September 11, 2014

Evolution of Plastic Transmission Strategies in Avian Malaria

Stéphane Cornet, Antoine Nicot, Ana Rivero, Sylvain Gandon

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The Ins and Outs of Rust Haustoria

Rust diseases caused by fungi of the order Pucciniales afflict a wide range of plants, including cereals, legumes, ornamentals, and fruit trees, and pose a serious threat to cropping systems and global food security. Peter Dodds and colleagues discuss the specialized biology of haustorium touching on topics from the haustorium specialized metabolism to the evolutionary divergence of effector candidates.

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Virus Control Goes Epigenetic

In this Viewpoints article, PLOS Pathogens editor Jing-hsiung James Ou discusses the intriguing discovery by Ducroux et al. that Spindlin1 binds HBV cccDNA to reduce viral gene expression epigenetically.

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Incomplete Deletion of IL-4Rα by LysMCre Reveals Distinct Subsets of M2 Macrophages Controlling Inflammation and Fibrosis in Chronic Schistosomiasis

PLOS Pathogens editor Tom Wynn and colleagues identify how distinct populations of alternatively activated macrophages control inflammation and fibrosis during schistosomiasis.

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Incomplete Deletion of IL-4Rα by LysMCre Reveals Distinct Subsets of M2 Macrophages Controlling Inflammation and Fibrosis in Chronic Schistosomiasis

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Structural Correlates of Rotavirus Cell Entry

Stephen Harrison and colleagues use live-cell fluorescence imaging to follow rotavirus entry and penetration into the cytosol of its ~700Å inner capsid particle. Combining their results with high resolution structural information about the viral components suggest a molecular model for membrane disruption and DLP penetration.

Image credit: Abdelhakim AH, Salgado EN, Fu X, Pasham M, Nicastro D, et al. (2014)

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Sialylation of Prion Protein Controls the Rate of Prion Amplification, the Cross-Species Barrier, the Ratio of PrP^ScGlycoform and Prion Infectivity

Ilia Baskakov and colleagues demonstrate that undersialylated PrPC is selected during prion amplification in PMCA at the expense of oversialylated PrPC.

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Age-Dependent Enterocyte Invasion and Microcolony Formation by Salmonella

Marcus Fulde, Mathias Hornef, and colleagues analyze Salmonella infection of neonate mice after oral administration to investigate the influence of the age-dependent maturation of the mucosal barrier for microbial pathogenesis.

Image credit: Zhang K, Dupont A, Torow N, Gohde F, Leschner S, et al. (2014)

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Functional Characterisation of Germinant Receptors in Clostridium botulinum and Clostridium sporogenes Presents Novel Insights into Spore Germination Systems

Image credit: Brunt J, Plowman J, Gaskin DJH, Itchner M, Carter AT, et al. (2014)

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Plasmodium falciparum Infection Induces Expression of a Mosquito Salivary Protein (Agaphelin) That Targets Neutrophil Function and Inhibits Thrombosis without Impairing Hemostasis

Image credit: Waisberg M, Molina-Cruz A, Mizurini DM, Gera N, Sousa BC, et al. (2014)

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A New Human 3D-Liver Model Unravels the Role of Galectins in Liver Infection by the Parasite Entamoeba histolytica

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Strong Epistatic Selection on the RNA Secondary Structure of HIV

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Virus Control Goes Epigenetic

Incomplete Deletion of IL-4Rα by LysMCre Reveals Distinct Subsets of M2 Macrophages Controlling Inflammation and Fibrosis in Chronic Schistosomiasis

Structural Correlates of Rotavirus Cell Entry

Sialylation of Prion Protein Controls the Rate of Prion Amplification, the Cross-Species Barrier, the Ratio of PrP^ScGlycoform and Prion Infectivity

Age-Dependent Enterocyte Invasion and Microcolony Formation by Salmonella

Functional Characterisation of Germinant Receptors in Clostridium botulinum and Clostridium sporogenes Presents Novel Insights into Spore Germination Systems

Plasmodium falciparum Infection Induces Expression of a Mosquito Salivary Protein (Agaphelin) That Targets Neutrophil Function and Inhibits Thrombosis without Impairing Hemostasis

A New Human 3D-Liver Model Unravels the Role of Galectins in Liver Infection by the Parasite Entamoeba histolytica

Strong Epistatic Selection on the RNA Secondary Structure of HIV

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