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Respiratory syncytial virus: a sleeping giant? [PDF]
The study by Jansen et al. 1 in the present issue of the European Respiratory Journal focuses on the impact of influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) on mortality and hospital admissions. As in many other similar publications, it emphasises the significance of RSV (and influenza) in all age groups and not just children, in whom the impact is ...
D. M. Fleming, A. J. Elliot
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Marseilleviruses comprise a family of large double-stranded DNA viruses belonging to the proposed order “Megavirales.” These viruses have a circular genome of ∼370 kbp, coding hundreds of genes.
Rodrigo Araújo Lima Rodrigues +11 more
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Giant Viruses: Conflicts in Revisiting the Virus Concept [PDF]
The current paradigm on the nature of viruses is based on early work of the ‘phage group’ (the pro-phage concept) and molecular biologists working on tumour viruses (the proto-oncogene concept). It posits that viruses evolved from either prokaryotic or eukaryotic cellular genes that became infectious via their association with capsid genes.
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Hidden diversity of soil giant viruses
Current knowledge of giant virus diversity is largely based on samples from aquatic environments. Here the authors employ cultivation-independent metagenomics and mini-metagenomics on forest soil and identify 16 novel giant virus genomes, some of which ...
Frederik Schulz +7 more
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The nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses (NCLDV) of eukaryotes (proposed order, “Megavirales”) include the families Poxviridae, Asfarviridae, Iridoviridae, Ascoviridae, Phycodnaviridae, Marseilleviridae, and Mimiviridae, as well as still unclassified ...
Disa Bäckström +9 more
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Lipid Nanoparticle Co‐Delivery of mRNA and a Small Molecule Drug for Oral Cancer Chemoimmunotherapy
Co‐encapsulation of p53 mRNA and the small molecule ciclopirox within a lipid nanoparticle yields an all‐in‐one chemoimmunotherapy for oral squamous cell carcinoma. The platform engages caspase‐driven apoptosis in cancer cells while repolarizing tumor‐associated macrophages, achieving tumor reduction in both p53‐susceptible and p53‐resistant models and
Marshall S. Padilla +15 more
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Recent Advances in Ferrite‐Based Materials for Biomedical Applications: A Comprehensive Review
Ferrite nanoplatforms are presented as tunable biomedical materials in which synthesis control, cation engineering, defect/morphology regulation, and surface functionalization govern structure–property–bioactivity relationships. These design strategies enable multifunctional applications including MRI contrast, magnetic hyperthermia, targeted drug ...
Pramod D. Mhase +6 more
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Genomic analysis of the smallest giant virus — Feldmannia sp. virus 158
Genomic analysis of Feldmannia sp. virus 158, the second phaeovirus to be sequenced in its entirety, provides further evidence that large double-stranded DNA viruses share similar evolutionary pressures as cellular organisms. Reductive evolution is clearly evident within the phaeoviruses which occurred via several routes: the loss of genes from an ...
Schroeder, Declan C. +7 more
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The cysteine redox state of the Hendra virus W (WHeV) protein controls assembly into fibrils or amorphous aggregates, with residues 2–29 required for fibrillation. In cells, WHeV forms different types of nuclear condensates. Impaired ability to form redox‐sensitive, non‐filamentous condensates reduces WHeV inhibition of the NF‐κB pathway, while it ...
Frank Gondelaud +12 more
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Hyperparasitism is a common pattern in nature that is not limited to cellular organisms. Giant viruses infecting protists can be hyperparasitized by smaller ones named virophages.
Alexandra Bessenay +8 more
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