HIV-specific antibodies capable of ADCC are common in breastmilk and are associated with reduced risk of transmission in women with high viral loads. by Jennifer Mabuka, Ruth Nduati, Katherine Odem-Davis, Dylan Peterson, Julie Overbaugh

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A conserved fungal Knr4/Smi1 protein is crucial for maintaining cell wall stress tolerance and host plant pathogenesis. by Erika Kroll, Carlos Bayon, Jason Rudd, Victoria J Armer, Anjana Magaji-Umashankar, Ryan Ames, Martin Urban, Neil A Brown, Kim Hammond-Kosack

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Host 3' flap endonuclease Mus81 plays a critical role in trimming the terminal redundancy of hepatitis B virus relaxed circular DNA during covalently closed circular DNA formation. by Hu Zhang, Quanxin Long, Yuanjie Liu, Alexander L Marchetti, Cheng-Der Liu, Ning Sun, Haitao Guo

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Clinical isolates of Candida auris with enhanced adherence and biofilm formation due to genomic amplification of ALS4. by Jian Bing, Zhangyue Guan, Tianhong Zheng, Zhijie Zhang, Shuru Fan, Craig L Ennis, Clarissa J Nobile, Guanghua Huang

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Structure of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 Type IV pilus. by Hannah Ochner, Jan Böhning, Zhexin Wang, Abul K Tarafder, Ido Caspy, Tanmay A M Bharat

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IL-22 mediates goblet cell hyperplasia and worm expulsion in intestinal helminth infection. by Jan-Eric Turner, Brigitta Stockinger, Helena Helmby

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Parasite-derived plasma microparticles contribute significantly to malaria infection-induced inflammation through potent macrophage stimulation. by Kevin N Couper, Tom Barnes, Julius C R Hafalla, Valery Combes, Bernhard Ryffel, Thomas Secher, Georges E Grau, Eleanor M Riley, J Brian de Souza

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CCR2 signaling regulates anti-chlamydia T cell immune responses in the airway. by Shuaini Yang, Jinxi Yu, Xue Dong, Jiajia Zeng, Lu Tan, Hong Zhang, Ruoyuan Sun, Yuqing Tuo, Jing Yang, Chunxiao Wan, Hong Bai

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Alternative splicing expands the antiviral IFITM repertoire in Chinese rufous horseshoe bats. by Nelly S C Mak, Jingyan Liu, Dan Zhang, Jordan Taylor, Xiaomeng Li, Kazi Rahman, Feiyu Chen, Siddhartha A K Datta, Kin Kui Lai, Zhengli Shi, Nigel Temperton, Aaron T Irving, Alex A Compton, Richard D Sloan

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Viral infection induces expression of novel phased microRNAs from conserved cellular microRNA precursors. by Peng Du, Jianguo Wu, Jiayao Zhang, Shuqi Zhao, Hong Zheng, Ge Gao, Liping Wei, Yi Li

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Inhibition of Src signaling induces autophagic killing of Toxoplasma gondii via PTEN-mediated deactivation of Akt. by Alyssa Hubal, Anusha Vendhoti, Charles N Shaffer, Sarah Vos, Yalitza Lopez Corcino, Carlos S Subauste

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Profile of intestinal fungal microbiota in acute pancreatitis patients and healthy individuals by Meng-Qi Zhao, Miao-Yan Fan, Meng-Yan Cui, Su-Min Chen, Jing-Jing Wang, Ying-Ying Lu, Qiao-Li Jiang

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Impact of alemtuzumab-mediated lymphocyte depletion on SIV reservoir establishment and persistence. by Benjamin Varco-Merth, Morgan Chaunzwa, Derick M Duell, Alejandra Marenco, William Goodwin, Rachel Dannay, Michael Nekorchuk, Danica Shao, Kathleen Busman-Sahay, Christine M Fennessey, Lorna Silipino, Michael Hull, William J Bosche, Randy Fast, Kelli Oswald, Rebecca Shoemaker, Rachele Bochart, Rhonda MacAllister, Caralyn S Labriola, Jeremy V Smedley, Michael K Axthelm, Miles P Davenport, Paul T Edlefsen, Jacob D Estes, Brandon F Keele, Jeffrey D Lifson, Sharon R Lewin, Louis J Picker, Afam A Okoye

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Deep phosphoproteomics of Klebsiella pneumoniae reveals HipA-mediated tolerance to ciprofloxacin. by Payal Nashier, Isabell Samp, Marvin Adler, Fiona Ebner, Lisa Thai Lê, Marc Göppel, Carsten Jers, Ivan Mijakovic, Sandra Schwarz, Boris Macek

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Stress contingent changes in Hog1 pathway architecture and regulation in Candida albicans. by Alison M Day, Min Cao, Alessandra da Silva Dantas, Olga Ianieva, Carmen Herrero-de-Dios, Alistair J P Brown, Janet Quinn

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The viral and cellular microRNA targetome in lymphoblastoid cell lines. by Rebecca L Skalsky, David L Corcoran, Eva Gottwein, Christopher L Frank, Dong Kang, Markus Hafner, Jeffrey D Nusbaum, Regina Feederle, Henri-Jacques Delecluse, Micah A Luftig, Thomas Tuschl, Uwe Ohler, Bryan R Cullen

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Evolution of SARS-CoV-2 in white-tailed deer in Pennsylvania 2021-2024. by Andrew D Marques, Matthew Hogenauer, Natalie Bauer, Michelle Gibison, Beatrice DeMarco, Scott Sherrill-Mix, Carter Merenstein, Ronald G Collman, Roderick B Gagne, Frederic D Bushman

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The Th17/Treg ratio, IL-1RA and sCD14 levels in primary HIV infection predict the T-cell activation set point in the absence of systemic microbial translocation. by Mathieu F Chevalier, Gaël Petitjean, Catherine Dunyach-Rémy, Céline Didier, Pierre-Marie Girard, Maria Elena Manea, Pauline Campa, Laurence Meyer, Christine Rouzioux, Jean-Philippe Lavigne, Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, Daniel Scott-Algara, Laurence Weiss

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Unconventional secretion of unglycosylated ORF8 is critical for the cytokine storm during SARS-CoV-2 infection. by Xiaoyuan Lin, Beibei Fu, Yan Xiong, Na Xing, Weiwei Xue, Dong Guo, Mohamed Zaky, Krishna Pavani, Dusan Kunec, Jakob Trimpert, Haibo Wu

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Control of virulence by small RNAs in Streptococcus pneumoniae. by Beth Mann, Tim van Opijnen, Jianmin Wang, Caroline Obert, Yong-Dong Wang, Robert Carter, Daniel J McGoldrick, Granger Ridout, Andrew Camilli, Elaine I Tuomanen, Jason W Rosch

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