2016
Generalized selection to overcome innate immunity selects for host breadth in an RNA virus
Wasik BR, Muñoz‐Rojas A, Okamoto KW, Miller‐Jensen K, Turner PE. Generalized selection to overcome innate immunity selects for host breadth in an RNA virus. Evolution 2016, 70: 270-281. PMID: 26882316, DOI: 10.1111/evo.12845.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVesicular stomatitis virus populationsInnate immunityRNA virusesHost cell levelVirus-host coevolutionDifferent species originViral fitnessCompetent cellsVSV populationsHost breadthHuman cancer cellsEvolutionary historyFitness differencesHost speciesDisparate hostsSpecies originInfection successInnate immune capacityPrimate cellsInnate immune functionVirus populationsImmune deficient cellsEmergence potentialImmune competent cellsNonhuman primate cells
2006
Adenoviral vector saturates Akt pro-survival signaling and blocks insulin-mediated rescue of tumor-necrosis-factor-induced apoptosis
Miller-Jensen K, Janes KA, Wong YL, Griffith LG, Lauffenburger DA. Adenoviral vector saturates Akt pro-survival signaling and blocks insulin-mediated rescue of tumor-necrosis-factor-induced apoptosis. Journal Of Cell Science 2006, 119: 3788-3798. PMID: 16940353, DOI: 10.1242/jcs.03102.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCellular responsesGrowth factor stimulationAnti-apoptotic signalsFactor-induced apoptosisAnti-apoptotic signalingCell fatePro-survival signalingSubstrate phosphorylationHuman epithelial cellsProtein kinaseCellular survivalAkt activityMK2 activityMolecular biologyAktAdenoviral vectorKinaseApoptosisEpithelial cellsTNF receptorE1/E3-deleted adenoviral vectorsSignalingGrowth factorRecombinant adenovirusClinical gene therapy