2021
Norovirus evolution in immunodeficient mice reveals potentiated pathogenicity via a single nucleotide change in the viral capsid
Walker FC, Hassan E, Peterson ST, Rodgers R, Schriefer LA, Thompson CE, Li Y, Kalugotla G, Blum-Johnston C, Lawrence D, McCune BT, Graziano VR, Lushniak L, Lee S, Roth AN, Karst SM, Nice TJ, Miner JJ, Wilen CB, Baldridge MT. Norovirus evolution in immunodeficient mice reveals potentiated pathogenicity via a single nucleotide change in the viral capsid. PLOS Pathogens 2021, 17: e1009402. PMID: 33705489, PMCID: PMC7987144, DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009402.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNucleotide changesSingle nucleotide changeViral capsidAmino acid changesEvolutionary potentialIFN-competent hostsIntestinal myeloid cellsSelective pressureSingle nucleotideKey controllerNorovirus evolutionAcid changesLethal pathogenVirus growthEnhanced virulenceMice revealsIFN responseHigh replicationEnhanced recruitmentMyeloid cellsExtraintestinal disseminationIntestinal replicationReplicationPathogenicityCapsid
2016
Discovery of a proteinaceous cellular receptor for a norovirus
Orchard RC, Wilen CB, Doench JG, Baldridge MT, McCune BT, Lee YC, Lee S, Pruett-Miller SM, Nelson CA, Fremont DH, Virgin HW. Discovery of a proteinaceous cellular receptor for a norovirus. Science 2016, 353: 933-936. PMID: 27540007, PMCID: PMC5484048, DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf1220.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProteinaceous receptorsMNoV infectionCellular machineryNoV replicationHuman cellsCell deathSpecies barrierCD300lfSpecies tropismPrimary cellsCellular receptorsCell linesMurine NoVHost factorsReplicationCause of gastroenteritisPrimary determinantNoV infectionReceptorsCellsEctodomainMachineryInfectionCrystal structureResidues