A molecular understanding of alphavirus entry and antibody protection

AS Kim, MS Diamond - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2023 - nature.com
Alphaviruses are arthropod-transmitted RNA viruses that cause epidemics of human
infection and disease on a global scale. These viruses are classified as either arthritogenic …

The viral class II membrane fusion machinery: divergent evolution from an ancestral heterodimer

P Guardado-Calvo, FA Rey - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
A key step during the entry of enveloped viruses into cells is the merger of viral and cell lipid
bilayers. This process is driven by a dedicated membrane fusion protein (MFP) present at …

Shifts in receptors during submergence of an encephalitic arbovirus

W Li, JA Plante, CY Lin, H Basu, JS Plung, X Fan… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Western equine encephalitis virus (WEEV) is an arthropod-borne virus (arbovirus) that
frequently caused major outbreaks of encephalitis in humans and horses in the early …

Structure of Semliki Forest virus in complex with its receptor VLDLR

D Cao, B Ma, Z Cao, X Zhang, Y Xiang - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Semliki Forest virus (SFV) is an alphavirus that uses the very-low-density lipoprotein
receptor (VLDLR) as a receptor during infection of its vertebrate hosts and insect vectors …

The low-density lipoprotein receptor promotes infection of multiple encephalitic alphaviruses

H Ma, LJ Adams, S Raju, A Sariol, NM Kafai… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Members of the low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) family, including LDLRAD3, VLDLR,
and ApoER2, were recently described as entry factors for different alphaviruses. However …

The receptor VLDLR binds Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus through multiple distinct modes

D Cao, B Ma, Z Cao, X Xu, X Zhang, Y Xiang - Nature Communications, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus (EEEV) is an alphavirus that can cause severe
diseases in infected humans. The very low-density lipoprotein receptor (VLDLR) was …

Structural basis for VLDLR recognition by eastern equine encephalitis virus

P Yang, W Li, X Fan, J Pan, CJ Mann, H Varnum… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Eastern equine encephalitis virus (EEEV) is the most virulent alphavirus that infects humans,
and many survivors develop neurological sequelae, including paralysis and intellectual …

Entry receptor LDLRAD3 is required for Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus peripheral infection and neurotropism leading to pathogenesis in mice

NM Kafai, H Janova, MD Cain, Y Alippe, S Muraro… - Cell reports, 2023 - cell.com
Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus (VEEV) is an encephalitic alphavirus responsible for
epidemics of neurological disease across the Americas. Low-density lipoprotein receptor …

The many ways in which alphaviruses bind to cells

S Raju, LJ Adams, MS Diamond - Trends in Immunology, 2024 - cell.com
Only a subset of viruses can productively infect many different host species. Some arthropod-
transmitted viruses, such as alphaviruses, can infect invertebrate and vertebrate species …

Structural basis of the recognition of adeno-associated virus by the neurological system-related receptor carbonic anhydrase IV

R Zhang, Y Liu, F Yu, G Xu, L Li, B Li, Z Lou - Plos Pathogens, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Carbonic anhydrase IV (Car4) is a newly identified receptor that allows adeno-associated
virus (AAV) 9P31 to cross the blood-brain barrier and achieve efficient infection in the central …