2024
The human CD47 checkpoint is targeted by an immunosuppressive Aedes aegypti salivary factor to enhance arboviral skin infectivity
Marin-Lopez A, Huck J, Esterly A, Azcutia V, Rosen C, Garcia-Milian R, Sefik E, Vidal-Pedrola G, Raduwan H, Chen T, Arora G, Halene S, Shaw A, Palm N, Flavell R, Parkos C, Thangamani S, Ring A, Fikrig E. The human CD47 checkpoint is targeted by an immunosuppressive Aedes aegypti salivary factor to enhance arboviral skin infectivity. Science Immunology 2024, 9: eadk9872-eadk9872. PMID: 39121194, PMCID: PMC11924945, DOI: 10.1126/sciimmunol.adk9872.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSuppress antiviral responsesArthropod proteinsPathogen replicationAntiviral responseProtein AVertebrate hostsMosquito salivary proteinsUp-regulatedBlood feedingHuman macrophagesPleomorphic effectsSkin infectionsZika virus disseminationInhibit proinflammatory responsesSalivary proteinsProteinNatural ligandWhite blood cellsHuman skin explantsProinflammatory responseMosquito salivaVirus disseminationHuman CD47Salivary factorsArbovirus infection
2016
A Family of Salmonella Type III Secretion Effector Proteins Selectively Targets the NF-κB Signaling Pathway to Preserve Host Homeostasis
Sun H, Kamanova J, Lara-Tejero M, Galán JE. A Family of Salmonella Type III Secretion Effector Proteins Selectively Targets the NF-κB Signaling Pathway to Preserve Host Homeostasis. PLOS Pathogens 2016, 12: e1005484. PMID: 26933955, PMCID: PMC4775039, DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005484.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNF-κBHost homeostasisNF-κB Signaling PathwayHost innate immune responsePro-inflammatory cytokinesInnate immune responseType III secretion effector proteinsHost tissue damageIntestinal inflammationSalmonella typhimurium strainsImmune responseAnimal modelsInflammationRelB transcription factorPathogen replicationMicrobial infectionsTyphimurium strainsEffector proteinsSignaling pathwaysType III secretion systemInfectionBacterial pathogensBacteria Salmonella typhimuriumSignal transduction pathwaysSalmonella typhimurium
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