2024
An evolutionarily conserved ubiquitin ligase drives infection and transmission of flaviviruses
Wu L, Zhang L, Feng S, Chen L, Lin C, Wang G, Zhu Y, Wang P, Cheng G. An evolutionarily conserved ubiquitin ligase drives infection and transmission of flaviviruses. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2024, 121: e2317978121. PMID: 38593069, PMCID: PMC11032495, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2317978121.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNonstructural proteinsSingle-stranded RNA genomeER-associated degradationE3 ligase HRD1Individual functional proteinsFlavivirus infectionCellular fitnessRNA genomeUbiquitin systemFlavivirus NS4AFunctional proteinsFlavivirus proteinsLysine residuesMammalian hostsMosquito-borne flavivirusSmall molecule inhibitorsStructural proteinsHrd1Viral proteinsProgeny virionsUbiquitinPotential therapeutic targetDENV2 infectionProteinNS4A
2022
Intrinsic cardiac adrenergic cells contribute to LPS-induced myocardial dysfunction
Yang D, Dai X, Xing Y, Tang X, Yang G, Harrison A, Cahoon J, Li H, Lv X, Yu X, Wang P, Wang H. Intrinsic cardiac adrenergic cells contribute to LPS-induced myocardial dysfunction. Communications Biology 2022, 5: 96. PMID: 35079095, PMCID: PMC8789803, DOI: 10.1038/s42003-022-03007-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntrinsic cardiac adrenergic cellsToll-like receptor 4ICA cellsTNF-α productionMyocardial dysfunctionSeptic cardiomyopathyAdrenergic cellsMyocardial TNF-α productionSecretion of NEPotential therapeutic targetΒ1-adrenergic receptorNE biosynthesisTLR4-MyD88Receptor 4Norepinephrine secretionP65 translocationTyrosine hydroxylaseNF-κBTherapeutic targetMitogen-activated protein kinase pathwayDependent protein kinase IILipopolysaccharideDysfunctionProtein kinase IIPathological processes