Lipid Modulation of the Viral Lifecycle
A special issue of Viruses (ISSN 1999-4915).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2015)
Special Issue Editor
Interests: membrane trafficking; organelle biogenesis; host-pathogen interactions; RNA virus replication; live-cell imaging
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Lipids are essential elements of many cellular processes including membrane trafficking, cell signaling, cytoskeletal motility and nuclear metabolism. In recent years they have also come to the forefront of research in virology and infectious diseases. RNA and DNA viruses, enveloped and non-enveloped, infecting a wide range of hosts, have evolved mechanisms to capture, produce and utilize lipids, such as phosphoinositides and sterols in diverse aspects of their lifecycle. Recent investigations have reported critical roles for lipids in viral entry, for efficient viral genome synthesis, for use as scaffolds for viral assembly, as well as for viral export, pathogenesis and tropism. In this special issue, we seek to highlight these recent findings as well as identify those common mechanisms employed for lipid capture and utilization by a broad range of viruses which may lead to the development of novel antiviral strategies, including panviral therapeutics.
Dr. Nihal Altan-Bonnet
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- lipids
- membranes
- phosophoinositides
- sterols
- replication
- assembly
- exit
- viral dissemination
- tropism
