minimize this concern, lethal mutations, in...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Wu J,Bisaro DM

更新日期：2020-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is an RNA virus in the Family Paramyxoviridae. Here, the activities performed by the RSV polymerase when it encounters the viral antigenomic promoter were examined. RSV RNA synthesis was reconstituted in vitro using recombinant, isolated polymerase and an RNA oligonucleotide template ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Noton SL,Deflubé LR,Tremaglio CZ,Fearns R

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As well as their importance to nutrition, fatty acids (FA) represent a unique group of quorum sensing chemicals that modulate the behavior of bacterial population in virulence. However, the way in which full-length, membrane-bound receptors biochemically detect FA remains unclear. Here, we provide genetic, enzymologic...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Cai Z,Yuan ZH,Zhang H,Pan Y,Wu Y,Tian XQ,Wang FF,Wang L,Qian W

更新日期：2017-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The inability of sodium antimony gluconate (SAG)-unresponsive kala-azar patients to clear Leishmania donovani (LD) infection despite SAG therapy is partly due to an ill-defined immune-dysfunction. Since dendritic cells (DCs) typically initiate anti-leishmanial immunity, a role for DCs in aberrant LD clearance was inve...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Haldar AK,Yadav V,Singhal E,Bisht KK,Singh A,Bhaumik S,Basu R,Sen P,Roy S

更新日期：2010-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Laboratory strains of the mouse polyoma virus differ markedly in their abilities to replicate and induce tumors in newborn mice. Major determinants of pathogenicity lie in the sialic binding pocket of the major capsid protein Vp1 and dictate receptor-binding properties of the virus. Substitutions at two sites in Vp1 d...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Carroll J,Dey D,Kreisman L,Velupillai P,Dahl J,Telford S,Bronson R,Benjamin T

更新日期：2007-12-01 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：: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：:As a canonical adaptor for the Toll-like receptor (TLR) family, myeloid differentiation primary response protein 88 (MyD88) has crucial roles in host defense against infection by microbial pathogens, and its dysregulation might induce autoimmune diseases. Here, we demonstrate that the chicken Cullin 3-based ubiquitin ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Li Q,Wang F,Wang Q,Zhang N,Zheng J,Zheng M,Liu R,Cui H,Wen J,Zhao G

更新日期：2020-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The cytidine deaminases APOBEC3G and APOBEC3F exert anti-HIV-1 activity that is countered by the HIV-1 vif protein. Based on potential transcription factor binding sites in their putative promoters, we hypothesized that expression of APOBEC3G and APOBEC3F would vary with T helper lymphocyte differentiation. Naive CD4+...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Vetter ML,Johnson ME,Antons AK,Unutmaz D,D'Aquila RT

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA helicases and chaperones are the two major classes of RNA remodeling proteins, which function to remodel RNA structures and/or RNA-protein interactions, and are required for all aspects of RNA metabolism. Although some virus-encoded RNA helicases/chaperones have been predicted or identified, their RNA remodeling a...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Xia H,Wang P,Wang GC,Yang J,Sun X,Wu W,Qiu Y,Shu T,Zhao X,Yin L,Qin CF,Hu Y,Zhou X

更新日期：2015-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Deltaretroviruses such as human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) and bovine leukemia virus (BLV) induce a persistent infection that remains generally asymptomatic but can also lead to leukemia or lymphoma. These viruses replicate by infecting new lymphocytes (i.e. the infectious cycle) or via clonal expansion of t...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Gillet NA,Gutiérrez G,Rodriguez SM,de Brogniez A,Renotte N,Alvarez I,Trono K,Willems L

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human T cell leukemia virus HTLV-1 establishes a persistent infection in vivo in which the viral sense-strand transcription is usually silent at a given time in each cell. However, cellular stress responses trigger the reactivation of HTLV-1, enabling the virus to transmit to a new host cell. Using single-molecule...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Miura M,Dey S,Ramanayake S,Singh A,Rueda DS,Bangham CRM

更新日期：2019-11-18 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：:Many viruses express factors that reduce host gene expression through widespread degradation of cellular mRNA. An example of this class of proteins is the mRNA-targeting endoribonuclease SOX from the gamma-herpesvirus Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV). Previous studies indicated that cleavage of messenger...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Gaglia MM,Rycroft CH,Glaunsinger BA

更新日期：2015-12-08 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：:Migrating cells are guided in complex environments mainly by chemotaxis or structural cues presented by the surrounding tissue. During transmission of malaria, parasite motility in the skin is important for Plasmodium sporozoites to reach the blood circulation. Here we show that sporozoite migration varies in differen...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Hellmann JK,Münter S,Kudryashev M,Schulz S,Heiss K,Müller AK,Matuschewski K,Spatz JP,Schwarz US,Frischknecht F

更新日期：2011-06-01 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：: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：: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：TRIAL REGISTRATION:ClinicalTrials.gov Clinical Trial NCT00594880. ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Chitre AS,Kattah MG,Rosli YY,Pao M,Deswal M,Deeks SG,Hunt PW,Abdel-Mohsen M,Montaner LJ,Kim CC,Ma A,Somsouk M,McCune JM

更新日期：2018-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The life cycle of the mammalian pathogen Trypanosoma brucei involves commuting between two markedly different environments: the homeothermic mammalian host and the poikilothermic invertebrate vector. The ability to resist temperature and other stresses is essential for trypanosome survival. Trypanosome gene expression...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Minia I,Clayton C

更新日期：2016-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The Ras-GAP SH3 domain-binding proteins (G3BP) are essential regulators of the formation of stress granules (SG), cytosolic aggregates of proteins and RNA that are induced upon cellular stress, such as virus infection. Many viruses, including Semliki Forest virus (SFV), block SG induction by targeting G3BP. In this wo...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Panas MD,Schulte T,Thaa B,Sandalova T,Kedersha N,Achour A,McInerney GM

更新日期：2015-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The obligate intracellular, gram-negative bacterium Chlamydophila pneumoniae (Cpn) has impact as a human pathogen. Little is known about changes in the Cpn transcriptome during its biphasic developmental cycle (the acute infection) and persistence. The latter stage has been linked to chronic diseases. To analyze Cpn C...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Mäurer AP,Mehlitz A,Mollenkopf HJ,Meyer TF

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current understanding of adaptive immune, particularly T cell, responses to human rhinoviruses (RV) is limited. Memory T cells are thought to be of a primarily T helper 1 type, but both T helper 1 and T helper 2 memory cells have been described, and heightened T helper 2/ lessened T helper 1 responses have been associ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Glanville N,Peel TJ,Schröder A,Aniscenko J,Walton RP,Finotto S,Johnston SL

更新日期：2016-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Phagocytosis is an ancient mechanism central to both tissue homeostasis and immune defense. Both the identity of the receptors that mediate bacterial phagocytosis and the nature of the interactions between phagocytosis and other defense mechanisms remain elusive. Here, we report that Croquemort (Crq), a Drosophila mem...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Guillou A,Troha K,Wang H,Franc NC,Buchon N

更新日期：2016-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The retinoic acid-inducible gene-I (RIG-I)-like receptors (RLRs), including RIG-I and melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 (MDA5), sense cytoplasmic viral RNA and initiate innate antiviral responses. How RIG-I and MDA5 are differentially regulated remains enigmatic. In this study, we identified the guanylate-bin...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Zhong X,Feng L,Zang R,Lei CQ,Yang Q,Shu HB

更新日期：2020-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracellular signaling is a mechanism that higher eukaryotes have evolved to facilitate organismal homeostasis. Recent years have seen an emerging interest in the role of secreted microvesicles, termed extracellular vesicles (EV) or exosomes in this signaling network. EV contents can be modified by the cell in respon...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： McNamara RP,Chugh PE,Bailey A,Costantini LM,Ma Z,Bigi R,Cheves A,Eason AB,Landis JT,Host KM,Xiong J,Griffith JD,Damania B,Dittmer DP

更新日期：2019-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme disease in humans, is exposed to reactive oxygen and nitrogen species (ROS and RNS) in both the tick vector and vertebrate reservoir hosts. B. burgdorferi contains a limited repertoire of canonical oxidative stress response genes, suggesting that novel gene functions m...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Ramsey ME,Hyde JA,Medina-Perez DN,Lin T,Gao L,Lundt ME,Li X,Norris SJ,Skare JT,Hu LT

更新日期：2017-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the advent of genome-wide small interfering RNA screening, large numbers of cellular cofactors important for viral infection have been discovered at a rapid pace, but the viral targets and the mechanism of action for many of these cofactors remain undefined. One such cofactor is cyclophilin A (CyPA), upon which ...

journal_title：PLoS pathogens

authors： Yang F,Robotham JM,Grise H,Frausto S,Madan V,Zayas M,Bartenschlager R,Robinson M,Greenstein AE,Nag A,Logan TM,Bienkiewicz E,Tang H

更新日期：2010-09-23 00:00:00