Monkeypox virus in Nigeria: infection biology, epidemiology, and evolution

E Alakunle, U Moens, G Nchinda, MI Okeke - Viruses, 2020 - mdpi.com
Monkeypox is a zoonotic disease caused by monkeypox virus (MPXV), which is a member of
orthopoxvirus genus. The reemergence of MPXV in 2017 (at Bayelsa state) after 39 years of …

The roles of histone deacetylases and their inhibitors in cancer therapy

G Li, Y Tian, WG Zhu - Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Genetic mutations and abnormal gene regulation are key mechanisms underlying
tumorigenesis. Nucleosomes, which consist of DNA wrapped around histone cores …

Poxvirus immune evasion

B Hernaez, A Alcamí - Annual Review of Immunology, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Poxviruses have evolved a wide array of mechanisms to evade the immune response, and
we provide an overview of the different immunomodulatory strategies. Poxviruses prevent …

Quantitative proteomics defines mechanisms of antiviral defence and cell death during modified vaccinia Ankara infection

JD Albarnaz, J Kite, M Oliveira, H Li, Y Di… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Modified vaccinia Ankara (MVA) virus does not replicate in human cells and is the vaccine
deployed to curb the current outbreak of mpox. Here, we conduct a multiplexed proteomic …

Mpox virus and its ocular surface manifestations

N Chakravarty, D Hemani, R Paravastu, Z Ahmad… - The Ocular Surface, 2024 - Elsevier
The Mpox virus (MPXV) is the causative agent of human Mpox disease–a debilitating rash
illness similar to smallpox. Although Clade I MPXV has remained endemic to West and …

[HTML][HTML] The monkeypox virus-host interplays

XM Yi, YL Lei, M Li, Z Li, S Li - Cell insight, 2024 - Elsevier
Monkeypox virus (MPXV) is a DNA virus belonging to the Orthopoxvirus genus within the
Poxviridae family which can cause a zoonotic infection. The unexpected non-endemic …

The main protease of SARS-CoV-2 cleaves histone deacetylases and DCP1A, attenuating the immune defense of the interferon-stimulated genes

L Song, D Wang, G Abbas, M Li, M Cui, J Wang… - Journal of Biological …, 2023 - ASBMB
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which causes coronavirus
disease 2019, constitutes an emerging human pathogen of zoonotic origin. A critical role in …

HDAC4 in cancer: A multitasking platform to drive not only epigenetic modifications

E Cuttini, C Goi, E Pellarin, R Vida… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Controlling access to genomic information and maintaining its stability are key aspects of
cell life. Histone acetylation is a reversible epigenetic modification that allows access to DNA …

Histone deacetylase 2 knockout suppresses immune escape of triple-negative breast cancer cells via downregulating PD-L1 expression

P Xu, W Xiong, Y Lin, L Fan, H Pan, Y Li - Cell death & disease, 2021 - nature.com
The PD-L1 overexpression is an important event of immune escape and metastasis in triple-
negative breast cancer (TNBC), but the molecular mechanism remains to be determined …

Histone deacetylase 3 contributes to the antiviral innate immunity of macrophages by interacting with FOXK1 to regulate STAT1/2 transcription

L Yang, S Chen, Q Zhao, C Pan, L Peng, Y Han, L Li… - Cell Reports, 2022 - cell.com
It is well known that interferon (IFN)-α/-β activates the JAK/STAT signaling pathway and
suppresses viral replication through the induction of IFN stimulated genes (ISGs). Here, we …