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Targeting nuclear self-antigens to germinal center B cells induces rapid accumulation of follicular regulatory T cells with immunosuppressive phenotype and leads to inhibition of germinal center response with predominant suppression of the nuclear protein-acquiring germinal center B cells.

Patterns of monocyte and dendritic cell mobilization and function during human respiratory viral infections are tissue-specific and pathogen-specific, and future studies must perform comparative investigations in blood and the site of infection for a comprehensive assessment of immune responses.

A combined computational, genetic, and biochemical analysis of the hepatitis E virus open reading frame 1 (ORF1) protein identifies a novel domain-domain interaction that is vital for fitness and supports a proposed structural model of the ORF1 polyprotein.

Some Burkholderia thailandensis strains have evolved a bet-hedging strategy by acquiring insertion sequences positioned such that RecA-dependent homologous recombination between them results in duplication of intervening sequences, which promotes biofilm formation.

Single-cell sequencing of the alveolar bone marrow of apical periodontitis reveals the cellular and molecular composition of the microenvironment and highlights an osteogenic potential within mesenchymal stem cells of inflammatory-related bone diseases.

Spatial transcriptomics analysis of rotavirus replication factories reveals principles of viral transcript partitioning and RNA stoichiometry in these granules.

Hepatitis B virus infection is a neglected challenge among communities who are under-served by conventional models of healthcare, requiring enhanced interventions to reduce inequity.

Initiation of the assembly of HIV-1 particles in infected cells is required to form a subviral structure that recognizes the viral RNA genome for packaging.

The expression of DECTIN-2 family C-type lectin receptors on macrophages and monocytes is inhibited by the Th2 cytokine IL-4, which suggests a mechanism for inhibition of Th17 responses to MINCLE-dependent vaccination responses by underlying helminth infection.

Human papillomavirus type 8 E6 promotes alternative end joining by compromising non-homologous end joining and homologous recombination.