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PLOS Pathogens: published March 20, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006278

Location, location, location: Use of CRISPR-Cas9 for genome editing in human pathogenic fungi

Aaron P. Mitchell

PLOS Pathogens: published March 30, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006209

Immune correlates of HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis

Mark W. Tenforde, James E. Scriven, Thomas S. Harrison, Joseph N. Jarvis

PLOS Pathogens: published March 23, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006207

How to develop viruses into anticancer weapons

Roberto Cattaneo, Stephen J. Russell

PLOS Pathogens: published March 16, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006190

RNA modifications go viral

Nandan S. Gokhale, Stacy M. Horner

PLOS Pathogens: published March 9, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006188

The human immune response to Toxoplasma: Autophagy versus cell death

Shruthi Krishnamurthy, Eleni K. Konstantinou, Lucy H. Young, Daniel A. Gold, Jeroen P. J. Saeij

PLOS Pathogens: published March 9, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006176

Specialising the parasite nucleus: Pores, lamins, chromatin, and diversity

Michael P. Rout, Samson O. Obado, Sergio Schenkman, Mark C. Field

PLOS Pathogens: published March 2, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006170

Nod2: The intestinal gate keeper

Ziad Al Nabhani, Gilles Dietrich, Jean-Pierre Hugot, Frederick Barreau

PLOS Pathogens: published March 2, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006177

Aquaglyceroporin-null trypanosomes display glycerol transport defects and respiratory-inhibitor sensitivity

Laura Jeacock, Nicola Baker, Natalie Wiedemar, Pascal Mäser, David Horn

PLOS Pathogens: published March 30, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006307

Transient microbiota exposures activate dormant Escherichia coli infection in the bladder and drive severe outcomes of recurrent disease

Nicole M. Gilbert, Valerie P. O’Brien, Amanda L. Lewis

PLOS Pathogens: published March 30, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006238

PrP^Sc formation and clearance as determinants of prion tropism

Ronald A. Shikiya, Katie A. Langenfeld, Thomas E. Eckland, Jonathan Trinh, Sara A. M. Holec, Candace K. Mathiason, Anthony E. Kincaid, Jason C. Bartz

PLOS Pathogens: published March 29, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006298

The NF-κB-dependent and -independent transcriptome and chromatin landscapes of human coronavirus 229E-infected cells

Michael Poppe, Sascha Wittig, Liane Jurida, Marek Bartkuhn, Jochen Wilhelm, Helmut Müller, Knut Beuerlein, Nadja Karl, Sabin Bhuju, John Ziebuhr, M. Lienhard Schmitz, Michael Kracht

PLOS Pathogens: published March 29, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006286

Deep mutational scanning identifies sites in influenza nucleoprotein that affect viral inhibition by MxA

Orr Ashenberg, Jai Padmakumar, Michael B. Doud, Jesse D. Bloom

PLOS Pathogens: published March 27, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006288

Genome-wide RNAi selection identifies a regulator of transmission stage-enriched gene families and cell-type differentiation in Trypanosoma brucei

Eva Rico, Alasdair Ivens, Lucy Glover, David Horn, Keith R. Matthews

PLOS Pathogens: published March 23, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006279

Virus-mediated suppression of host non-self recognition facilitates horizontal transmission of heterologous viruses

Songsong Wu, Jiasen Cheng, Yanping Fu, Tao Chen, Daohong Jiang, Said A. Ghabrial, Jiatao Xie

PLOS Pathogens: published March 23, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006234

Macrophage origin limits functional plasticity in helminth-bacterial co-infection

Dominik Rückerl, Sharon M. Campbell, Sheelagh Duncan, Tara E. Sutherland, Stephen J. Jenkins, James P. Hewitson, Tom A. Barr, Lucy H. Jackson-Jones, Rick M. Maizels, Judith E. Allen

PLOS Pathogens: published March 23, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006233

The blood DNA virome in 8,000 humans

Ahmed Moustafa, Chao Xie, Ewen Kirkness, William Biggs, Emily Wong, Yaron Turpaz, Kenneth Bloom, Eric Delwart, Karen E. Nelson, J. Craig Venter, Amalio Telenti

PLOS Pathogens: published March 22, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006292

Proviruses with identical sequences comprise a large fraction of the replication-competent HIV reservoir

John K. Bui, Michele D. Sobolewski, Brandon F. Keele, Jonathan Spindler, Andrew Musick, Ann Wiegand, Brian T. Luke, Wei Shao, Stephen H. Hughes, John M. Coffin, Mary F. Kearney, John W. Mellors

PLOS Pathogens: published March 22, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006283

Ubiquitously expressed Human Beta Defensin 1 (hBD1) forms bacteria-entrapping nets in a redox dependent mode of action

Judith Raschig, Daniela Mailänder-Sánchez, Anne Berscheid, Jürgen Berger, Adam A. Strömstedt, Lioba F. Courth, Nisar P. Malek, Heike Brötz-Oesterhelt, Jan Wehkamp

PLOS Pathogens: published March 21, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006261

HPV16 and 18 genome amplification show different E4-dependence, with 16E4 enhancing E1 nuclear accumulation and replicative efficiency via its cell cycle arrest and kinase activation functions

Nagayasu Egawa, Qian Wang, Heather M. Griffin, Isao Murakami, Deborah Jackson, Radma Mahmood, John Doorbar

PLOS Pathogens: published March 17, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006282

The redefinition of Helicobacter pylori lipopolysaccharide O-antigen and core-oligosaccharide domains

Hong Li, Tiandi Yang, Tingting Liao, Aleksandra W. Debowski, Hans-Olof Nilsson, Alma Fulurija, Stuart M. Haslam, Barbara Mulloy, Anne Dell, Keith A. Stubbs, Barry J. Marshall, Mohammed Benghezal

PLOS Pathogens: published March 17, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006280

Synergy between the classical and alternative pathways of complement is essential for conferring effective protection against the pandemic influenza A(H1N1) 2009 virus infection

Ajitanuj Rattan, Shailesh D. Pawar, Renuka Nawadkar, Neeraja Kulkarni, Girdhari Lal, Jayati Mullick, Arvind Sahu

PLOS Pathogens: published March 16, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006248

The aromatic amino acid hydroxylase genes AAH1 and AAH2 in Toxoplasma gondii contribute to transmission in the cat

Zi T. Wang, Shiv K. Verma, Jitender P. Dubey, L. David Sibley

PLOS Pathogens: published March 13, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006272

Complete mapping of viral escape from neutralizing antibodies

Michael B. Doud, Scott E. Hensley, Jesse D. Bloom

PLOS Pathogens: published March 13, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006271

Type VI secretion system contributes to Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli virulence by secreting catalase against host reactive oxygen species (ROS)

Baoshan Wan, Qiufen Zhang, Jinjing Ni, Shuxian Li, Donghua Wen, Jun Li, Haihan Xiao, Ping He, Hong-yu Ou, Jing Tao, Qihui Teng, Jie Lu, Wenjuan Wu, Yu-Feng Yao

PLOS Pathogens: published March 13, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006246

H1N1 influenza viruses varying widely in hemagglutinin stability transmit efficiently from swine to swine and to ferrets

Marion Russier, Guohua Yang, Atanaska Marinova-Petkova, Peter Vogel, Bryan S. Kaplan, Richard J. Webby, Charles J. Russell

PLOS Pathogens: published March 10, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006276

Secretory proteins are delivered to the septin-organized penetration interface during root infection by Verticillium dahliae

Ting-Ting Zhou, Yun-Long Zhao, Hui-Shan Guo

PLOS Pathogens: published March 10, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006275

Endothelial cell tropism is a determinant of H5N1 pathogenesis in mammalian species

Smanla Tundup, Matheswaran Kandasamy, Jasmine T. Perez, Nacho Mena, John Steel, Tamas Nagy, Randy A. Albrecht, Balaji Manicassamy

PLOS Pathogens: published March 10, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006270

A novel Zika virus mouse model reveals strain specific differences in virus pathogenesis and host inflammatory immune responses

Shashank Tripathi, Vinod R. M. T. Balasubramaniam, Julia A. Brown, Ignacio Mena, Alesha Grant, Susana V. Bardina, Kevin Maringer, Megan C. Schwarz, Ana M. Maestre, Marion Sourisseau, Randy A. Albrecht, Florian Krammer, Matthew J. Evans, Ana Fernandez-Sesma, Jean K. Lim, Adolfo García-Sastre

PLOS Pathogens: published March 9, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006258

Enhanced control of Mycobacterium tuberculosis extrapulmonary dissemination in mice by an arabinomannan-protein conjugate vaccine

Rafael Prados-Rosales, Leandro Carreño, Tingting Cheng, Caroline Blanc, Brian Weinrick, Adel Malek, Todd L. Lowary, Andres Baena, Maju Joe, Yu Bai, Rainer Kalscheuer, Ana Batista-Gonzalez, Noemi A. Saavedra, Leticia Sampedro, Julen Tomás, Juan Anguita, Shang-Cheng Hung, Ashish Tripathi, Jiayong Xu, Aharona Glatman-Freedman, Williams R. Jacobs Jr., John Chan, Steven A. Porcelli, Jacqueline M. Achkar, Arturo Casadevall

PLOS Pathogens: published March 9, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006250

Zika Virus infection of rhesus macaques leads to viral persistence in multiple tissues

Alec J. Hirsch, Jessica L. Smith, Nicole N. Haese, Rebecca M. Broeckel, Christopher J. Parkins, Craig Kreklywich, Victor R. DeFilippis, Michael Denton, Patricia P. Smith, William B. Messer, Lois M. A. Colgin, Rebecca M. Ducore, Peta L. Grigsby, Jon D. Hennebold, Tonya Swanson, Alfred W. Legasse, Michael K. Axthelm, Rhonda MacAllister, Clayton A. Wiley, Jay A. Nelson, Daniel N. Streblow

PLOS Pathogens: published March 9, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006219

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A novel negative-stranded RNA virus mediates sex ratio in its parasitoid host

Fei Wang, Qi Fang, Beibei Wang, Zhichao Yan, Jian Hong, Yiming Bao, Jens H. Kuhn, John H. Werren, Qisheng Song, Gongyin Ye

PLOS Pathogens: published March 9, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006201

A quantitative brain map of experimental cerebral malaria pathology

Patrick Strangward, Michael J. Haley, Tovah N. Shaw, Jean-Marc Schwartz, Rachel Greig, Aleksandr Mironov, J. Brian de Souza, Sheena M. Cruickshank, Alister G. Craig, Danny A. Milner Jr, Stuart M. Allan, Kevin N. Couper

PLOS Pathogens: published March 8, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006267

The E3 ubiquitin ligase RNF185 facilitates the cGAS-mediated innate immune response

Qiang Wang, Liyuan Huang, Ze Hong, Zhongshi Lv, Zhaomin Mao, Yijun Tang, Xiufang Kong, Senlin Li, Ye Cui, Heng Liu, Lele Zhang, Xiaojie Zhang, Lindi Jiang, Chen Wang, Qin Zhou

PLOS Pathogens: published March 8, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006264

A self-perpetuating repressive state of a viral replication protein blocks superinfection by the same virus

Xiao-Feng Zhang, Rong Sun, Qin Guo, Shaoyan Zhang, Tea Meulia, Randal Halfmann, Dawei Li, Feng Qu

PLOS Pathogens: published March 7, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006253

Parvovirus B19 NS1 protein induces cell cycle arrest at G2-phase by activating the ATR-CDC25C-CDK1 pathway

Peng Xu, Zhe Zhou, Min Xiong, Wei Zou, Xuefeng Deng, Safder S. Ganaie, Steve Kleiboeker, Jianxin Peng, Kaiyu Liu, Shengqi Wang, Shui Qing Ye, Jianming Qiu

PLOS Pathogens: published March 6, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006266

Dengue virus genomic variation associated with mosquito adaptation defines the pattern of viral non-coding RNAs and fitness in human cells

Claudia V. Filomatori, Juan M. Carballeda, Sergio M. Villordo, Sebastian Aguirre, Horacio M. Pallarés, Ana M. Maestre, Irma Sánchez-Vargas, Carol D. Blair, Cintia Fabri, Maria A. Morales, Ana Fernandez-Sesma, Andrea V. Gamarnik

PLOS Pathogens: published March 6, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006265

Delineating CD4 dependency of HIV-1: Adaptation to infect low level CD4 expressing target cells widens cellular tropism but severely impacts on envelope functionality

David Beauparlant, Peter Rusert, Carsten Magnus, Claus Kadelka, Jacqueline Weber, Therese Uhr, Osvaldo Zagordi, Corinna Oberle, Maria J. Duenas-Decamp, Paul R. Clapham, Karin J. Metzner, Huldrych F. Günthard, Alexandra Trkola

PLOS Pathogens: published March 6, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006255

Deacetylation of sialic acid by esterases potentiates pneumococcal neuraminidase activity for mucin utilization, colonization and virulence

Hasan F. Kahya, Peter W. Andrew, Hasan Yesilkaya

PLOS Pathogens: published March 3, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006263

The genetic basis for variation in resistance to infection in the Drosophila melanogaster genetic reference panel

Jonathan B. Wang, Hsiao-Ling Lu, Raymond J. St. Leger

PLOS Pathogens: published March 3, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006260

Integrated systems biology analysis of KSHV latent infection reveals viral induction and reliance on peroxisome mediated lipid metabolism

Zoi E. Sychev, Alex Hu, Terri A. DiMaio, Anthony Gitter, Nathan D. Camp, William S. Noble, Alejandro Wolf-Yadlin, Michael Lagunoff

PLOS Pathogens: published March 3, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006256

Exosome secretion affects social motility in Trypanosoma brucei

Dror Eliaz, Sriram Kannan, Hadassa Shaked, Gil Arvatz, Itai Dov Tkacz, Lior Binder, Hiba Waldman Ben-Asher, Uthman Okalang, Vaibhav Chikne, Smadar Cohen-Chalamish, Shulamit Michaeli

PLOS Pathogens: published March 3, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006245

Lactoferrin binding protein B – a bi-functional bacterial receptor protein

Nicholas K. H. Ostan, Rong-Hua Yu, Dixon Ng, Christine Chieh-Lin Lai, Anastassia K. Pogoutse, Vladimir Sarpe, Morgan Hepburn, Joey Sheff, Shaunak Raval, David C. Schriemer, Trevor F. Moraes, Anthony B. Schryvers

PLOS Pathogens: published March 3, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006244

Alternate splicing of transcripts shape macrophage response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection

Haroon Kalam, Mary F. Fontana, Dhiraj Kumar

PLOS Pathogens: published March 3, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006236

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Autophagy regulates UBC9 levels during viral-mediated tumorigenesis

Domenico Mattoscio, Chiara Casadio, Claudia Miccolo, Fausto Maffini, Andrea Raimondi, Carlo Tacchetti, Tarik Gheit, Marta Tagliabue, Viviana E. Galimberti, Francesca De Lorenzi, Michael Pawlita, Fausto Chiesa, Mohssen Ansarin, Massimo Tommasino, Susanna Chiocca

PLOS Pathogens: published March 2, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006262

Genomic and phenotypic characterization of myxoma virus from Great Britain reveals multiple evolutionary pathways distinct from those in Australia

Peter J. Kerr, Isabella M. Cattadori, Matthew B. Rogers, Adam Fitch, Adam Geber, June Liu, Derek G. Sim, Brian Boag, John-Sebastian Eden, Elodie Ghedin, Andrew F. Read, Edward C. Holmes

PLOS Pathogens: published March 2, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006252

A neuropeptide modulates sensory perception in the entomopathogenic nematode Steinernema carpocapsae

Robert Morris, Leonie Wilson, Matthew Sturrock, Neil D. Warnock, Daniel Carrizo, Deborah Cox, Aaron G. Maule, Johnathan J. Dalzell

PLOS Pathogens: published March 2, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006185

Chloroquine triggers Epstein-Barr virus replication through phosphorylation of KAP1/TRIM28 in Burkitt lymphoma cells

Xiaofan Li, Eric M. Burton, Sumita Bhaduri-McIntosh

PLOS Pathogens: published March 1, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006249