Role of host-mediated post-translational modifications (PTMs) in RNA virus pathogenesis

R Kumar, D Mehta, N Mishra, D Nayak… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Being opportunistic intracellular pathogens, viruses are dependent on the host for their
replication. They hijack host cellular machinery for their replication and survival by targeting …

Regulation of antiviral innate immune signaling and viral evasion following viral genome sensing

K Chathuranga, A Weerawardhana… - … & Molecular Medicine, 2021 - nature.com
A harmonized balance between positive and negative regulation of pattern recognition
receptor (PRR)-initiated immune responses is required to achieve the most favorable …

Readout of histone methylation by Trim24 locally restricts chromatin opening by p53

L Isbel, M Iskar, S Durdu, J Weiss, RS Grand… - Nature Structural & …, 2023 - nature.com
The genomic binding sites of the transcription factor (TF) and tumor suppressor p53 are
unusually diverse with regard to their chromatin features, including histone modifications …

Ezh2 competes with p53 to license lncRNA Neat1 transcription for inflammasome activation

J Yuan, Q Zhu, X Zhang, Z Wen, G Zhang, N Li… - Cell Death & …, 2022 - nature.com
Inflammasome contributes to the pathogenesis of various inflammatory diseases, but the
epigenetic mechanism controlling its activation remains elusive. Here, we found that the …

The roles of TRAF3 in immune responses

M Lin, X Ji, Y Lv, D Cui, J Xie - Disease Markers, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Seven tumor necrosis factor receptor‐(TNFR‐) associated factors (TRAFs) have been found
in mammals, which are primarily involved in the signal translation of the TNFR superfamily …

Changes in SUMO-modified proteins in Epstein-Barr virus infection identifies reciprocal regulation of TRIM24/28/33 complexes and the lytic switch BZLF1

CF De La Cruz-Herrera, MH Tatham, UZ Siddiqi… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
SUMO modifications regulate the function of many proteins and are important in controlling
herpesvirus infections. We performed a site-specific proteomic analysis of SUMO1-and …

Hypothermic oxygenated perfusion inhibits HECTD3-mediated TRAF3 polyubiquitination to alleviate DCD liver ischemia-reperfusion injury

W Zhou, Z Zhong, D Lin, Z Liu, Q Zhang, H Xia… - Cell death & …, 2021 - nature.com
Ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) is an inevitable and serious clinical problem in donations
after heart death (DCD) liver transplantation. Excessive sterile inflammation plays a fateful …

OAS1 suppresses African swine fever virus replication by recruiting TRIM21 to degrade viral major capsid protein

H Sun, M Wu, Z Zhang, Y Wang, J Yang, Z Liu… - Journal of …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
African swine fever (ASF) is a highly contagious lethal viral disease in pigs caused by the
African swine fever virus (ASFV), which has greatly threatened Chinese animal health and …

Zebrafish otud6b negatively regulates antiviral responses by suppressing K63-linked ubiquitination of irf3 and irf7

Z Zhou, X Cai, J Zhu, Z Li, G Yu, X Liu… - The Journal of …, 2021 - journals.aai.org
Ovarian tumor domain-containing 6B (OTUD6B) belongs to the OTU deubiquitylating
enzyme family. In this study, we report that zebrafish otud6b is induced upon viral infection …

TRIMming type I interferon-mediated innate immune response in antiviral and antitumor defense

L Wang, S Ning - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
The tripartite motif (TRIM) family comprises at least 80 members in humans, with most
having ubiquitin or SUMO E3 ligase activity conferred by their N-terminal RING domain …