2024
Autoregulated splicing of TRA2β programs T cell fate in response to antigen-receptor stimulation
Karginov T, Ménoret A, Leclair N, Harrison A, Chandiran K, Suarez-Ramirez J, Yurieva M, Karlinsey K, Wang P, O'Neill R, Murphy P, Adler A, Cauley L, Anczuków O, Zhou B, Vella A. Autoregulated splicing of TRA2β programs T cell fate in response to antigen-receptor stimulation. Science 2024, 385: eadj1979. PMID: 39265028, DOI: 10.1126/science.adj1979.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRNA-binding proteinsT cell fateT cell receptor sensitivityT cell receptorPoison exonGenomes of jawed vertebratesPosttranscriptional regulatory mechanismsResponse to antigen receptor stimulationAntigen receptor stimulationTranscriptional regulationJawed vertebratesAlternative splicingSignaling transcriptsT cell survivalRegulatory mechanismsTCR sensitivitySplicingT-cell receptor gene rearrangementEffector T cell expansionT cell responses to antigenTRA2BT cell expansionResponse to antigenGene rearrangementsHistocompatibility complex
2015
A Neuron-Specific Antiviral Mechanism Prevents Lethal Flaviviral Infection of Mosquitoes
Xiao X, Zhang R, Pang X, Liang G, Wang P, Cheng G. A Neuron-Specific Antiviral Mechanism Prevents Lethal Flaviviral Infection of Mosquitoes. PLOS Pathogens 2015, 11: e1004848. PMID: 25915054, PMCID: PMC4411065, DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004848.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAedesAnimalsAntiviral AgentsApoptosisBrainCell LineCell MembraneDengue VirusDrosophila melanogasterDrosophila ProteinsEncephalitis Virus, JapaneseFemaleHost-Pathogen InteractionsHumansInsect ProteinsNerve Tissue ProteinsNeuronsPhylogenyProtein Interaction Domains and MotifsRecombinant ProteinsViral Envelope ProteinsVirus InternalizationConceptsMosquito nervous systemCentral nervous systemJapanese encephalitis virusNervous systemFlaviviral infectionsDengue virusSindbis virusAntiviral mechanismMembrane targetingDramatic pathologyPlasma membraneAnti-flavivirus activityMosquito cellsSurface envelope proteinMosquito lifespanNatural vectorCulex pipiensHuman viral diseasesNeural cellsFlavivirus infectionEnvelope proteinFunctional blockadeNeural apoptosisMosquito behaviorViral infection