Structures and functions of the envelope glycoprotein in flavivirus infections

X Zhang, R Jia, H Shen, M Wang, Z Yin, A Cheng - Viruses, 2017 - mdpi.com
Flaviviruses are enveloped, single-stranded RNA viruses that widely infect many animal
species. The envelope protein, a structural protein of flavivirus, plays an important role in …

Dengue viruses and promising envelope protein domain III-based vaccines

H Fahimi, M Mohammadipour… - Applied microbiology …, 2018 - Springer
Dengue viruses are emerging mosquito-borne pathogens belonging to Flaviviridae family
which are transmitted to humans via the bites of infected mosquitoes Aedes aegypti and …

A Novel Chimeric Endolysin with Antibacterial Activity against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

H Haddad Kashani, H Fahimi, Y Dasteh Goli… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Cysteine/histidine-dependent amidohydrolase/peptidase (CHAP) and amidase are known
as catalytic domains of the bacteriophage-derived endolysin LysK and were previously …

Anti-Flavivirus Vaccines: Review of the Present Situation and Perspectives of Subunit Vaccines Produced in Escherichia coli

SC Araujo, LR Pereira, RPS Alves, R Andreata-Santos… - Vaccines, 2020 - mdpi.com
This article aims to review the present status of anti-flavivirus subunit vaccines, both those at
the experimental stage and those already available for clinical use. Aspects regarding …

[HTML][HTML] Preclinical evaluation of novel sterically optimized VLP-based vaccines against all four DENV serotypes

DA Rothen, SK Dutta, PS Krenger, ACS Vogt… - Vaccines, 2024 - mdpi.com
Over the past few decades, dengue fever has emerged as a significant global health threat,
affecting tropical and moderate climate regions. Current vaccines have practical limitations …

Characterization of host receptor interaction with envelop protein of Kyasanur forest disease virus and predicting suitable epitopes for vaccine candidate

S Dey, M Pratibha, H Singh Dagur… - Journal of Biomolecular …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Kyasanur forest disease (KFD) is a zoonotic disease that is endemic to southern India and
caused by KFD virus (KFDV) belonging to the family Flaviviridae. Humans are the dead-end …

Dengue virus envelope protein domain III induces pro-inflammatory signature and triggers activation of inflammasome

RA Khan, S Afroz, G Minhas, S Battu, N Khan - Cytokine, 2019 - Elsevier
Dengue virus poses a considerable clinical problem, with the four closely related serotypes
of dengue virus (DENV) infecting around 50–100 million people per year world-wide. The …

Lyssavirus matrix protein cooperates with phosphoprotein to modulate the Jak-Stat pathway

F Sonthonnax, B Besson, E Bonnaud, G Jouvion… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Phosphoprotein (P) and matrix protein (M) cooperate to undermine the immune response to
rabies virus (RABV) infections. While P is involved in the modulation of the Jak-Stat pathway …

ClearColi BL21 (DE3)-based expression of Zika virus antigens illustrates a rapid method of antibody production against emerging pathogens

W Viranaicken, B Nativel, P Krejbich-Trotot, W Harrabi… - Biochimie, 2017 - Elsevier
Available rapid, simple and accurate methods for detection and diagnosis of emerging viral
diseases are required. Recently, there was an urgent need for specific antibodies against …

[HTML][HTML] The role of electric charge in SARS-CoV-2 and other viral infections

PH Pawłowski, P Zielenkiewicz - AIMS Biophysics, 2024 - aimspress.com
This study analyzed the role of electric charge in human viral infections. Examples of severe
acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), dengue, Ebola, influenza A, and …