Cellular host factors for SARS-CoV-2 infection

J Baggen, E Vanstreels, S Jansen, D Daelemans - Nature Microbiology, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has claimed millions of lives
and caused a global economic crisis. No effective antiviral drugs are currently available to …

Ebola virus disease

ST Jacob, I Crozier, WA Fischer, A Hewlett… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2020 - nature.com
Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a severe and frequently lethal disease caused by Ebola virus
(EBOV). EVD outbreaks typically start from a single case of probable zoonotic transmission …

Genetic screens identify host factors for SARS-CoV-2 and common cold coronaviruses

R Wang, CR Simoneau, J Kulsuptrakul, M Bouhaddou… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
The Coronaviridae are a family of viruses that cause disease in humans ranging from mild
respiratory infection to potentially lethal acute respiratory distress syndrome. Finding host …

Genome-scale identification of SARS-CoV-2 and pan-coronavirus host factor networks

WM Schneider, JM Luna, HH Hoffmann… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Summary The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has claimed the lives of
over one million people worldwide. The causative agent, severe acute respiratory syndrome …

Bat-borne virus diversity, spillover and emergence

M Letko, SN Seifert, KJ Olival, RK Plowright… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Most viral pathogens in humans have animal origins and arose through cross-species
transmission. Over the past 50 years, several viruses, including Ebola virus, Marburg virus …

Lysosomal storage diseases

FM Platt, A d'Azzo, BL Davidson, EF Neufeld… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2018 - nature.com
Lysosomal storage diseases (LSDs) are a group of over 70 diseases that are characterized
by lysosomal dysfunction, most of which are inherited as autosomal recessive traits. These …

Genome-wide CRISPR screening identifies TMEM106B as a proviral host factor for SARS-CoV-2

J Baggen, L Persoons, E Vanstreels, S Jansen… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has caused a global economic and health crisis. To
identify host factors essential for coronavirus infection, we performed genome-wide …

Naturally-occurring cholesterol analogues in lipid nanoparticles induce polymorphic shape and enhance intracellular delivery of mRNA

S Patel, N Ashwanikumar, E Robinson, Y Xia… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Endosomal sequestration of lipid-based nanoparticles (LNPs) remains a formidable barrier
to delivery. Herein, structure-activity analysis of cholesterol analogues reveals that …

Accurate classification of BRCA1 variants with saturation genome editing

GM Findlay, RM Daza, B Martin, MD Zhang, AP Leith… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Variants of uncertain significance fundamentally limit the clinical utility of genetic information.
The challenge they pose is epitomized by BRCA1, a tumour suppressor gene in which …

Endoribonucleolytic cleavage of m6A-containing RNAs by RNase P/MRP complex

OH Park, H Ha, Y Lee, SH Boo, DH Kwon, HK Song… - Molecular cell, 2019 - cell.com
Summary N 6-methyladenosine (m 6 A) is the most abundant internal modification in RNAs
and plays regulatory roles in a variety of biological and physiological processes. Despite its …