Viral meningitis and encephalitis: an update

V Gundamraj, R Hasbun - Current opinion in infectious diseases, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Viral meningitis and encephalitis: an update : Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases Viral
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[HTML][HTML] Host–Pathogen interactions influencing zoonotic spillover potential and transmission in humans

B Escudero-Pérez, A Lalande, C Mathieu, P Lawrence - Viruses, 2023 - mdpi.com
Emerging infectious diseases of zoonotic origin are an ever-increasing public health risk
and economic burden. The factors that determine if and when an animal virus is able to spill …

[HTML][HTML] Hamster organotypic modeling of SARS-CoV-2 lung and brainstem infection

M Ferren, V Favède, D Decimo, M Iampietro… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
SARS-CoV-2 has caused a global pandemic of COVID-19 since its emergence in December
2019. The infection causes a severe acute respiratory syndrome and may also spread to …

[HTML][HTML] Impairment of SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein maturation and fusion activity by nitazoxanide: an effect independent of spike variants emergence

A Riccio, S Santopolo, A Rossi, S Piacentini… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of COVID-19, has caused an unprecedented
global health crisis. The SARS-CoV-2 spike, a surface-anchored trimeric class-I fusion …

[PDF][PDF] Activation of cGAS/STING pathway upon paramyxovirus infection

M Iampietro, C Dumont, C Mathieu, J Spanier, J Robert… - Iscience, 2021 - cell.com
During inflammatory diseases, cancer, and infection, the cGAS/STING pathway is known to
recognize foreign or self-DNA in the cytosol and activate an innate immune response. Here …

Molecular features of the measles virus viral fusion complex that favor infection and spread in the brain

C Mathieu, FT Bovier, M Ferren, NAP Lieberman… - MBio, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Measles virus (MeV) bearing a single amino acid change in the fusion protein (F)—L454W—
was isolated from two patients who died of MeV central nervous system (CNS) infection. This …

[PDF][PDF] Quantitative assays reveal cell fusion at minimal levels of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein and fusion from without

SA Theuerkauf, A Michels, V Riechert, TJ Maier, E Flory… - Iscience, 2021 - cell.com
Cell entry of the pandemic severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
is mediated by its spike protein S. As a main antigenic determinant, S protein is in focus of …

[HTML][HTML] Platinum-Nucleos (t) ide Compounds as Possible Antimetabolites for Antitumor/Antiviral Therapy: Properties and Perspectives

F De Castro, E Stefàno, E De Luca, M Benedetti… - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Nucleoside analogues (NAs) are a family of compounds which include a variety of purine
and pyrimidine derivatives, widely used as anticancer and antiviral agents. For their ability to …

Structure-guided paradigm shifts in flavivirus assembly and maturation mechanisms

CMR Nicholls, M Sevvana, RJ Kuhn - Advances in virus research, 2020 - Elsevier
The flavivirus genus encompasses more than 75 unique viruses, including dengue virus
which accounts for almost 390 million global infections annually. Flavivirus infection can …

[HTML][HTML] Evidence for the Effectiveness of Remdesivir (GS-5734), a Nucleoside-Analog Antiviral Drug in the Inhibition of IK (M) or IK (DR) and in the Stimulation of I …

WT Chang, PY Liu, ZH Gao, SW Lee… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Remdesivir (RDV, GS-5734), a broad-spectrum antiviral drug in the class of nucleotide
analogs, has been particularly tailored for treatment of coronavirus infections. However, to …