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Viruses, Volume 12, Issue 11

November 2020 - 142 articles

Cover Story: HIV-1 cure strategy by means of proviral knock-out using CRISPR-Cas9 has been hampered by the emergence of viral resistance against the targeting guide RNA (gRNA). Rapid viral rebound was evident after Cas9-gRNA disruption, due to the non-homologous end-joining (NHEJ)-mediated mutations inside the targeted proviral regions (e.g., LTR) that are non-deleterious to the virus. Here, we propose concentrated gRNA attacks against the integral HIV-1 tat to deplete post-editing viral fitness and block mutational escape. Analogous to the combination strategy of antiretroviral therapy (ART), combination of multiple gRNAs represents a promising method to inhibit viral escape from CRISPR-Cas9, thus elevating the gene editing platform to achieve long-term HIV-1 cure. View this paper.
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Articles (142)

  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
5,850 Views
11 Pages

18 November 2020

Previously, our group predicted commercially available Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved drugs that can inhibit each step of the replication of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) using a deep learning-based drug-ta...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
7,049 Views
18 Pages

18 November 2020

Adeno-Associated Virus is the leading vector for gene therapy. Although it is the vector for all in vivo gene therapies approved for clinical use by the US Food and Drug Administration, its biology is still not yet fully understood. It has been shown...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
3,912 Views
13 Pages

Understanding Pediatric Norovirus Epidemiology: A Decade of Study among Ghanaian Children

  • Belinda L. Lartey,
  • Osbourne Quaye,
  • Susan A. Damanka,
  • Chantal A. Agbemabiese,
  • Joseph Armachie,
  • Francis E. Dennis,
  • Christabel Enweronu-Laryea and
  • George E. Armah

18 November 2020

Understanding the epidemiology of human norovirus infection in children within Ghana and the entire sub-Saharan African region, where future norovirus vaccines would have the greatest impact, is essential. We analyzed 1337 diarrheic stool samples col...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,977 Views
15 Pages

Characterization of Clinical and Carrier Streptococcus agalactiae and Prophage Contribution to the Strain Variability

  • Aneta Lichvariková,
  • Katarina Soltys,
  • Tomas Szemes,
  • Livia Slobodnikova,
  • Gabriela Bukovska,
  • Jan Turna and
  • Hana Drahovska

18 November 2020

Streptococcus agalactiae (group B Streptococcus, GBS) represents a leading cause of invasive bacterial infections in newborns and is also responsible for diseases in older and immunocompromised adults. Prophages represent an important factor contribu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,983 Views
12 Pages

Marek’s Disease Virus Cluster 3 miRNAs Restrict Virus’ Early Cytolytic Replication and Pathogenesis

  • Yifei Liao,
  • Guoqing Zhuang,
  • Aijun Sun,
  • Owais A. Khan,
  • Blanca Lupiani and
  • Sanjay M. Reddy

17 November 2020

Herpesvirus-encoded microRNAs (miRNAs) have been discovered in infected cells; however, lack of a suitable animal model has hampered functional analyses of viral miRNAs in vivo. Marek’s disease virus (MDV) (Gallid alphaherpesvirus 2, GaHV-2) ge...

  • Review
  • Open Access
23 Citations
4,627 Views
14 Pages

17 November 2020

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is the fifth leading cause of cancer-related death in Western countries. The incidence of PDAC has increased over the last 40 years and is projected to be the second leading cause of cancer death by 2030. Despi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,799 Views
19 Pages

Wine Phenolic Compounds Differently Affect the Host-Killing Activity of Two Lytic Bacteriophages Infecting the Lactic Acid Bacterium Oenococcus oeni

  • Cécile Philippe,
  • Amel Chaïb,
  • Fety Jaomanjaka,
  • Stéphanie Cluzet,
  • Aurélie Lagarde,
  • Patricia Ballestra,
  • Alain Decendit,
  • Mélina Petrel,
  • Olivier Claisse and
  • Adeline Goulet
  • + 2 authors

17 November 2020

To provide insights into phage-host interactions during winemaking, we assessed whether phenolic compounds modulate the phage predation of Oenococcus oeni. Centrifugal partition chromatography was used to fractionate the phenolic compounds of a model...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
4,974 Views
18 Pages

A Novel Sub-Lineage of Chikungunya Virus East/Central/South African Genotype Indian Ocean Lineage Caused Sequential Outbreaks in Bangladesh and Thailand

  • Juthamas Phadungsombat,
  • Hisham Imad,
  • Mizanur Rahman,
  • Emi E. Nakayama,
  • Sajikapon Kludkleeb,
  • Thitiya Ponam,
  • Rummana Rahim,
  • Abu Hasan,
  • Kanaporn Poltep and
  • Atsushi Yamanaka
  • + 4 authors

17 November 2020

In recent decades, chikungunya virus (CHIKV) has become geographically widespread. In 2004, the CHIKV East/Central/South African (ECSA) genotype moved from Africa to Indian ocean islands and India followed by a large epidemic in Southeast Asia. In 20...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
3,970 Views
15 Pages

Transcriptional Landscape of Staphylococcus aureus Kayvirus Bacteriophage vB_SauM-515A1

  • Maria Kornienko,
  • Gleb Fisunov,
  • Dmitry Bespiatykh,
  • Nikita Kuptsov,
  • Roman Gorodnichev,
  • Ksenia Klimina,
  • Eugene Kulikov,
  • Elena Ilina,
  • Andrey Letarov and
  • Egor Shitikov

17 November 2020

The Twort-like myoviruses (Kayvirus genus) of S. aureus are promising agents for bacteriophage therapy due to a broad host range and high killing activity against clinical isolates. This work improves the current understanding of the phage infection...

  • Review
  • Open Access
17 Citations
5,961 Views
18 Pages

Viral Infections in Burn Patients: A State-Of-The-Art Review

  • Jacek Baj,
  • Izabela Korona-Głowniak,
  • Grzegorz Buszewicz,
  • Alicja Forma,
  • Monika Sitarz and
  • Grzegorz Teresiński

17 November 2020

Infections that are triggered by the accompanying immunosuppression in patients with burn wounds are very common regardless of age. Among burn patients, the most frequently diagnosed infections include the bacterial ones primarily caused by Pseudomon...

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