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The < i > Aedes aegypti < /i > siRNA pathway mediates broad-spectrum defense against human pathogenic viruses and modulates antibacterial and antifungal defenses
by Yuemei Dong, Shengzhang Dong, Nahid Borhani Dizaji, Natalie Rutkowski, Tyler Pohlenz, Kevin Myles, George Dimopoulos The mosquito’s innate immune system defends against a variety of pathogens, and the conserved siRNA pathway plays a central role in the control of viral infections. Here, we show that transgenic overexpression of Dicer2 (Dcr2) orR2d2 resulted in an accumulation of 21-nucleotide viral sequences that was accompanied by a significant suppression of dengue virus (DENV), Zika virus (ZIKV), and chikungunya virus (CHIKV) replication, thus indicating the broad-spectrum antiviral response mediated by the siRNA ...
Source: PLoS Biology: Archived Table of Contents - June 9, 2022 Category: Biology Authors: Yuemei Dong Source Type: research

Host factor prioritization for pan-viral genetic perturbation screens using random intercept models and network propagation
by Simon Dirmeier, Christopher D ächert, Martijn van Hemert, Ali Tas, Natacha S. Ogando, Frank van Kuppeveld, Ralf Bartenschlager, Lars Kaderali, Marco Binder, Niko Beerenwinkel Genetic perturbation screens using RNA interference (RNAi) have been conducted successfully to identify host factors that are essential for the life cycle of bacteria or viruses. So far, most published studies identified host factors primarily for single pathogens. Furthermore, often only a small subset of genes, e.g., genes encoding kinases, have been targeted. Identification of host factors on a pan-pathogen level, i.e., genes that are crucial ...
Source: PLoS Computational Biology - February 9, 2020 Category: Biology Authors: Simon Dirmeier Source Type: research