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Volume 4(5);  May 2008
Review
Viral Control of Mitochondrial Apoptosis
Lorenzo Galluzzi, Catherine Brenner, Eugenia Morselli, Zahia Touat, and Guido Kroemer
PLoS Pathog. 2008 May; 4(5): e1000018. Published online 2008 May 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000018.
PMCID: PMC2376094
Research Articles
SARS-Coronavirus Replication/Transcription Complexes Are Membrane-Protected and Need a Host Factor for Activity In Vitro
Martijn J. van Hemert, Sjoerd H. E. van den Worm, Kèvin Knoops, A. Mieke Mommaas, Alexander E. Gorbalenya, and Eric J. Snijder
PLoS Pathog. 2008 May; 4(5): e1000054. Published online 2008 May 2. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000054.
PMCID: PMC2322833
Control of Viremia and Prevention of AIDS following Immunotherapy of SIV-Infected Macaques with Peptide-Pulsed Blood
Robert De Rose, Caroline S. Fernandez, Miranda Z. Smith, C. Jane Batten, Sheilajen Alcântara, Vivienne Peut, Erik Rollman, Liyen Loh, Rosemarie D. Mason, Kim Wilson, Matthew G. Law, Amanda J. Handley, and Stephen J. Kent
PLoS Pathog. 2008 May; 4(5): e1000055. Published online 2008 May 2. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000055.
PMCID: PMC2323103
A Novel Small Acid Soluble Protein Variant Is Important for Spore Resistance of Most Clostridium perfringens Food Poisoning Isolates
Jihong Li and Bruce A. McClane
PLoS Pathog. 2008 May; 4(5): e1000056. Published online 2008 May 2. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000056.
PMCID: PMC2323104
Primate Lentiviral Vpx Commandeers DDB1 to Counteract a Macrophage Restriction
Natalia Sharova, Yuanfei Wu, Xiaonan Zhu, Ruzena Stranska, Rajnish Kaushik, Mark Sharkey, and Mario Stevenson
PLoS Pathog. 2008 May; 4(5): e1000057. Published online 2008 May 2. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000057.
PMCID: PMC2323106
Changing Selective Pressure during Antigenic Changes in Human Influenza H3
Benjamin P. Blackburne, Alan J. Hay, and Richard A. Goldstein
PLoS Pathog. 2008 May; 4(5): e1000058. Published online 2008 May 2. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000058.
PMCID: PMC2323114
Lentiviral Vpx Accessory Factor Targets VprBP/DCAF1 Substrate Adaptor for Cullin 4 E3 Ubiquitin Ligase to Enable Macrophage Infection
Smita Srivastava, Selene K. Swanson, Nicolas Manel, Laurence Florens, Michael P. Washburn, and Jacek Skowronski
PLoS Pathog. 2008 May; 4(5): e1000059. Published online 2008 May 9. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000059.
PMCID: PMC2330158
Maturation of West Nile Virus Modulates Sensitivity to Antibody-Mediated Neutralization
Steevenson Nelson, Christiane A. Jost, Qinq Xu, Jessica Ess, Julie E. Martin, Theodore Oliphant, Stephen S. Whitehead, Anna P. Durbin, Barney S. Graham, Michael S. Diamond, and Theodore C. Pierson
PLoS Pathog. 2008 May; 4(5): e1000060. Published online 2008 May 9. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000060.
PMCID: PMC2330159
Suppression of Plant Resistance Gene-Based Immunity by a Fungal Effector
Petra M. Houterman, Ben J. C. Cornelissen, and Martijn Rep
PLoS Pathog. 2008 May; 4(5): e1000061. Published online 2008 May 9. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000061.
PMCID: PMC2330162
A Cysteine Protease Is Critical for Babesia spp. Transmission in Haemaphysalis Ticks
Naotoshi Tsuji, Takeharu Miyoshi, Badger Battsetseg, Tomohide Matsuo, Xuenan Xuan, and Kozo Fujisaki
PLoS Pathog. 2008 May; 4(5): e1000062. Published online 2008 May 16. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000062.
PMCID: PMC2358973
HtrA2/Omi Terminates Cytomegalovirus Infection and Is Controlled by the Viral Mitochondrial Inhibitor of Apoptosis (vMIA)
A. Louise McCormick, Linda Roback, and Edward S. Mocarski
PLoS Pathog. 2008 May; 4(5): e1000063. Published online 2008 May 9. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000063.
PMCID: PMC2528007
A Transgenic Drosophila Model Demonstrates That the Helicobacter pylori CagA Protein Functions as a Eukaryotic Gab Adaptor
Crystal M. Botham, Anica M. Wandler, and Karen Guillemin
PLoS Pathog. 2008 May; 4(5): e1000064. Published online 2008 May 16. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000064.
PMCID: PMC2364664
Targeting of Pseudorabies Virus Structural Proteins to Axons Requires Association of the Viral Us9 Protein with Lipid Rafts
Mathew G. Lyman, Dusica Curanovic, and Lynn W. Enquist
PLoS Pathog. 2008 May; 4(5): e1000065. Published online 2008 May 16. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000065.
PMCID: PMC2361720
The Uptake of Apoptotic Cells Drives Coxiella burnetii Replication and Macrophage Polarization: A Model for Q Fever Endocarditis
Marie Benoit, Eric Ghigo, Christian Capo, Didier Raoult, and Jean-Louis Mege
PLoS Pathog. 2008 May; 4(5): e1000066. Published online 2008 May 16. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000066.
PMCID: PMC2361190
Reduced Secretion of YopJ by Yersinia Limits In Vivo Cell Death but Enhances Bacterial Virulence
Igor E. Brodsky and Ruslan Medzhitov
PLoS Pathog. 2008 May; 4(5): e1000067. Published online 2008 May 16. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000067.
PMCID: PMC2361194
Parasite Burden and CD36-Mediated Sequestration Are Determinants of Acute Lung Injury in an Experimental Malaria Model
Fiona E. Lovegrove, Sina A. Gharib, Lourdes Peña-Castillo, Samir N. Patel, John T. Ruzinski, Timothy R. Hughes, W. Conrad Liles, and Kevin C. Kain
PLoS Pathog. 2008 May; 4(5): e1000068. Published online 2008 May 16. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000068.
PMCID: PMC2364663
Conserved Mosquito/Parasite Interactions Affect Development of Plasmodium falciparum in Africa
Antonio M. Mendes, Timm Schlegelmilch, Anna Cohuet, Parfait Awono-Ambene, Maria De Iorio, Didier Fontenille, Isabelle Morlais, George K. Christophides, Fotis C. Kafatos, and Dina Vlachou
PLoS Pathog. 2008 May; 4(5): e1000069. Published online 2008 May 16. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000069.
PMCID: PMC2373770
Transmission Blocking Immunity in the Malaria Non-Vector Mosquito Anopheles quadriannulatus Species A
Tibebu Habtewold, Michael Povelones, Andrew M. Blagborough, and George K. Christophides
PLoS Pathog. 2008 May; 4(5): e1000070. Published online 2008 May 23. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000070.
PMCID: PMC2374904
Role for A-Type Lamins in Herpesviral DNA Targeting and Heterochromatin Modulation
Lindsey Silva, Anna Cliffe, Lynne Chang, and David M. Knipe
PLoS Pathog. 2008 May; 4(5): e1000071. Published online 2008 May 23. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000071.
PMCID: PMC2374905
Genetic Compatibility and Virulence of Reassortants Derived from Contemporary Avian H5N1 and Human H3N2 Influenza A Viruses
Li-Mei Chen, C. Todd Davis, Hong Zhou, Nancy J. Cox, and Ruben O. Donis
PLoS Pathog. 2008 May; 4(5): e1000072. Published online 2008 May 23. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000072.
PMCID: PMC2374906
Sphingomyelin Functions as a Novel Receptor for Helicobacter pylori VacA
Vijay R. Gupta, Hetal K. Patel, Sean S. Kostolansky, Roberto A. Ballivian, Joseph Eichberg, and Steven R. Blanke
PLoS Pathog. 2008 May; 4(5): e1000073. Published online 2008 May 23. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000073.
PMCID: PMC2374909
Proteasomal Degradation of TRIM5α during Retrovirus Restriction
Christopher James Rold and Christopher Aiken
PLoS Pathog. 2008 May; 4(5): e1000074. Published online 2008 May 23. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000074.
PMCID: PMC2374908
Intraspecies Transmission of BASE Induces Clinical Dullness and Amyotrophic Changes
Guerino Lombardi, Cristina Casalone, Antonio D' Angelo, Daniela Gelmetti, Gloria Torcoli, Ilaria Barbieri, Cristiano Corona, Elisa Fasoli, Alessia Farinazzo, Michele Fiorini, Matteo Gelati, Barbara Iulini, Fabrizio Tagliavini, Sergio Ferrari, Maria Caramelli, Salvatore Monaco, Lorenzo Capucci, and Gianluigi Zanusso
PLoS Pathog. 2008 May; 4(5): e1000075. Published online 2008 May 23. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000075.
PMCID: PMC2374911
The Evolutionary Genetics and Emergence of Avian Influenza Viruses in Wild Birds
Vivien G. Dugan, Rubing Chen, David J. Spiro, Naomi Sengamalay, Jennifer Zaborsky, Elodie Ghedin, Jacqueline Nolting, David E. Swayne, Jonathan A. Runstadler, George M. Happ, Dennis A. Senne, Ruixue Wang, Richard D. Slemons, Edward C. Holmes, and Jeffery K. Taubenberger
PLoS Pathog. 2008 May; 4(5): e1000076. Published online 2008 May 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000076.
PMCID: PMC2387073
Human Metapneumovirus Glycoprotein G Inhibits Innate Immune Responses
Xiaoyong Bao, Tianshuang Liu, Yichu Shan, Kui Li, Roberto P. Garofalo, and Antonella Casola
PLoS Pathog. 2008 May; 4(5): e1000077. Published online 2008 May 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000077.
PMCID: PMC2386556
Trypanosomiasis-Induced B Cell Apoptosis Results in Loss of Protective Anti-Parasite Antibody Responses and Abolishment of Vaccine-Induced Memory Responses
Magdalena Radwanska, Patrick Guirnalda, Carl De Trez, Bernard Ryffel, Samuel Black, and Stefan Magez
PLoS Pathog. 2008 May; 4(5): e1000078. Published online 2008 May 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000078.
PMCID: PMC2386555
Varicellovirus UL49.5 Proteins Differentially Affect the Function of the Transporter Associated with Antigen Processing, TAP
Danijela Koppers-Lalic, Marieke C. Verweij, Andrea D. Lipińska, Ying Wang, Edwin Quinten, Eric A. Reits, Joachim Koch, Sandra Loch, Marisa Marcondes Rezende, Franz Daus, Krystyna Bieńkowska-Szewczyk, Nikolaus Osterrieder, Thomas C. Mettenleiter, Mirjam H. M. Heemskerk, Robert Tampé, Jacques J. Neefjes, Shafiqul I. Chowdhury, Maaike E. Ressing, Frans A. M. Rijsewijk, and Emmanuel J. H. J. Wiertz
PLoS Pathog. 2008 May; 4(5): e1000080. Published online 2008 May 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000080.
PMCID: PMC2386557
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