Understanding host responses to equine encephalitis virus infection: implications for therapeutic development

K Kehn-Hall, SB Bradfute - Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Venezuelan, eastern, and western equine encephalitis viruses (VEEV, EEEV,
and WEEV) are mosquito-borne New World alphaviruses that cause encephalitis in equids …

New World alphavirus protein interactomes from a therapeutic perspective

BD Carey, A Bakovic, V Callahan, A Narayanan… - Antiviral research, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The New World alphaviruses, Venezuelan, eastern and western equine
encephalitis viruses (VEEV, EEEV, and WEEV), are important human pathogens due to their …

Repurposed FDA-Approved drug sorafenib reduces replication of Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus and other alphaviruses

L Lundberg, A Brahms, I Hooper, B Carey, SC Lin… - Antiviral Research, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The New World alphaviruses–Venezuelan, eastern, and western equine
encephalitis viruses (VEEV, EEEV, and WEEV respectively)–cause a febrile disease that is …

The sticky business of Alphavirus capsid–host interactions

CK Martin, P Yin, M Kielian - Trends in Microbiology, 2024 - cell.com
Alphaviruses are a serious threat to global health and can cause lethal encephalitic or
arthritogenic disease in humans and animals. As there are no licensed antivirals, it is critical …

Advances in the development of small molecule antivirals against equine encephalitic viruses

TJ Ogorek, JE Golden - Viruses, 2023 - mdpi.com
Venezuelan, western, and eastern equine encephalitic alphaviruses (VEEV, WEEV, and
EEEV, respectively) are arboviruses that are highly pathogenic to equines and cause …

To be or not to be phosphorylated: Understanding the role of Ebola virus nucleoprotein in the dynamic interplay with the transcriptional activator VP30 and the host …

L Kämper, I Kuhl, M Vallbracht, T Hoenen… - Emerging Microbes & …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Ebola virus (EBOV) transcription is essentially regulated via dynamic dephosphorylation of
its viral transcription activator VP30 by the host phosphatase PP2A. The nucleoprotein NP …

Inhibitors of Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis Virus Identified Based on Host Interaction Partners of Viral Non-Structural Protein 3

A Bakovic, N Bhalla, F Alem, C Campbell, W Zhou… - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus (VEEV) is a new world alphavirus and a category B
select agent. Currently, no FDA-approved vaccines or therapeutics are available to treat …

CK1 and PP1 regulate Rift Valley fever virus genome replication through L protein phosphorylation

N Bracci, A Baer, R Flor, K Petraccione, T Stocker… - Antiviral Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) is an arbovirus in the Phenuiviridae family identified initially by
the large 'abortion storms' observed among ruminants; RVFV can also infect humans. In …

Targeting the non-catalytic RVxF site of protein phosphatase-1 with small molecules for Ebola virus inhibition

X Lin, T Ammosova, MS Choy, CA Pietzsch… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Ebola virus (EBOV) is a non-segmented negative-sense RNA virus that causes a severe
human disease. The ongoing EBOV outbreak in the Eastern part of Democratic Republic of …

Capsid protein mediated evasion of IRAK1-dependent signalling is essential to Sindbis virus neuroinvasion and virulence in mice

VD Landers, M Thomas, CM Isom, D Karki… - Emerging Microbes & …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Alphaviruses are arthropod-borne, single-stranded positive-sense RNA viruses that are
recognized as rapidly emerging pathogens. Despite being exquisitely sensitive to the effects …