Viruses and metabolism: the effects of viral infections and viral insulins on host metabolism

K Girdhar, A Powis, A Raisingani… - Annual review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Over the past decades, there have been tremendous efforts to understand the cross-talk
between viruses and host metabolism. Several studies have elucidated the mechanisms …

Viral hormones: expanding dimensions in endocrinology

Q Huang, CR Kahn, E Altindis - Endocrinology, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Viruses have developed different mechanisms to manipulate their hosts, including the
process of viral mimicry in which viruses express important host proteins. Until recently …

Viral insulin-like peptides activate human insulin and IGF-1 receptor signaling: A paradigm shift for host–microbe interactions

E Altindis, W Cai, M Sakaguchi… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Viruses are the most abundant biological entities and carry a wide variety of genetic
material, including the ability to encode host-like proteins. Here we show that viruses carry …

Singapore grouper iridovirus VP122 targets grouper STING to evade the interferon immune response

L Xu, M Liu, H Chen, L Zhang, Q Xu, Z Zhan… - Fish & Shellfish …, 2023 - Elsevier
Singapore grouper iridovirus (SGIV) is a highly pathogenic Iridoviridae that causes
hemorrhage and spleen enlargement in grouper. Despite previous genome annotation …

[PDF][PDF] Ranavirus replication: molecular, cellular, and immunological events

JK Jancovich, Q Qin, QY Zhang… - … : Lethal pathogens of …, 2015 - library.oapen.org
Since their discovery nearly 50 years ago, our understanding of ranavirus biology has
developed in two distinct stages. The first, driven by the work of Allan Granoff, his …

Modulatory effects of curcumin on Singapore grouper iridovirus infection-associated apoptosis and autophagy in vitro

Y Wang, S Xu, C Han, Y Huang, J Wei, S Wei… - Fish & Shellfish …, 2022 - Elsevier
Singapore grouper iridovirus (SGIV) with high pathogenicity can cause great economic
losses to aquaculture industry. Thus, it is of urgency to find effective antiviral strategies to …

Singapore grouper iridovirus VP20 interacts with grouper TBK1 and IRF3 to attenuate the interferon immune response

S Liu, Y Wang, W Wang, L Zhi, Y Zhao, Q Qin… - Fish & Shellfish …, 2024 - Elsevier
Singapore grouper iridovirus (SGIV), belonging to genus Ranavirus, family Iridoviridae, is a
highly pathogenic agent and causes heavy economic losses in the global grouper …

Genome Characteristics of Two Ranavirus Isolates from Mandarin Fish and Largemouth Bass

XD Yu, F Ke, QY Zhang, JF Gui - Pathogens, 2023 - mdpi.com
Ranaviruses are promiscuous pathogens that threaten lower vertebrates globally. In the
present study, two ranaviruses (SCRaV and MSRaV) were isolated from two fishes of the …

Advances on genomes studies of large DNA viruses in aquaculture: A minireview

F Ke, QY Zhang - Genomics, 2023 - Elsevier
Genomic studies of viral diseases in aquaculture have received more and more attention
with the growth of the aquaculture industry, especially the emerging and re-emerging …

[HTML][HTML] Characterization of viral insulins reveals white adipose tissue-specific effects in mice

M Chrudinová, F Moreau, HL Noh, T Páníková… - Molecular …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objective Members of the insulin/insulin-like growth factor (IGF) superfamily are well
conserved across the evolutionary tree. We recently showed that four viruses in the …