Since its outbreak in the last December, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by
SARS-CoV-2 has rapidly spread worldwide at a pandemic proportion and thus is regarded …

Viruses exploit membranes and their components such as sphingolipids in all steps of their
life cycle including attachment and membrane fusion, intracellular transport, replication …

Abstract Sphingosine kinase (SK) 1 and 2 are lipid kinases that catalyse the formation of
sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P), a potent signalling molecule with a wide array of cellular …

The recent coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is still spreading worldwide. The severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus responsible for COVID-19 …

Annual influenza outbreaks are associated with significant morbidity and mortality worldwide
despite the availability of seasonal vaccines. Influenza pathogenesis depends on the …

Influenza continues to pose a threat to public health by causing illness and mortality in
humans. Discovering host factors that regulate influenza virus propagation is vital for the …

Chronic viral infections are often established by the exploitation of immune-regulatory
mechanisms that result in nonfunctional T cell responses. Viruses that establish persistent …

While the vaccination is now available to many countries and will slowly dissipate to others,
effective therapeutics for COVID-19 is still illusive. The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has posed …

Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a re-emerging alphavirus which causes severe and
prolonged arthralgic febrile illness. The recent global spread of the virus and lack of …

Influenza virus has the ability to circumvent host innate immune system through regulating
certain host factors for its effective propagation. However, the detailed mechanism is still not …