Meningeal lymphatic vessels mediate neurotropic viral drainage from the central nervous system

X Li, L Qi, D Yang, SJ Hao, F Zhang, X Zhu, Y Sun… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Recent studies have demonstrated that brain meningeal lymphatic vessels (MLVs) act as a
drainage path directly into the cervical lymph nodes (CLNs) for macromolecules contained …

Innate immune signaling and role of glial cells in herpes simplex virus-and rabies virus-induced encephalitis

L Feige, LM Zaeck, J Sehl-Ewert, S Finke, H Bourhy - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
The environment of the central nervous system (CNS) represents a double-edged sword in
the context of viral infections. On the one hand, the infectious route for viral pathogens is …

The causes and long-term consequences of viral encephalitis

K Bohmwald, CA Andrade, NMS Gálvez… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Reports regarding brain inflammation, known as encephalitis, have shown an increasing
frequency during the past years. Encephalitis is a relevant concern to public health due to its …

A single immunization with core–shell structured lipopolyplex mRNA vaccine against rabies induces potent humoral immunity in mice and dogs

J Wan, J Yang, Z Wang, R Shen, C Zhang… - Emerging Microbes & …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The persistence and clinical consequences of rabies virus (RABV) infection have prompted
global efforts to develop a safe and effective vaccines against rabies. mRNA vaccines …

Lab-attenuated rabies virus facilitates opening of the blood-brain barrier by inducing matrix metallopeptidase 8

A Fang, Y Yuan, F Huang, C Wang, D Tian… - Journal of …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Infection with laboratory-attenuated rabies virus (RABV), but not wild-type (wt) RABV, can
enhance the permeability of the blood-brain barrier (BBB), which is considered a key …

Murine Ifit3 restricts the replication of Rabies virus both in vitro and in vivo

B Chai, D Tian, M Zhou, B Tian… - Journal of General …, 2021 - microbiologyresearch.org
Rabies virus (RABV) infection can initiate the host immune defence response and induce an
antiviral state characterized by the expression of interferon (IFN)-stimulated genes (ISGs) …

Expression profiling and bioinformatics analysis of CircRNA in mice brain infected with rabies virus

W Zhao, J Su, N Wang, N Zhao, S Su - International Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Rabies virus (RABV) induces acute, fatal encephalitis in mammals including humans. The
circRNAs are important in virus infection process, but whether circRNAs regulated RABV …

B cells going viral in the CNS: Dynamics, complexities, and functions of B cells responding to viral encephalitis

A Cardani‐Boulton, BT Boylan… - Immunological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
A diverse number of DNA and RNA viruses have the potential to invade the central nervous
system (CNS), causing inflammation and injury to cells that have a limited capacity for repair …

Lyssavirus matrix protein inhibits NLRP3 inflammasome assembly by binding to NLRP3

B Sui, J Zhao, J Wang, J Zheng, R Zhou, D Wu, Z Zeng… - Cell Reports, 2024 - cell.com
Lyssavirus is a kind of neurotropic pathogen that needs to evade peripheral host immunity to
enter the central nervous system to accomplish infection. NLRP3 inflammasome activation is …

RTP4 restricts lyssavirus rabies infection by binding to viral genomic RNA

B Sui, J Zheng, J Zhao, Z Fu, M Zhou, L Zhao - Veterinary Microbiology, 2024 - Elsevier
Rabies, caused by lyssavirus rabies (Rabies lyssavirus, RABV), is a fatal disease among
humans and almost all warm-blooded animals. In this study, we found that RABV infection …