Herpesvirus genome integration in whole‐genome sequences of dementia and control cohorts
Abstract INTRODUCTION The infectious hypothesis suggests that microbes like herpesviruses may play a role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other related dementias through methods that may include viral genome integration. The occurrence of herpesvirus genome integration in dementia patients has not been thoroughly characterized ...
Stacey L. Piotrowski +27 more
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Alteration of the Premature tRNA Landscape by Gammaherpesvirus Infection
Transfer RNAs (tRNAs) are transcribed by RNA polymerase III (RNAPIII) and play a central role in decoding our genome, yet their expression and noncanonical function remain understudied.
Jessica M. Tucker +3 more
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Analysis of a Novel Strain of Murine Gammaherpesvirus Reveals a Genomic Locus Important for Acute Pathogenesis [PDF]
Infection of mice by murine gammaherpesvirus 68 (MHV-68) is an excellent small-animal model of gammaherpesvirus pathogenesis in a natural host. We have carried out comparative studies of another herpesvirus, murine herpesvirus 76 (MHV-76), which was ...
Allen, D. J. +8 more
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Inhibition of Gammaherpesvirus Replication by RNA Interference [PDF]
ABSTRACT RNA interference (RNAi) is a conserved mechanism in which double-stranded, small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) trigger a sequence-specific gene-silencing process. Here we describe the inhibition of murine herpesvirus 68 replication by siRNAs targeted to sequences encoding Rta, an immediate-early protein known as an initiator of the lytic
Qingmei, Jia, Ren, Sun
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Gammaherpesviruses are associated with multiple types of tumor development and understanding the pathogenesis of these viruses has been the subject of various studies.
Scott Tibbetts, Mehmet Kara
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Virus‐Dependent Geographic Structure of Co‐Circulating Viruses in a Single Bat Species
ABSTRACT Understanding the spatial spread of viruses within wildlife populations is often a key component of disease management efforts. Viral spread is likely constrained by host ecology, but inter‐virus differences in infection strategy might allow some viruses to overcome these constraints, leading to divergent population structures within a common ...
Avery L. Holmes +8 more
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Characterization of Gammaherpesvirus 68 Gene 50 Transcription [PDF]
ABSTRACT Gene 50 is the only immediate-early gene that appears to be conserved among the characterized gammaherpesviruses. It has recently been demonstrated for the human viruses Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) that ectopic expression of the gene 50-encoded product in some latently infected cell ...
S, Liu +3 more
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An RS Motif within the Epstein-Barr Virus BLRF2 Tegument Protein Is Phosphorylated by SRPK2 and Is Important for Viral Replication [PDF]
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is a gammaherpesvirus that causes infectious mononucleosis, B cell lymphomas, and nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Many of the genes required for EBV virion morphogenesis are found in all herpesviruses, but some are specific to ...
Adelmant, Guillaume +9 more
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Isolation and Characterization of a Novel Gammaherpesvirus from a Microbat Cell Line
While employing deep sequencing and de novo assembly to characterize the mRNA transcript profile of a cell line derived from the microbat Myotis velifer incautus, we serendipitously identified mRNAs encoding proteins with a high level of identity to ...
Reed S. Shabman +11 more
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Protective vaccination with hepatitis C virus NS3 but not core antigen in a novel mouse challenge model [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Efficient vaccines against hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection are urgently needed. Vaccine development has been hampered by the lack of suitable small animal models to reliably test the protective capacity of immmunization. METHODS: We used
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