A single residue in Ebola virus receptor NPC1 influences cellular host range in reptiles

E Ndungo, AS Herbert, M Raaben, G Obernosterer… - MSphere, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
Filoviruses are the causative agents of an increasing number of disease outbreaks in human
populations, including the current unprecedented Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in …

[HTML][HTML] Filovirus receptor NPC1 contributes to species-specific patterns of ebolavirus susceptibility in bats

M Ng, E Ndungo, ME Kaczmarek, AS Herbert, T Binger… - elife, 2015 - elifesciences.org
Biological factors that influence the host range and spillover of Ebola virus (EBOV) and other
filoviruses remain enigmatic. While filoviruses infect diverse mammalian cell lines, we report …

Niemann-Pick C1 Is Essential for Ebolavirus Replication and Pathogenesis In Vivo

AS Herbert, C Davidson, AI Kuehne, R Bakken… - MBio, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
Recent work demonstrated that the Niemann-Pick C1 (NPC1) protein is an essential entry
receptor for filoviruses. While previous studies focused on filovirus entry requirements of …

Ebola virus mediated infectivity is restricted in canine and feline cells

Z Han, SM Bart, G Ruthel, NHV Burgt, KM Haines… - Veterinary …, 2016 - Elsevier
Ebolaviruses and marburgviruses belong to the Filoviridae family and often cause severe,
fatal hemorrhagic fever in humans and non-human primates. The magnitude of the 2014 …

A new player in the puzzle of filovirus entry

JM White, KL Schornberg - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2012 - nature.com
Viruses of the genera Ebolavirus and Marburgvirus are filoviruses that cause haemorrhagic
fever in primates, with extremely high fatality rates. Studies have focused on elucidating how …

Ebola virus entry requires the host‐programmed recognition of an intracellular receptor

EH Miller, G Obernosterer, M Raaben… - The EMBO …, 2012 - embopress.org
Ebola and Marburg filoviruses cause deadly outbreaks of haemorrhagic fever. Despite
considerable efforts, no essential cellular receptors for filovirus entry have been identified …

Filoviruses use the HOPS complex and UVRAG to traffic to Niemann-Pick C1 compartments during viral entry

Y Bo, S Qiu, RP Mulloy, M Côté - Journal of Virology, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Ebola virus (EBOV) entry requires internalization into host cells and extensive trafficking
through the endolysosomal network in order to reach late endosomal/lysosomal …

[HTML][HTML] Filovirus tropism: cellular molecules for viral entry

A Takada - Frontiers in microbiology, 2012 - frontiersin.org
In human and non-human primates, filoviruses (Ebola and Marburg viruses) cause severe
hemorrhagic fever. Recently, other animals such as pigs and some species of fruit bats have …

[HTML][HTML] Achilles heel of Ebola viral entry

A Flemming - Nature reviews Drug Discovery, 2011 - nature.com
Ebola virus (EboV) infection causes fatal haemorrhagic fever with mortality rates exceeding
75%. Owing to the lack of available vaccines or therapeutics, it presents a considerable …

A mutation in the Ebola virus envelope glycoprotein restricts viral entry in a host species-and cell-type-specific manner

O Martinez, E Ndungo, L Tantral, EH Miller… - Journal of …, 2013 - Am Soc Microbiol
Zaire Ebola virus (EBOV) is a zoonotic pathogen that causes severe hemorrhagic fever in
humans. A single viral glycoprotein (GP) mediates viral attachment and entry. Here, virus …