Identification and characterization of Faecalibacterium prophages rich in diversity-generating retroelements by Anastasia Gulyaeva, Lei Liu, Sanzhima Garmaeva, Marloes Kruk, Rinse K. Weersma, Hermie J. M. Harmsen, Alexandra Zhernakova

“…We also predicted that the host range of two active phages may include multiple bacterial species. …”
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Exploring the Diversity and Ecological Dynamics of Palm Leaf Spotting Fungi—A Case Study on Ornamental Palms in Portugal by Diana S. Pereira, Alan J. L. Phillips

“…In addition, the fungal assemblages varied significantly across palm host species, with temperate-native palms hosting more diverse, coelomycete-enriched communities. …”
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The Central Role and Possible Mechanisms of Bacterial DNAs in Sepsis Development by Zhenxing Cheng, Simon T. Abrams, James Austin, Julien Toh, Susan Siyu Wang, Zhi Wang, Qian Yu, Weiping Yu, Cheng Hock Toh, Guozheng Wang

“…The major outcome is to activate host immune response by inducing cytokine production. …”
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hpvPDB: An Online Proteome Reserve for Human Papillomavirus by Satish Kumar, Lingaraja Jena, Sangeeta Daf, Kanchan Mohod, Peyush Goyal, Ashok K. Varma

“…The molecular understanding of HPV proteins has significant connotation for understanding their intrusion in the host and designing novel protein vaccines and anti-viral agents, etc. …”
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Helicobacter pylori Infection Elicits Type I Interferon Response in Human Monocytes via Toll-Like Receptor 8 Signaling by Chalystha Yie Qin Lee, Yee Teng Chan, Yi Ying Cheok, Grace Min Yi Tan, Ting Fang Tang, Heng Choon Cheong, Jamuna Vadivelu, Suhailah Abdullah, Chung Yeng Looi, Won Fen Wong

“…Additionally, TLR7/8 antagonist treatment reduced H. pylori infection-mediated phosphorylation of interferon regulatory factor 7 (IRF7). Our study suggests a novel role of TLR8 signaling in host immunity against H. pylori through sensing live bacteria to elicit the production of type I interferon.…”
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Observation of excitons bound by antiferromagnetic correlations by Omar Mehio, Yuchen Han, Xinwei Li, Honglie Ning, Zach Porter, Stephen D. Wilson, David Hsieh

“…Two-dimensional Mott insulators host antiferromagnetic (AFM) correlations that are predicted to enhance the attractive interaction between empty (holons) and doubly occupied (doublons) sites, creating a novel pathway for exciton formation. …”
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The Role of IL-33 in Gut Mucosal Inflammation by Luca Pastorelli, Carlo De Salvo, Maurizio Vecchi, Theresa T. Pizarro

“…In addition, IL-33 plays a key role in promoting host defenses against parasites through the expansion of a novel population of innate lymphoid cells. …”
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Global challenges facing plant pathology: multidisciplinary approaches to meet the food security and environmental challenges in the mid-twenty-first century by Michael Jeger, Robert Beresford, Clive Bock, Nathan Brown, Adrian Fox, Adrian Newton, Antonio Vicent, Xiangming Xu, Jonathan Yuen

“…In this review we emphasise, in particular: the multidisciplinary links between plant pathology and other disciplines; disease management, including precision agriculture, plant growth and development, and decision analysis and disease risk; the development and use of new and novel plant protection chemicals; new ways of exploiting host genetic diversity including host resistance deployment; a new perspective on biological control and microbial interactions; advances in surveillance and detection technologies; invasion of exotic and re-emerging plant pathogens; and the consequences of climate change affecting all aspects of agriculture, the environment, and their interactions. …”
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Antiviral activity of natural compounds extracted from Mediterranean medicinal plants against SARS-CoV-2 by Stephanie Ghio, Jean-Pierre Brincat, Yuksel Cetin, Frederick Lia

“…Potential therapeutic target mechanisms addressed in this review comprise both host-directed and virus-directed therapies. Host-directed therapies include the inhibition of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) and transmembrane protease serine 2 (TMPRSS2). …”
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The use of Platelet Rich Plasmain combination of guided tissue regeneration (chitosan) for bone defects: homogeneity analysis. by Dildar Abdullah Othman, Ziwar Ahmed Saleh, Raid Fahim Salman

“… Background and objective Guided bone regeneration is an accepted surgical procedure intended to increase the quantity and quality of host bone in localized defects of the alveolar bone. …”
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Secondary Immunodeficiency by Persia Pourshahnazari, Stephen D. Betschel, Vy. H. D. Kim, Susan Waserman, Rongbo Zhu, Harold Kim

“…Some of these impair the immune system leading to secondary immunodeficiencies (SID) that increase host susceptibility to infections and other complications. …”
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Herpes Simplex Virus Latency: The DNA Repair-Centered Pathway by Jay C. Brown

“…Like all herpesviruses, herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV1) is able to produce lytic or latent infections depending on the host cell type. Lytic infections occur in a broad range of cells while latency is highly specific for neurons. …”
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Influenza A Virus Entry: Implications in Virulence and Future Therapeutics by Emily Rumschlag-Booms, Lijun Rong

“…Influenza A viruses have broad host tropism, being able to infect a range of hosts from wild fowl to swine to humans. …”
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Église et scandales : Trollope ou la condamnation de l’excès by Hervé Picton

“…The 1830s were marked by a host of Church scandals widely reported by the press and in particular by the radical journalist John Wade in his Extraordinary Black Book published anonymously in 1831. …”
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A new paradigm for cancer immunotherapy: targeting immunogenic cell death-related noncoding RNA by Guojuan Sun, Ling He

“…Cancer immunotherapy has shown significant potential in treating several malignancies by stimulating the host immune system to recognize and attack cancer cells. …”
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Fundamental Understanding of Magnetic Reconnection via Spiral CT Scan. I. Density, Temperature, Pressure, and Method Validation by H. S. Fu, Z. Wang, J. B. Cao

“…This X-line was detected by the Magnetospheric Multiscale spacecraft and has been widely believed to host a non-guide-field reconnection in previous studies. …”
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Comprehensive analysis of full genome sequence and Bd-milRNA/target mRNAs to discover the mechanism of hypovirulence in Botryosphaeria dothidea strains on pear infection with BdCV1... by Wangcheng Hu, Hui Luo, Yuekun Yang, Qiong Wang, Ni Hong, Guoping Wang, Aiming Wang, Liping Wang

“…Among these, 167 conserved and 68 candidate novel Bd-milRNAs were identified, of which 161 conserved and 20 novel Bd-milRNA were differentially expressed. …”
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Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) gB dictates a low-pH endocytotic entry pathway as revealed by a dual-fluorescent virus system and a rhesus monkey rhadinovirus expres... by Shanchuan Liu, Sarah Schlagowski, Anna K Großkopf, Natalia Khizanishvili, Xiaoliang Yang, Scott W Wong, Elina M Guzmán, Marija Backovic, Stefano Scribano, Arne Cordsmeier, Armin Ensser, Alexander S Hahn

“…Interaction with host cell receptors initiates internalization of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) particles. …”
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High-level biosynthesis and purification of the antimicrobial peptide Kiadin based on non-chromatographic purification and acid cleavage methods by Liangjun Zheng, Fengyi Yang, Chen Wang, Muhammad Zafir, Zishuo Gao, Pilong Liu, Fatma A. El-Gohary, Xin Zhao, Huping Xue

“…This study presents a novel approach for the biosynthesis of the antimicrobial peptide Kiadin by engineering a DAMP4–DPS–Kiadin fusion protein to mitigate host cell toxicity and achieve high-level expression. …”
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Gut microbiota dysfunction in Crohn’s disease by Sylvie Buffet-Bataillon, Sylvie Buffet-Bataillon, Gabriela Durão, Isabelle Le Huërou-Luron, Olivier Rué, Olivier Rué, Yann Le Cunff, Vincent Cattoir, Guillaume Bouguen

“…Virulence factors involved in host invasion, host evasion and inflammation were also increased in CS.ConclusionsThis functional metagenomic information provides new insights into community-wide microbial processes and pathways associated with CD pathogenesis. …”
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