Experimental evolution for cell biology

J Helsen, G Sherlock, G Dey - Trends in Cell Biology, 2023 - cell.com
Evolutionary cell biology explores the origins, principles, and core functions of cellular
features and regulatory networks through the lens of evolution. This emerging field relies …

Use of zebrafish embryos to reproduce human norovirus and to evaluate human norovirus infectivity decay after UV treatment

MTH Tan, Z Gong, D Li - Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
This study reports an essential improvement of the method for replication of human
norovirus (HNoV) with the use of zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos. With three HNoV …

Improving the Detection and Understanding of Infectious Human Norovirus in Food and Water Matrices: A Review of Methods and Emerging Models

S Chandran, KE Gibson - Viruses, 2024 - mdpi.com
Human norovirus (HuNoV) is a leading global cause of viral gastroenteritis, contributing to
numerous outbreaks and illnesses annually. However, conventional cell culture systems …

Adaptive truncation of the S gene in IBV during chicken embryo passaging plays a crucial role in its attenuation

R Liang, K Liu, Y Li, X Zhang, L Duan, M Huang… - PLoS …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Like all coronaviruses, infectious bronchitis virus, the causative agent of infectious bronchitis
in chickens, exhibits a high mutation rate. Adaptive mutations that arise during the …

Recapitulation of the Powassan virus life cycle in cell culture

J Song, J Hong, C Yang, Y Zhang, Z Li, P He, Q Ding - Mbio, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
Powassan virus (POWV) is a tick-borne flavivirus known for causing fatal neuroinvasive
diseases in humans. Recently, there has been a noticeable increase in POWV infections …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental evolution of an RNA virus in Caenorhabditis elegans

VG Castiglioni, MJ Olmo-Uceda, S Martín… - Infection, Genetics and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The discovery of Orsay virus (OrV), the first virus infecting wild populations of Caenorhabditis
elegans, has boosted studies of viral immunity pathways in this nematode. Considering the …

Murine norovirus mutants adapted to replicate in human cells reveal a post-entry restriction

MR Budicini, VJ Rodriguez-Irizarry, RW Maples… - Journal of …, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT RNA viruses lack proofreading in their RNA polymerases and therefore exist as
genetically diverse populations. By exposing these diverse viral populations to selective …

Application route and immune status of the host determine safety and oncolytic activity of oncolytic coxsackievirus B3 variant PD-H

A Hazini, B Dieringer, K Klingel, M Pryshliak, A Geisler… - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
The coxsackievirus B3 strain PD-0 has been proposed as a new oncolytic virus for the
treatment of colorectal carcinoma. Here, we generated a cDNA clone of PD-0 and analyzed …

The mutational landscape of SARS-CoV-2 provides new insight into viral evolution and fitness

JF Gout, J Symons, C Chung, L Verheijen, S Shemtov… - 2024 - researchsquare.com
Although vaccines and treatments have strengthened our ability to combat the COVID-19
pandemic, new variants of the SARS-CoV-2 continue to emerge in human populations …

Factors That Influence Murine Norovirus Stability and Tropism

MR Budicini - 2024 - utswmed-ir.tdl.org
In this work I investigated factors that influence murine norovirus stability and tropism
through two independent projects. Murine norovirus (MNV) is a model system used to study …