Rotavirus: Genetics, pathogenesis and vaccine advances

A Sadiq, N Bostan, KC Yinda… - Reviews in medical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Since its discovery 40 years ago, rotavirus (RV) is considered to be a major cause of infant
and childhood morbidity and mortality particularly in developing countries. Nearly every …

Liquid–liquid phase separation underpins the formation of replication factories in rotaviruses

F Geiger, J Acker, G Papa, X Wang, WE Arter… - The EMBO …, 2021 - embopress.org
RNA viruses induce the formation of subcellular organelles that provide microenvironments
conducive to their replication. Here we show that replication factories of rotaviruses …

VP4-and VP7-specific antibodies mediate heterotypic immunity to rotavirus in humans

N Nair, N Feng, LK Blum, M Sanyal, S Ding… - Science translational …, 2017 - science.org
Human rotaviruses (RVs) are the leading cause of severe diarrhea in young children
worldwide. The molecular mechanisms underlying the rapid induction of heterotypic …

Reovirus σNS and μNS proteins remodel the endoplasmic reticulum to build replication neo-organelles

R Tenorio, I Fernández de Castro, JJ Knowlton… - MBio, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
Like most viruses that replicate in the cytoplasm, mammalian reoviruses assemble
membranous neo-organelles called inclusions that serve as sites of viral genome replication …

Rotavirus NSP2: A Master Orchestrator of Early Viral Particle Assembly

SL Nichols, C Haller, A Borodavka, SM Esstman - Viruses, 2024 - mdpi.com
Rotaviruses (RVs) are 11-segmented, double-stranded (ds) RNA viruses and important
causes of acute gastroenteritis in humans and other animal species. Early RV particle …

Rotavirus viroplasm fusion and perinuclear localization are dynamic processes requiring stabilized microtubules

C Eichwald, F Arnoldi, AS Laimbacher, EM Schraner… - 2012 - journals.plos.org
Rotavirus viroplasms are cytosolic, electron-dense inclusions corresponding to the viral
machinery of replication responsible for viral template transcription, dsRNA genome …

The recruitment of TRiC chaperonin in rotavirus viroplasms correlates with virus replication

J Vetter, G Papa, K Tobler, JM Rodriguez, M Kley… - Mbio, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
Rotavirus (RV) replication takes place in the viroplasms, cytosolic inclusions that allow the
synthesis of virus genome segments and their encapsidation in the core shell, followed by …

Gangliosides have a functional role during rotavirus cell entry

MA Martínez, S López, CF Arias, P Isa - Journal of Virology, 2013 - Am Soc Microbiol
Cell entry of rotaviruses is a complex process, which involves sequential interactions with
several cell surface molecules. Among the molecules implicated are gangliosides …

Characterization of viroplasm-like structures by co-expression of NSP5 and NSP2 across rotavirus species A to J

M Lee, A Cosic, K Tobler, C Aguilar, C Fraefel… - Journal of …, 2024 - journals.asm.org
Rotaviruses (RVs) are classified into nine species, A–D and F–J, with species A being the
most studied. In rotavirus of species A (RVA), replication occurs in viroplasms, which are …

Replication of the rotavirus genome requires an active ubiquitin-proteasome system

T López, D Silva-Ayala, S López, CF Arias - Journal of virology, 2011 - Am Soc Microbiol
Here we show that the ubiquitin-proteasome system is required for the efficient replication of
rotavirus RRV in MA104 cells. The proteasome inhibitor MG132 decreased the yield of …