Host restriction factors that block cross-species transmission also play a role in limiting the replication of highly-adapted HIV-1 in IFN-stimulated cells.
Analysis of chromerid algal genomes reveals how apicomplexans have evolved from free-living algae into successful eukaryotic parasites via massive losses and re-inventing functional roles of genes.
Galina Popova, Hanna Retallack ... Tomasz Nowakowski
Combination of primary brain culture and single-cell RNA sequencing in brain organoids identifies microglia as the main target of rubella virus infection.
Franziska Mohring, Melissa Natalie Hart ... Robert William Moon
Optimised genome editing in P. knowlesi enables transgenic expression of a lead P. vivax vaccine candidate, revealing roles in host cell tropisms and providing tools for scalable vaccine efficacy testing.
Loss of T cell control during persistent polyomavirus infection, in the setting of a limited antiviral antibody response, facilitates emergence of antibody-escape viruses carrying the potential for neurovirulence.
RNAseq profiles of female Aedes body parts, gut regions, and blood-fed guts provide insight into the anatomical patterning of immune and digestive function, and demonstrate the sequential induction of multiple peptidase cohorts over the course of blood meal digestion.
Özgün Le Roux, Nicole LK Pershing ... Christopher M Counter
Altering the level of different oncogenic mutants of Kras induces unique tumor patterns in mice, suggesting that tissue-specific responses mold the sensitivity of normal tissues to different oncogenic RAS mutations.
Alex C Stabell, Nicholas R Meyerson ... Sara L Sawyer
An analysis of innate immunity reveals why dengue viruses do not reach high titers in primate laboratory models, even though they emerged through zoonotic transmission from primate reservoirs.