An Engineered Microvirin Variant with Identical Structural Domains Potently Inhibits Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Hepatitis C Virus Cellular Entry.

abstract：:Enteroviruses are a group of over 250 naked icosahedral virus serotypes that have been associated with clinical conditions that range from intrauterine enterovirus transmission withfataloutcome through encephalitis and meningitis, to paralysis. Classically, enterovirus detection was done by assaying for the developmen...

journal_title：Viruses

authors： Faleye TO,Adewumi MO,Adeniji JA

更新日期：2016-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:To further understanding of the structure and morphology of the Orthohantavirus, family Hantaviridae, we have employed cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) for three New World hantaviruses: Andes (ANDV), Sin Nombre (SNV), and Black Creek Canal (BCCV). Building upon our prior cryo-EM and cryo-tomography study of the Old ...

journal_title：Viruses

authors： Parvate A,Williams EP,Taylor MK,Chu YK,Lanman J,Saphire EO,Jonsson CB

更新日期：2019-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Measles virus (MeV) is a paramyxovirus that infects humans, principally children. Despite the existence of an effective and safe vaccine, the number of cases of measles has increased due to lack of vaccination coverage. The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that the number of cases worldwide multiplied fourfold ...

journal_title：Viruses

authors： Meléndez-Villanueva MA,Morán-Santibañez K,Martínez-Sanmiguel JJ,Rangel-López R,Garza-Navarro MA,Rodríguez-Padilla C,Zarate-Triviño DG,Trejo-Ávila LM

更新日期：2019-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Samples of two Ageratum conyzoides, one Sonchus oleraceus and one turnip (Brassica rapa var. rapa) exhibiting virus-like symptoms were collected from Pakistan and Nepal. Full-length begomovirus clones were obtained from the four plant samples and betasatellite clones from three of these. The begomovirus sequences were...

journal_title：Viruses

authors： Tahir M,Amin I,Haider MS,Mansoor S,Briddon RW

更新日期：2015-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Equine influenza, caused by the H3N8 subtype, is a highly contagious respiratory disease affecting equid populations worldwide and has led to serious epidemics and transboundary pandemics. This study describes the phylogenetic characterization and replication kinetics of recently-isolated H3N8 virus from a nasal swab ...

journal_title：Viruses

authors： Sreenivasan CC,Jandhyala SS,Luo S,Hause BM,Thomas M,Knudsen DEB,Leslie-Steen P,Clement T,Reedy SE,Chambers TM,Christopher-Hennings J,Nelson E,Wang D,Kaushik RS,Li F

更新日期：2018-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes over time in HIV-1 subtype diversity within a population reflect changes in factors influencing the development of local epidemics. Here we report on the genetic diversity of 2364 reverse transcriptase sequences from people living with HIV-1 in New South Wales (NSW) notified between 2004 and 2018. These data r...

journal_title：Viruses

authors： Di Giallonardo F,Pinto AN,Keen P,Shaik A,Carrera A,Salem H,Selvey C,Nigro SJ,Fraser N,Price K,Holden J,Lee FJ,Dwyer DE,Bavinton BR,Grulich AE,Kelleher AD,On Behalf Of The Nsw Hiv Prevention Partnership Project

更新日期：2020-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Tetherin (BST2/CD317/HM1.24) has emerged as a key host-cell ·defence molecule that acts by inhibiting the release and spread of diverse enveloped virions from infected cells. We analysed the biological features of canine tetherin and found it to be an unstable hydrophilic type I transmembrane protein with one transmem...

journal_title：Viruses

authors： Zheng Y,Hao X,Zheng Q,Lin X,Zhang X,Zeng W,Ding S,Zhou P,Li S

更新日期：2018-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Influenza A viruses (IAVs) harbor a segmented RNA genome that is organized into eight distinct viral ribonucleoprotein (vRNP) complexes. Although a segmented genome may be a major advantage to adapt to new host environments, it comes at the cost of a highly sophisticated genome packaging mechanism. Newly synthesized v...

journal_title：Viruses

authors： Giese S,Bolte H,Schwemmle M

更新日期：2016-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), the largest human herpesvirus, infects a majority of the world's population. Like all herpesviruses, following primary productive infection, HCMV establishes a life-long latent infection, from which it can reactivate years later to produce new, infectious virus. Despite the presence of a ...

journal_title：Viruses

authors： McSharry BP,Avdic S,Slobedman B

更新日期：2012-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Kaposi's sarcoma associated-herpesvirus (KSHV, also known as human herpesvirus-8) is a gammaherpesvirus that establishes life-long infection in human B lymphocytes. KSHV infection is typically asymptomatic, but immunosuppression can predispose KSHV-infected individuals to primary effusion lymphoma (PEL); a malignancy ...

journal_title：Viruses

authors： Pringle ES,Wertman J,Melong N,Coombs AJ,Young AL,O'Leary D,Veinotte C,Robinson CA,Ha MN,Dellaire G,Druley TE,McCormick C,Berman JN

更新日期：2019-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Influenza A virus is a successful parasite and requires host factors to complete its life cycle. Prop5 is an antisense oligonucleotide, targeting programmed cell death protein 5 (PDCD5). In this study, we tested the antiviral activity of prop5 against mouse-adapted A/FM/1/47 strain of influenza A virus in a mouse mode...

journal_title：Viruses

authors： Li K,Zhou Z,Wang YO,Liu J,Zhao HB,Yang J,Wang SQ

更新日期：2014-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Viruses protect their genomes by enclosing them into protein capsids that sometimes contain lipid bilayers that either reside above or below the protein layer. Controlled dissociation of virions provides important information on virion composition, interactions, and stoichiometry of virion components, as well as their...

journal_title：Viruses

authors： Eskelin K,Poranen MM

更新日期：2018-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Persistent infection by human papillomaviruses (HPVs), small, double-stranded DNA viruses that infect keratinocytes of the squamous epithelia, can lead to the development of cervical and other cancers. The viral oncoprotein E7 contributes to viral persistence in part by regulating host gene expression through binding ...

journal_title：Viruses

authors： Rice S,Kim SM,Rodriguez C,Songock W,Raikhy G,Lopez R,Henderson L,Yusufji A,Bodily J

更新日期：2020-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:For the past two decades, norovirus pandemic variants have emerged every 3⁻5 years, and dominate until they are replaced by alternate strains. However, this scenario changed in 2016 with the co-circulation of six prevalent viruses, three of which possessed the pandemic GII.4 Sydney 2012 capsid. An increased number of ...

journal_title：Viruses

authors： Lun JH,Hewitt J,Yan GJH,Enosi Tuipulotu D,Rawlinson WD,White PA

更新日期：2018-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The smaller tea tortrix, Adoxophyes honmai (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), is an economically important pest of tea in Japan. Previous work showed that a fast-killing nucleopolyhedrovirus (NPV) isolated from A. orana (AdorNPV) and a slow-killing NPV isolated from A. honmai (AdhoNPV) are both infectious to A. honmai larvae...

journal_title：Viruses

authors： Takahashi M,Nakai M,Saito Y,Sato Y,Ishijima C,Kunimi Y

更新日期：2015-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a prevalent pathogen in the immunocompromised host and invasive pneumonia is a feared complication of the virus in this population. In this pediatric case series we characterized CMV lung infection in 15 non-HIV infected children (median age 3 years; IQR 0.2-4.9 years), using current...

journal_title：Viruses

authors： Restrepo-Gualteros SM,Jaramillo-Barberi LE,Gonzalez-Santos M,Rodriguez-Martinez CE,Perez GF,Gutierrez MJ,Nino G

更新日期：2014-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Emergence of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) drug resistance arises from mutation fixation in the viral genome during antiretroviral therapy. Primary mutations directly confer antiviral drug resistance, while secondary mutations arise that do not confer drug resistance. The A62V amino acid substitution in ...

journal_title：Viruses

authors： Maldonado JO,Mansky LM

更新日期：2018-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The HIV/AIDS epidemic remains a global health problem, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. An effective HIV-1 vaccine is therefore badly required to mitigate this ever-expanding problem. Since HIV-1 infects its host through the mucosal surface, a vaccine for the virus needs to trigger mucosal as well as systemic immune ...

journal_title：Viruses

authors： Chin'ombe N

更新日期：2013-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) is an important pathogen belonging to the Pestivirus genus, Flaviviridae family, which comprises viral species that causes an economic impact in animal production. Cattle are the natural host of BVDV and the main source of infection for pigs and other animal species. Due to its antig...

journal_title：Viruses

authors： de Oliveira LG,Mechler-Dreibi ML,Almeida HMS,Gatto IRH

更新日期：2020-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations are incorporated into the genomes of RNA viruses at an optimal frequency and altering this precise frequency has been proposed as a strategy to create live-attenuated vaccines. However, determining the effect of specific mutations that alter fidelity has been difficult because of the rapid selection of the v...

journal_title：Viruses

authors： Patterson EI,Khanipov K,Swetnam DM,Walsdorf S,Kautz TF,Thangamani S,Fofanov Y,Forrester NL

更新日期：2020-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Sequence-independent amplification techniques have become important tools for virus discovery, metagenomics, and exploration of viral diversity at the global scale, especially in remote areas. Here, we describe the detection and genetic characterization of a novel gyrovirus, named GyV11, present in cloacal, oral, and ...

journal_title：Viruses

authors： Truchado DA,Diaz-Piqueras JM,Gomez-Lucia E,Doménech A,Milá B,Pérez-Tris J,Schmidt-Chanasit J,Cadar D,Benítez L

更新日期：2019-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Many geometric forms are found in nature, some of them adhering to mathematical laws or amazing aesthetic rules. One of the best-known examples in microbiology is the icosahedral shape of certain viruses with 20 triangular facets and 12 edges. What is less known, however, is that a complementary object displaying 12 f...

journal_title：Viruses

authors： Besson S,Vragniau C,Vassal-Stermann E,Dagher MC,Fender P

更新日期：2020-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been demonstrated that MEK1, one of the two MEK isoforms in Raf-MEK-ERK1/2 pathway, is essential for successful EV71 propagation. However, the distinct function of ERK1 and ERK2 isoforms, the downstream kinases of MEKs, remains unclear in EV71 replication. In this study, specific ERK siRNAs and selective inhibi...

journal_title：Viruses

authors： Zhu M,Duan H,Gao M,Zhang H,Peng Y

更新日期：2015-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Virus-induced inflammation plays a critical role in determining the clinical outcome of an acute respiratory virus infection. We have shown previously that the administration of immunobiotic Lactobacillus plantarum (Lp) directly to the respiratory tract prevents lethal inflammatory responses to subsequent infection wi...

journal_title：Viruses

authors： Mai E,Percopo CM,Limkar AR,Sek AC,Ma M,Rosenberg HF

更新日期：2020-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Dengue, chikungunya and Zika viruses share similar disease features, rendering them difficult to distinguish clinically. Incapacitating arthralgia/arthritis is a specific manifestation associated with chikungunya virus infection. However, the profile of arthralgia/arthritis in Zika virus (ZIKV) cases has not been well...

journal_title：Viruses

authors： Wimalasiri-Yapa BMCR,Yapa HE,Huang X,Hafner LM,Kenna TJ,Frentiu FD

更新日期：2020-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Dendritic cells (DC) are major players in both innate and adaptive immune responses against influenza virus. These immune responses, as well as the important interface between the innate and adaptive systems, are orchestrated by specialized subsets of DC, including conventional steady-state DC, migratory DC and plasma...

journal_title：Viruses

authors： Summerfield A,McCullough KC

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several human monoclonal antibodies (hmAbs) and antibody fragments, including the best characterized in terms of structure-function b12 and Fab X5, exhibit relatively potent and broad HIV-1 neutralizing activity. However, the elicitation of b12 or b12-like antibodies in vivo by vaccine immunogens based on the HIV-1 en...

journal_title：Viruses

authors： Xiao X,Chen W,Feng Y,Dimitrov DS

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Viral codon usage bias may be the product of a number of synergistic or antagonistic factors, including genomic nucleotide composition, translational selection, genomic architecture, and mutational or repair biases. Most studies of viral codon bias evaluate only the relative importance of genomic base composition and ...

journal_title：Viruses

authors： Cardinale DJ,DeRosa K,Duffy S

更新日期：2013-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA virus invasion induces a cytosolic RIG-I-like receptor (RLR) signaling pathway by promoting assembly of the Mitochondrial antiviral-signaling protein (MAVS) signalosome and triggers the rapid production of type I interferons (IFNs) and proinflammatory cytokines. During this process, the pivotal kinase TANK binding...

journal_title：Viruses

authors： He TS,Xie T,Li J,Yang YX,Li C,Wang W,Cao L,Rao H,Ju C,Xu LG

更新日期：2019-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-human primates (NHP) are the only animal model suitable to evaluate the protection efficacy of HIV-1 vaccines. It is important to understand how and when neutralizing antibodies (nAbs) with specificities similar to those of human broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs) develop in NHPs. To address these questions, ...

journal_title：Viruses

authors： Gao N,Gai Y,Meng L,Wang C,Zhang X,Wang W,Qin C,Yu X,Gao F

更新日期：2020-01-31 00:00:00