Viral vectored vaccines: design, development, preventive and therapeutic applications in human diseases

S Wang, B Liang, W Wang, L Li, N Feng… - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Human diseases, particularly infectious diseases and cancers, pose unprecedented
challenges to public health security and the global economy. The development and …

[HTML][HTML] Innate immune restriction and antagonism of viral RNA lacking 2׳-O methylation

JL Hyde, MS Diamond - Virology, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract N-7 and 2′-O methylation of host cell mRNA occurs in the nucleus and results in
the generation of cap structures (cap 0, m 7 GpppN; cap 1, m 7 GpppNm) that control gene …

[HTML][HTML] Replication-competent vesicular stomatitis virus vaccine vector protects against SARS-CoV-2-mediated pathogenesis in mice

JB Case, PW Rothlauf, RE Chen, NM Kafai, JM Fox… - Cell host & …, 2020 - cell.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has caused millions of
human infections, and an effective vaccine is critical to mitigate coronavirus-induced disease …

N6-methyladenosine modification enables viral RNA to escape recognition by RNA sensor RIG-I

M Lu, Z Zhang, M Xue, BS Zhao, O Harder, A Li… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract Internal N 6-methyladenosine (m6A) modification is one of the most common and
abundant modifications of RNA. However, the biological roles of viral RNA m6A remain …

SARS-CoV-2 prefusion spike protein stabilized by six rather than two prolines is more potent for inducing antibodies that neutralize viral variants of concern

M Lu, M Chamblee, Y Zhang, C Ye… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
The spike (S) protein of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is
the main target for neutralizing antibodies (NAbs). The S protein trimer is anchored in the …

5-methylcytosine (m5C) RNA modification controls the innate immune response to virus infection by regulating type I interferons

Y Zhang, LS Zhang, Q Dai, P Chen… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
5-methylcytosine (m5C) is one of the most prevalent modifications of RNA, playing important
roles in RNA metabolism, nuclear export, and translation. However, the potential role of RNA …

Positive-sense RNA viruses reveal the complexity and dynamics of the cellular and viral epitranscriptomes during infection

W McIntyre, R Netzband, G Bonenfant… - Nucleic Acids …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
More than 140 post-transcriptional modifications (PTMs) are known to decorate cellular
RNAs, but their incidence, identity and significance in viral RNA are still largely unknown …

Coronavirus non-structural protein 16: evasion, attenuation, and possible treatments

VD Menachery, K Debbink, RS Baric - Virus research, 2014 - Elsevier
The recent emergence of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV),
nearly a decade after the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) CoV, highlights the …

A Zika virus vaccine expressing premembrane-envelope-NS1 polyprotein

A Li, J Yu, M Lu, Y Ma, Z Attia, C Shan, M Xue… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Current efforts to develop Zika virus (ZIKV) subunit vaccines have been focused on pre-
membrane (prM) and envelope (E) proteins, but the role of NS1 in ZIKV-specific immune …

Evolution-guided functional analyses reveal diverse antiviral specificities encoded by IFIT1 genes in mammals

MD Daugherty, AM Schaller, AP Geballe, HS Malik - Elife, 2016 - elifesciences.org
IFIT (interferon-induced with tetratricopeptide repeats) proteins are critical mediators of
mammalian innate antiviral immunity. Mouse IFIT1 selectively inhibits viruses that lack 2'O …