Inflammation is a biological response of the immune system to various insults, such as
pathogens, toxic compounds, damaged cells, and radiation. The complex network of pro …

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading causes of death worldwide. Increasing
reports demonstrated that non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) have been crucially involved in the …

Bats are distinctive among mammals due to their ability to fly, use laryngeal echolocation,
and tolerate viruses. However, there are currently no reliable cellular models for studying bat …

Endogenous viral elements (EVEs) are viral sequences integrated in host genomes. A large
number of non-retroviral EVEs was recently detected in Aedes mosquito genomes, leading …

RNA silencing (or RNA interference, RNAi) is a conserved mechanism for regulating gene
expression in eukaryotes. The discovery of natural trans‐kingdom RNAi indicated that small …

There are strong incentives for human populations to develop antiviral systems. Similarly,
genomes that encode antiviral systems have had strong selective advantages. Protein …

The high mortality of deadly virus infectious diseases including SARS, MERS, COVID-19,
and avian flu is often caused by the uncontrolled innate immune response and destructive …

Horizontal gene transfer from viruses to eukaryotic cells is a pervasive phenomenon.
Somatic viral integrations are linked to persistent viral infection whereas integrations into …

PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) are a class of small non-coding RNAs (sncRNAs) that
perform crucial biological functions in metazoans and defend against transposable elements …

Flavivirids (family Flaviviridae) are a group of positive-strand ribonucleic acid (RNA) viruses
that pose serious risks to human and animal health on a global scale. Here, we use flavivirid …