Targeting of tetraspanin CD81 with monoclonal antibodies and small molecules to combat cancers and viral diseases

C Bailly, X Thuru - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Novel therapeutic targets are needed to improve treatments of aggressive
cancers and viral diseases. Tetraspanins represent an emerging class of anticancer targets …

Viral coinfections

Y Du, C Wang, Y Zhang - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
In nature, viral coinfection is as widespread as viral infection alone. Viral coinfections often
cause altered viral pathogenicity, disrupted host defense, and mixed-up clinical symptoms …

PLSCR1 is a cell-autonomous defence factor against SARS-CoV-2 infection

D Xu, W Jiang, L Wu, RG Gaudet, ES Park, M Su… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Understanding protective immunity to COVID-19 facilitates preparedness for future
pandemics and combats new SARS-CoV-2 variants emerging in the human population …

Epstein-Barr virus LMP1 enhances levels of large extracellular vesicle-associated PD-L1

M Abou Harb, DG Meckes Jr, L Sun - Journal of Virology, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
The circulating nature of extracellular vesicles (EVs) allows for the transfer of cargo to
proximal or distant cells, making them vital mediators of cellular communication. Epstein …

Herpes Simplex virus, human papillomavirus, and cervical cancer: overview, relationship, and treatment implications

DG Sausen, O Shechter, ES Gallo, H Dahari… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Many different viruses are known to cause cancer. It is well known that
human papillomavirus is a causative agent of cervical carcinoma. What is more controversial …

Impact factors of Blastocystis hominis infection in persons living with human immunodeficiency virus: a large-scale, multi-center observational study from China

SX Zhang, JC Wang, ZW Li, JX Zheng, WT Zhou… - Infectious Diseases of …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Background Blastocystis hominis (Bh) is zoonotic parasitic pathogen with a high
prevalent globally, causing opportunistic infections and diarrhea disease. Human …

Tetraspanins predict the prognosis and characterize the tumor immune microenvironment of glioblastoma

YC Li, Y Wu, G Chen, LZ Zhu, X Luo, QQ Nie… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most aggressive and lethal primary brain tumor. Conventional
treatments have not achieved breakthroughs in improving survival. Therefore, novel …

A genome-wide CRISPR/Cas9 screen identifies a role for Rab5A and early endosomes in hepatitis E virus replication

N Oechslin, N Da Silva, M Ankavay… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a major cause of acute hepatitis worldwide. As the other positive-
strand RNA viruses, it is believed to replicate its genome in a membrane-associated …

Common carp (Cyprinus carpio) CD81 promoting CyHV-3 virus replication via regulating autophagy and RLRs-interferon signaling pathway

X Lee, Z Fan, Z Huang, M Guo, D Peng, W Luo… - Fish & Shellfish …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Cyprinid herpesvirus type 3 (CyHV-3), also called Koi herpesvirus (KHV), which
leads to mass cyprinid mortality and enormous economic losses. To establish an infection …

Microscopic clusters feature the composition of biochemical tetraspanin-assemblies and constitute building-blocks of tetraspanin enriched domains

SC Schmidt, A Massenberg, Y Homsi, D Sons… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Biochemical approaches revealed that tetraspanins are multi-regulatory proteins forming a
web, where they act in tetraspanin-enriched-microdomains (TEMs). A microscopic criterion …