The Dynamic Landscape of Capsid Proteins and Viral RNA Interactions in Flavivirus Genome Packaging and Virus Assembly

A Jablunovsky, J Jose - Pathogens, 2024 - mdpi.com
The Flavivirus genus of the Flaviviridae family of enveloped single-stranded RNA viruses
encompasses more than 70 members, many of which cause significant disease in humans …

[HTML][HTML] The Flavivirus Non-Structural Protein 5 (NS5): Structure, Functions, and Targeting for Development of Vaccines and Therapeutics

JZH Goh, L De Hayr, AA Khromykh, A Slonchak - Vaccines, 2024 - mdpi.com
Flaviviruses, including dengue (DENV), Zika (ZIKV), West Nile (WNV), Japanese
encephalitis (JEV), yellow fever (YFV), and tick-borne encephalitis (TBEV) viruses, pose a …

Caffeic acid has antiviral activity against Ilheus virus in vitro

MV Saivish, CC Pacca, VG da Costa… - Viruses, 2023 - mdpi.com
Ilhéus virus (ILHV) is a neglected mosquito-borne flavivirus. ILHV infection may lead to
Ilhéus fever, an emerging febrile disease like dengue fever with the potential to evolve into a …

Let's talk about flux: the rising potential of autophagy rate measurements in disease

NS Beesabathuni, MW Kenaston, R Gangaraju… - Autophagy, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Macroautophagy/autophagy is increasingly implicated in a variety of diseases, making it an
attractive therapeutic target. However, many aspects of autophagy are not fully understood …

Nonstructural proteins 2B and 4A of Tembusu virus induce complete autophagy to promote viral multiplication in vitro

W Tan, S Zhang, Y He, Z Wu, M Wang, R Jia, D Zhu… - Veterinary …, 2023 - Springer
Tembusu virus (TMUV) is an emerging flavivirus that has broken out in different regions of
China. TMUV infection has been reported to induce autophagy in duck embryo fibroblast …

A Zika virus protein expression screen in Drosophila to investigate targeted host pathways during development

N Link, JM Harnish, B Hull, S Gibson… - Disease Models & …, 2024 - journals.biologists.com
In the past decade, Zika virus (ZIKV) emerged as a global public health concern. Although
adult infections are typically mild, maternal infection can lead to adverse fetal outcomes …

RNA elements required for the high efficiency of West Nile Virus-induced ribosomal frameshifting

NA Aleksashin, CJ Langeberg, RR Shelke… - Nucleic Acids …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
West Nile virus (WNV) requires programmed− 1 ribosomal frameshifting for translation of the
viral genome. The efficiency of WNV frameshifting is among the highest known. However, it …

Molecular functions of ANKLE2 and its implications in human disease

AT Fishburn, CJ Florio, NJ Lopez… - Disease Models & …, 2024 - journals.biologists.com
Ankyrin repeat and LEM domain-containing 2 (ANKLE2) is a scaffolding protein with
established roles in cell division and development, the dysfunction of which is increasingly …

Duck Tembusu virus induces incomplete autophagy via the ERK/mTOR and AMPK/mTOR signalling pathways to promote viral replication in neuronal cells

Q Wang, Y Jiang, G Bao, W Yao, Q Yang, S Chen… - Veterinary …, 2023 - Springer
Duck Tembusu virus (DTMUV) is a neurotropic virus in the genus Flavivirus that causes
massive economic losses to the poultry industry in China and neighbouring countries …

Establishment of a CPER reverse genetics system for Powassan virus defines attenuating NS1 glycosylation sites and an infectious NS1-GFP11 reporter virus

JN Conde, GE Himmler, MC Mladinich, YX Setoh… - Mbio, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Powassan virus (POWV) is an emerging tick-borne Flavivirus that causes lethal encephalitis
and long-term neurologic damage. Currently, there are no POWV therapeutics, licensed …