Retroviruses and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
…particles. RNAs encoding this enzyme have now been found in the brains of ALS patients, and their origin appears to be the human endogenous retrovirus HERV-K. Reverse transcriptase is a…
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TWiV 133: The HIV hideout
…Kathleen – TRIM5 is an innate immune sensor (Nature) Rich – A Biologist’s Mothers Day Song (YouTube) Alan – World of Viruses Vincent – Magnet Balls (Amazon) Listener Pick of…
Poliomyelitis after a twelve year incubation period
…produce antibodies that help control microbial infections. For example, individuals with CVI often develop chronic enterovirus infections. Furthermore, after receiving oral poliovirus vaccine, CVI patients may shed infectious virus for…
Transgenic mice susceptible to poliovirus
…that they were susceptible to poliovirus infection. The illustration at top left shows a PVR transgenic mouse with a paralyzed left hind limb after poliovirus inoculation. Poliovirus transgenic mice were…
TWiV 166: Breaking and entering
…factor for HCV (Nature Med) Ebola virus entry requires Niemann-Pick C1 (Nature one, two) Nectin-4 is measles virus epithelial receptor (Nature, PLoS Pathogens) An exit strategy for measles virus (Science)…
Evidence for influenza H5N1 infections in humans
…authors summarized the results of serological surveys in which human sera were examined for the presence of antibodies to influenza H5N1 virus. Because antibodies are part of our immune defenses,…