Ebola virus disease

ST Jacob, I Crozier, WA Fischer, A Hewlett… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2020 - nature.com
Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a severe and frequently lethal disease caused by Ebola virus
(EBOV). EVD outbreaks typically start from a single case of probable zoonotic transmission …

Interferons and viruses: an interplay between induction, signalling, antiviral responses and virus countermeasures

RE Randall, S Goodbourn - Journal of general virology, 2008 - microbiologyresearch.org
The interferon (IFN) system is an extremely powerful antiviral response that is capable of
controlling most, if not all, virus infections in the absence of adaptive immunity. However …

Filovirus pathogenesis and immune evasion: insights from Ebola virus and Marburg virus

I Messaoudi, GK Amarasinghe, CF Basler - Nature Reviews …, 2015 - nature.com
Ebola viruses and Marburg viruses, members of the filovirus family, are zoonotic pathogens
that cause severe disease in people, as highlighted by the latest Ebola virus epidemic in …

Liquid phase partitioning in virus replication: observations and opportunities

C Wu, AS Holehouse, DW Leung… - Annual Review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Viruses frequently carry out replication in specialized compartments within cells. The effect
of these structures on virus replication is poorly understood. Recent research supports …

Human fatal zaire ebola virus infection is associated with an aberrant innate immunity and with massive lymphocyte apoptosis

N Wauquier, P Becquart, C Padilla… - PLoS neglected …, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Background Ebolavirus species Zaire (ZEBOV) causes highly lethal hemorrhagic fever,
resulting in the death of 90% of patients within days. Most information on immune responses …

Middle East respiratory coronavirus accessory protein 4a inhibits PKR-mediated antiviral stress responses

HH Rabouw, MA Langereis, RCM Knaap… - PLoS …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) causes severe respiratory
infections that can be life-threatening. To establish an infection and spread, MERS-CoV, like …

Mutual antagonism between the Ebola virus VP35 protein and the RIG-I activator PACT determines infection outcome

P Luthra, P Ramanan, CE Mire, C Weisend, Y Tsuda… - Cell host & …, 2013 - cell.com
The cytoplasmic pattern recognition receptor RIG-I is activated by viral RNA and induces
type I IFN responses to control viral replication. The cellular dsRNA binding protein PACT …

[HTML][HTML] An intrinsically disordered peptide from Ebola virus VP35 controls viral RNA synthesis by modulating nucleoprotein-RNA interactions

DW Leung, D Borek, P Luthra, JM Binning… - Cell reports, 2015 - cell.com
During viral RNA synthesis, Ebola virus (EBOV) nucleoprotein (NP) alternates between an
RNA-template-bound form and a template-free form to provide the viral polymerase access …

Ebola virus protein VP35 impairs the function of interferon regulatory factor-activating kinases IKKε and TBK-1

KC Prins, WB Cárdenas, CF Basler - Journal of virology, 2009 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT The Ebola virus (EBOV) VP35 protein antagonizes the early antiviral alpha/beta
interferon (IFN-α/β) response. We previously demonstrated that VP35 inhibits the virus …

Ebola and Marburg haemorrhagic fever

V Rougeron, H Feldmann, G Grard, S Becker… - Journal of Clinical …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Ebolaviruses and Marburgviruses (family Filoviridae) are among the most virulent
pathogens for humans and great apes causing severe haemorrhagic fever and death within …