Immunology of Infectious Disease News Volume 11.45 | Nov 15 2023

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    Immunology of Infectious Disease News by STEMCELL Technologies
    Vol. 11.45 – 15 November, 2023
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    Dynamics and Durability of HIV-1 Neutralization Are Determined by Viral Replication

    Investigators assessed HIV-1-neutralizing immunoglobulin G from 2,354 persons with HIV-1 on or off antiretroviral therapy.
    [Nature Medicine]

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    Evolutionary Trajectory of SARS-CoV-2 Genome Shifts During Widespread Vaccination and Emergence of Omicron Variant

    Researchers conducted a comprehensive population genetic study of over thirteen million SARS-CoV-2 genome sequences, collected over a timeframe of ~3 years, to investigate these forces.
    [npj Viruses]

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    Functionality, Physical Activity, Fatigue and Quality of Life in Patients with Acute COVID-19 and Long COVID Infection

    Scientists compared the functional status, level of physical activity, fatigue, and quality of life (QoL) of patients with Long COVID to other COVID-19 patients who did not develop persistent illness, and to determined whether there is a relationship between these variables and QoL.
    [Scientific Reports]

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    Safety and Immunogenicity of the Third and Fourth Doses of Vaccine Against SARS-CoV-2 Following a 2-Dose Regimen of Inactivated Whole-Virion SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine

    Investigators determined the seroconversion rate of neutralizing antibodies against wild-type SARS-CoV-2 and variants of concern at day 28 after the third dose of vaccine and day 28 after the fourth dose of vaccine.
    [Scientific Reports]

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    Heat Shock Protein 27 in the Pathogenesis of COVID-19 and Non-COVID Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

    Researchers implicated heat shock protein 27 as a marker of advanced pathogenesis of disease contributing to the dysregulated systemic inflammation and worse clinical outcomes in COVID-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome and therefore may represent a potential therapeutic target.
    [Cell Stress & Chaperones]

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    Zika Virus prM Protein Contains Cholesterol Binding Motifs Required for Virus Entry and Assembly

    Scientists employed a chemo-proteomics approach with a bifunctional cholesterol probe and showed that cholesterol was closely associated with the Zika virus structural protein prM.
    [Nature Communications]

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    Senolytic Therapy Alleviates Physiological Human Brain Aging and COVID-19 Neuropathology

    The authors showed that senescent cells accumulated in aged human brain organoids and that senolytics reduced age-related inflammation and rejuvenated transcriptomic aging clocks.
    [Nature Aging]

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    Gasdermin D Promotes Hyperinflammation and Immunopathology During Severe Influenza A Virus Infection

    Scientists investigated the potential role of gasdermin D in promoting the development of severe influenza A virus (IAV) disease. IAV infection resulted in cleavage of GSDMD in vivo and in vitro in lung epithelial cells.
    [Cell Death & Disease]

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    HIV-1 Nef Changes the Proteome of T Cells Extracellular Vesicles Depleting IFITMs and Other Antiviral Factors

    Researchers performed a quantitative proteomic analysis to fully characterize the Nef-induced changes in protein composition of T cell-derived extracellular vesicles and identified novel host targets of HIV.
    [Molecular & Cellular Proteomics]

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    REVIEWS

    The Interplay of Drug Therapeutics and Immune Responses to SARS-CoV-2

    Scientists delve into the potential influence of nirmatrelvir on enduring immunity. In parallel, the potential of drug repurposing is explored, with bisphosphonates being examined for their possible effects against COVID-19 due to their immunomodulatory properties.
    [Cellular & Molecular Immunology]

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    A Comprehensive SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Review, Part 2: Host Extracellular to Systemic Effects of SARS-CoV-2 Infection

    The authors discuss the biological effects of the SARS-CoV-2 virus on post-acute disease in the context of tissue and organ adaptations and damage.
    [European Journal Of Human Genetics]

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    INDUSTRY AND POLICY NEWS

    Dr. Colleen Jonsson Secures $11.9 Million Award for Operational Upgrades to Regional Biocontainment Laboratory

    Colleen Jonsson, PhD, director of the Regional Biocontainment Laboratory (RBL) at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, has been awarded $11.9 million from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to expand and improve the RBL infrastructure.
    [The University of Tennessee Health Science Center]

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