A View on the Role of Epigenetics in the Biology of Malaria Parasites

Alfred Cortés, Valerie M. Crowley, Alejandro Vaquero, Till S. Voss

PLOS Pathogens: published December 13, 2012 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1002943

Inflammatory Responses Associated with the Induction of Cerebral Malaria: Lessons from Experimental Murine Models

Diana S. Hansen

PLOS Pathogens: published December 27, 2012 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1003045

News from the Fungal Front: Wall Proteome Dynamics and Host–Pathogen Interplay

Clemens J. Heilmann, Alice G. Sorgo, Frans M. Klis

PLOS Pathogens: published December 27, 2012 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1003050

Zinc Exploitation by Pathogenic Fungi

Duncan Wilson, Francesco Citiulo, Bernhard Hube

PLOS Pathogens: published December 20, 2012 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1003034

Parallels in Intercellular Communication in Oomycete and Fungal Pathogens of Plants and Humans

Soo Chan Lee, Jean B. Ristaino, Joseph Heitman

PLOS Pathogens: published December 13, 2012 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1003028

Morphogenesis in Fungal Pathogenicity: Shape, Size, and Surface

Linqi Wang, Xiaorong Lin

PLOS Pathogens: published December 6, 2012 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1003027

Virus-Encoded microRNAs: An Overview and a Look to the Future

Rodney P. Kincaid, Christopher S. Sullivan

PLOS Pathogens: published December 20, 2012 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1003018

Emerging Roles for the Influenza A Virus Nuclear Export Protein (NEP)

Duncan Paterson, Ervin Fodor

PLOS Pathogens: published December 6, 2012 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1003019

The Calmodulin-like Calcium Binding Protein EhCaBP3 of Entamoeba histolytica Regulates Phagocytosis and Is Involved in Actin Dynamics

Saima Aslam, Sudha Bhattacharya, Alok Bhattacharya

PLOS Pathogens: published December 27, 2012 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1003055

Hsp90 Orchestrates Transcriptional Regulation by Hsf1 and Cell Wall Remodelling by MAPK Signalling during Thermal Adaptation in a Pathogenic Yeast

Michelle D. Leach, Susan Budge, Louise Walker, Carol Munro, Leah E. Cowen, Alistair J. P. Brown

PLOS Pathogens: published December 27, 2012 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1003069

Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus Infection in FVB Mouse Produces Hemorrhagic Disease

Frederick J. Schnell, Sarah Sundholm, Stacy Crumley, Patrick L. Iversen, Dan V. Mourich

PLOS Pathogens: published December 27, 2012 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1003073

Global Gene Transcriptome Analysis in Vaccinated Cattle Revealed a Dominant Role of IL-22 for Protection against Bovine Tuberculosis

Sabin Bhuju, Elihu Aranday-Cortes, Bernardo Villarreal-Ramos, Zhou Xing, Mahavir Singh, H. Martin Vordermeier

PLOS Pathogens: published December 27, 2012 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1003077

A Strong Immune Response in Young Adult Honeybees Masks Their Increased Susceptibility to Infection Compared to Older Bees

James C. Bull, Eugene V. Ryabov, Gill Prince, Andrew Mead, Cunjin Zhang, Laura A. Baxter, Judith K. Pell, Juliet L. Osborne, Dave Chandler

PLOS Pathogens: published December 27, 2012 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1003083

Inhibition of a NEDD8 Cascade Restores Restriction of HIV by APOBEC3G

David J. Stanley, Koen Bartholomeeusen, David C. Crosby, Dong Young Kim, Eunju Kwon, Linda Yen, Nathalie Caretta Cartozo, Ming Li, Stefanie Jäger, Jeremy Mason-Herr, Fumiaki Hayashi, Shigeyuki Yokoyama, Nevan J. Krogan, Reuben S. Harris, Boris Matija Peterlin, John D. Gross

PLOS Pathogens: published December 27, 2012 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1003085

Botulinum Neurotoxins A and E Undergo Retrograde Axonal Transport in Primary Motor Neurons

Laura Restani, Francesco Giribaldi, Maria Manich, Kinga Bercsenyi, Guillermo Menendez, Ornella Rossetto, Matteo Caleo, Giampietro Schiavo

PLOS Pathogens: published December 27, 2012 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1003087

Components of Selection in the Evolution of the Influenza Virus: Linkage Effects Beat Inherent Selection

Christopher J. R. Illingworth, Ville Mustonen

PLOS Pathogens: published December 27, 2012 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1003091

Nasal Colonisation by Staphylococcus aureus Depends upon Clumping Factor B Binding to the Squamous Epithelial Cell Envelope Protein Loricrin

Michelle E. Mulcahy, Joan A. Geoghegan, Ian R. Monk, Kate M. O'Keeffe, Evelyn J. Walsh, Timothy J. Foster, Rachel M. McLoughlin

PLOS Pathogens: published December 27, 2012 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1003092

Central Nervous System Compartmentalization of HIV-1 Subtype C Variants Early and Late in Infection in Young Children

Christa Buckheit Sturdevant, Anna Dow, Cassandra B. Jabara, Sarah B. Joseph, Gretja Schnell, Nobutoki Takamune, Macpherson Mallewa, Robert S. Heyderman, Annelies Van Rie, Ronald Swanstrom

PLOS Pathogens: published December 27, 2012 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1003094

An Epstein-Barr Virus Encoded Inhibitor of Colony Stimulating Factor-1 Signaling Is an Important Determinant for Acute and Persistent EBV Infection

Makoto Ohashi, Mark H. Fogg, Nina Orlova, Carol Quink, Fred Wang

PLOS Pathogens: published December 27, 2012 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1003095

Statins Decrease Neuroinflammation and Prevent Cognitive Impairment after Cerebral Malaria

Patricia A. Reis, Vanessa Estato, Tathiany I. da Silva, Joana C. d'Avila, Luciana D. Siqueira, Edson F. Assis, Patricia T. Bozza, Fernando A. Bozza, Eduardo V. Tibiriça, Guy A. Zimmerman, Hugo C. Castro-Faria-Neto

PLOS Pathogens: published December 27, 2012 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1003099

p12 Tethers the Murine Leukemia Virus Pre-integration Complex to Mitotic Chromosomes

Efrat Elis, Marcelo Ehrlich, Adi Prizan-Ravid, Nihay Laham-Karam, Eran Bacharach

PLOS Pathogens: published December 27, 2012 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1003103

Messenger RNA Sequence Rather than Protein Sequence Determines the Level of Self-synthesis and Antigen Presentation of the EBV-encoded Antigen, EBNA1

Judy T. Tellam, Lea Lekieffre, Jie Zhong, David J. Lynn, Rajiv Khanna

PLOS Pathogens: published December 27, 2012 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1003112

Bidirectional Transfer of RNAi between Honey Bee and Varroa destructor: Varroa Gene Silencing Reduces Varroa Population

Yael Garbian, Eyal Maori, Haim Kalev, Sharoni Shafir, Ilan Sela

PLOS Pathogens: published December 20, 2012 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1003035

Blood Flukes Exploit Peyer's Patch Lymphoid Tissue to Facilitate Transmission from the Mammalian Host

Joseph D. Turner, Priyanka Narang, Mark C. Coles, Adrian P. Mountford

PLOS Pathogens: published December 20, 2012 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1003063

Transmission of Equine Influenza Virus during an Outbreak Is Characterized by Frequent Mixed Infections and Loose Transmission Bottlenecks

Joseph Hughes, Richard C. Allen, Marc Baguelin, Katie Hampson, Gregory J. Baillie, Debra Elton, J. Richard Newton, Paul Kellam, James L. N. Wood, Edward C. Holmes, Pablo R. Murcia

PLOS Pathogens: published December 20, 2012 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1003081

COX5B Regulates MAVS-mediated Antiviral Signaling through Interaction with ATG5 and Repressing ROS Production

Yuanyuan Zhao, Xiaofeng Sun, Xuanli Nie, Liwei Sun, Tie-shan Tang, Dahua Chen, Qinmiao Sun

PLOS Pathogens: published December 20, 2012 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1003086

Human Tetherin Exerts Strong Selection Pressure on the HIV-1 Group N Vpu Protein

Daniel Sauter, Daniel Unterweger, Michael Vogl, Shariq M. Usmani, Anke Heigele, Silvia F. Kluge, Elisabeth Hermkes, Markus Moll, Edward Barker, Martine Peeters, Gerald H. Learn, Frederic Bibollet-Ruche, Joëlle V. Fritz, Oliver T. Fackler, Beatrice H. Hahn, Frank Kirchhoff

PLOS Pathogens: published December 20, 2012 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1003093

4′-Phosphopantetheinyl Transferase PptT, a New Drug Target Required for Mycobacterium tuberculosis Growth and Persistence In Vivo

Cécile Leblanc, Thomas Prudhomme, Guillaume Tabouret, Aurélie Ray, Sophie Burbaud, Stéphanie Cabantous, Lionel Mourey, Christophe Guilhot, Christian Chalut

PLOS Pathogens: published December 20, 2012 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1003097

How the Fly Balances Its Ability to Combat Different Pathogens

Moria C. Chambers, Karla L. Lightfield, David S. Schneider

PLOS Pathogens: published December 13, 2012 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1002970

RelAp43, a Member of the NF-κB Family Involved in Innate Immune Response against Lyssavirus Infection

Sophie Luco, Olivier Delmas, Pierre-Olivier Vidalain, Frédéric Tangy, Robert Weil, Hervé Bourhy

PLOS Pathogens: published December 13, 2012 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1003060

Influenza Infection Rates, Measurement Errors and the Interpretation of Paired Serology

Simon Cauchemez, Peter Horby, Annette Fox, Le Quynh Mai, Le Thi Thanh, Pham Quang Thai, Le Nguyen Minh Hoa, Nguyen Tran Hien, Neil M. Ferguson

PLOS Pathogens: published December 13, 2012 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1003061

Block of Death-Receptor Apoptosis Protects Mouse Cytomegalovirus from Macrophages and Is a Determinant of Virulence in Immunodeficient Hosts

Linda Ebermann, Zsolt Ruzsics, Carlos A. Guzmán, Nico van Rooijen, Rosaely Casalegno-Garduño, Ulrich Koszinowski, Luka Čičin-Šain

PLOS Pathogens: published December 13, 2012 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1003062

Antigenic Subversion: A Novel Mechanism of Host Immune Evasion by Ebola Virus

Gopi S. Mohan, Wenfang Li, Ling Ye, Richard W. Compans, Chinglai Yang

PLOS Pathogens: published December 13, 2012 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1003065

The Polyfunctionality of Human Memory CD8+ T Cells Elicited by Acute and Chronic Virus Infections Is Not Influenced by Age

Alina Lelic, Chris P. Verschoor, Mario Ventresca, Robin Parsons, Carole Evelegh, Dawn Bowdish, Michael R. Betts, Mark B. Loeb, Jonathan L. Bramson

PLOS Pathogens: published December 13, 2012 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1003076

VipD of Legionella pneumophila Targets Activated Rab5 and Rab22 to Interfere with Endosomal Trafficking in Macrophages

Bonsu Ku, Kwang-Hoon Lee, Wei Sun Park, Chul-Su Yang, Jianning Ge, Seong-Gyu Lee, Sun-Shin Cha, Feng Shao, Won Do Heo, Jae U. Jung, Byung-Ha Oh

PLOS Pathogens: published December 13, 2012 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1003082

The Nuclear Chaperone Nucleophosmin Escorts an Epstein-Barr Virus Nuclear Antigen to Establish Transcriptional Cascades for Latent Infection in Human B Cells

Cheng-Der Liu, Ya-Lin Chen, Yi-Li Min, Bo Zhao, Chi-Ping Cheng, Myung-Soo Kang, Shu-Jun Chiu, Elliott Kieff, Chih-Wen Peng

PLOS Pathogens: published December 13, 2012 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1003084

Diverse Lifestyles and Strategies of Plant Pathogenesis Encoded in the Genomes of Eighteen Dothideomycetes Fungi

Robin A. Ohm, Nicolas Feau, Bernard Henrissat, Conrad L. Schoch, Benjamin A. Horwitz, Kerrie W. Barry, Bradford J. Condon, Alex C. Copeland, Braham Dhillon, Fabian Glaser, Cedar N. Hesse, Idit Kosti, Kurt LaButti, Erika A. Lindquist, Susan Lucas, Asaf A. Salamov, Rosie E. Bradshaw, Lynda Ciuffetti, Richard C. Hamelin, Gert H. J. Kema, Christopher Lawrence, James A. Scott, Joseph W. Spatafora, B. Gillian Turgeon, Pierre J. G. M. de Wit, Shaobin Zhong, Stephen B. Goodwin, Igor V. Grigoriev

PLOS Pathogens: published December 6, 2012 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1003037

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GABAergic Signaling Is Linked to a Hypermigratory Phenotype in Dendritic Cells Infected by Toxoplasma gondii

Jonas M. Fuks, Romanico B. G. Arrighi, Jessica M. Weidner, Suresh Kumar Mendu, Zhe Jin, Robert P. A. Wallin, Bence Rethi, Bryndis Birnir, Antonio Barragan

PLOS Pathogens: published December 6, 2012 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1003051

The Initial Draining Lymph Node Primes the Bulk of the CD8 T Cell Response and Influences Memory T Cell Trafficking after a Systemic Viral Infection

Matthew R. Olson, Daniel S. McDermott, Steven M. Varga

PLOS Pathogens: published December 6, 2012 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1003054

Three-Dimensional Architecture and Biogenesis of Membrane Structures Associated with Hepatitis C Virus Replication

Inés Romero-Brey, Andreas Merz, Abhilash Chiramel, Ji-Young Lee, Petr Chlanda, Uta Haselman, Rachel Santarella-Mellwig, Anja Habermann, Simone Hoppe, Stephanie Kallis, Paul Walther, Claude Antony, Jacomine Krijnse-Locker, Ralf Bartenschlager

PLOS Pathogens: published December 6, 2012 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1003056

Influenza Human Monoclonal Antibody 1F1 Interacts with Three Major Antigenic Sites and Residues Mediating Human Receptor Specificity in H1N1 Viruses

Tshidi Tsibane, Damian C. Ekiert, Jens C. Krause, Osvaldo Martinez, James E. Crowe Jr., Ian A. Wilson, Christopher F. Basler

PLOS Pathogens: published December 6, 2012 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1003067

Identification of an Acinetobacter baumannii Zinc Acquisition System that Facilitates Resistance to Calprotectin-mediated Zinc Sequestration

M. Indriati Hood, Brittany L. Mortensen, Jessica L. Moore, Yaofang Zhang, Thomas E. Kehl-Fie, Norie Sugitani, Walter J. Chazin, Richard M. Caprioli, Eric P. Skaar

PLOS Pathogens: published December 6, 2012 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1003068

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Attenuated Salmonella Typhimurium Lacking the Pathogenicity Island-2 Type 3 Secretion System Grow to High Bacterial Numbers inside Phagocytes in Mice

Andrew J. Grant, Fiona J. E. Morgan, Trevelyan J. McKinley, Gemma L. Foster, Duncan J. Maskell, Pietro Mastroeni

PLOS Pathogens: published December 6, 2012 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1003070

MiniCD4 Microbicide Prevents HIV Infection of Human Mucosal Explants and Vaginal Transmission of SHIV_162P3 in Cynomolgus Macaques

Nathalie Dereuddre-Bosquet, Laurence Morellato-Castillo, Joachim Brouwers, Patrick Augustijns, Kawthar Bouchemal, Gilles Ponchel, Oscar H. P. Ramos, Carolina Herrera, Martha Stefanidou, Robin Shattock, Leo Heyndrickx, Guido Vanham, Pascal Kessler, Roger Le Grand, Loïc Martin

PLOS Pathogens: published December 6, 2012 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1003071

Clostridium difficile Toxin B Causes Epithelial Cell Necrosis through an Autoprocessing-Independent Mechanism

Nicole M. Chumbler, Melissa A. Farrow, Lynne A. Lapierre, Jeffrey L. Franklin, David Haslam, James R. Goldenring, D. Borden Lacy

PLOS Pathogens: published December 6, 2012 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1003072

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Reactive Oxygen Species Production and Brugia pahangi Survivorship in Aedes polynesiensis with Artificial Wolbachia Infection Types

Elizabeth S. Andrews, Philip R. Crain, Yuqing Fu, Daniel K. Howe, Stephen L. Dobson

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The GM2 Glycan Serves as a Functional Coreceptor for Serotype 1 Reovirus

Kerstin Reiss, Jennifer E. Stencel, Yan Liu, Bärbel S. Blaum, Dirk M. Reiter, Ten Feizi, Terence S. Dermody, Thilo Stehle

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TgCDPK3 Regulates Calcium-Dependent Egress of Toxoplasma gondii from Host Cells

James M. McCoy, Lachlan Whitehead, Giel G. van Dooren, Christopher J. Tonkin

PLOS Pathogens: published December 4, 2012 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1003066

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