Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Microbiology and Infectious Disease

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    1. Genetics and Genomics
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Benchmarking and Optimization of Methods for the Detection of Identity-By-Descent in High-Recombining Plasmodium falciparum Genomes

    Bing Guo, Shannon Takala-Harrison, Timothy D O’Connor
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    • Important
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    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease
    2. Cancer Biology

    The lnc-FANCI-2 intrinsically restricts RAS signaling in HPV16-infected cervical cancer

    Haibin Liu, Lulu Yu ... Zhi-Ming Zheng
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    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Heat stress induces phage tolerance in Enterobacteriaceae

    Fan Zhang, Hao-Ze Chen ... Jia-Feng Liu
    Bacterial persistence against phages enables survival under infection, and heat treatment enhances this tolerance, facilitating resistance evolution and influencing the effectiveness of phage therapy.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    The impact of different antimicrobial exposures on the gut microbiome in the ARMORD observational study

    Leon Peto, Nicola Fawcett ... A Sarah Walker
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    • Valuable
    • Convincing
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    The human cytomegalovirus-encoded pUS28 antagonizes CD4+ T cell recognition by targeting CIITA

    Fabienne Maassen, Vu Thuy Khanh Le-Trilling ... Mirko Trilling
    Through the destabilization of CIITA, the human cytomegalovirus-encoded protein pUS28 antagonizes the expression of the HLA-II molecules CD74/Ii, HLA-DR, HLA-DQ, HLA-DM, and HLA-DP, diminishing the activation of HCMV-specific CD4+ T cells and reducing their secretion of antiviral cytokines.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease
    2. Physics of Living Systems

    Heterogeneous efflux pump expression underpins phenotypic resistance to antimicrobial peptides

    Ka Kiu Lee, Urszula Łapińska ... Stefano Pagliara
    Sub-populations of non growing bacteria survive treatment with antimicrobial peptides by mounting an efflux response.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    The Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex pangenome is small and shaped by sub-lineage-specific regions of difference

    Mahboobeh Behruznia, Maximillian Marin ... Conor J Meehan
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    • Useful
    • Solid
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    A biofilm-tropic Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteriophage uses the exopolysaccharide Psl as receptor

    Brenna Walton, Serena Abbondante ... Arne Rietsch
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Valuable
    • Convincing
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus P118 enhances host tolerance to Salmonella infection by promoting microbe-derived indole metabolites

    Baikui Wang, Xianqi Peng ... Min Yue
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    Reviewed Preprint v3
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    • Valuable
    • Compelling
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    RBMX2: A Pivotal Regulator Linking Mycobacterium bovis Infection to Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition and Lung Cancer Progression

    Chao Wang, Yongchong Peng ... Yingyu Chen
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Solid
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    Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, United States
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    University of Michigan, United States
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    Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, United States
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