[HTML][HTML] Zika virus pathogenesis: a battle for immune evasion

J Estévez-Herrera, S Pérez-Yanes… - Vaccines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Zika virus (ZIKV) infection and its associated congenital and other neurological disorders,
particularly microcephaly and other fetal developmental abnormalities, constitute a World …

[HTML][HTML] Gist of Zika virus pathogenesis

U Bhardwaj, N Pandey, M Rastogi, SK Singh - Virology, 2021 - Elsevier
Zika virus (ZIKV) is a mosquito-borne neurotropic flavivirus. ZIKV infection may lead to
microcephaly in developing fetus and Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) like symptoms in …

[HTML][HTML] Zika virus enhances monocyte adhesion and transmigration favoring viral dissemination to neural cells

NV Ayala-Nunez, G Follain, F Delalande… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Zika virus (ZIKV) invades and persists in the central nervous system (CNS), causing severe
neurological diseases. However the virus journey, from the bloodstream to tissues through a …

[HTML][HTML] Activation of an effective immune response after yellow fever vaccination is associated with the genetic background and early response of IFN-γ and CLEC5A

T Azamor, AMV da Silva, JG Melgaço, AP Dos Santos… - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
The yellow fever vaccine (YF17DD) is highly effective with a single injection conferring
protection for at least 10 years. The YF17DD induces polyvalent responses, with a TH1/TH2 …

[HTML][HTML] CLEC5A mediates Zika virus-induced testicular damage

HW Wang, HH Li, SC Wu, CK Tang, HY Yu… - Journal of Biomedical …, 2023 - Springer
Background Zika virus (ZIKV) infection is clinically known to induce testicular swelling,
termed orchitis, and potentially impact male sterility, but the underlying mechanisms remain …

Placental myeloid cells protect against Zika virus vertical transmission in a Rag1-deficient mouse model

CW Winkler, AB Evans, AB Carmody… - The Journal of …, 2020 - journals.aai.org
The ability of Zika virus (ZIKV) to cross the placenta and infect the fetus is a key mechanism
by which ZIKV causes microcephaly. How the virus crosses the placenta and the role of the …

Monocytes subpopulations pattern in the acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 virus infection and after long COVID-19

VIC Pereira, LC de Brito Junior, LFM Falcão… - International …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Introdution and Objective The present study sought to characterize the pattern of
monocyte subpopulations in patients during the course of the infections caused by SARS …

Zika, the newest TORCH infectious disease in the Americas

AAZ Kovacs - Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Zika virus is a flavivirus that is transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito. It was first
detected in humans in 1952 in Uganda as mild sporadic illnesses. The first recorded …

Zika Virus Replication in a Mast Cell Model Is Augmented by Dengue Virus Antibody-Dependent Enhancement and Features a Selective Immune Mediator Secretory …

JM Coish, RWE Crozier, JS Schieffelin… - Microbiology …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Zika virus and dengue virus are evolutionarily related and structurally similar mosquito-
borne Flaviviruses. These congruencies can lead to cross-reactive antibody binding …

[HTML][HTML] Cord-blood-derived professional antigen-presenting cells: functions and applications in current and prospective cell therapies

S Cunningham, H Hackstein - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Human umbilical cord blood (UCB) represents a valuable source of hematopoietic stem
cells, particularly for patients lacking a matching donor. UCB provides practical advantages …