Chloroquine: modes of action of an undervalued drug

R Thomé, SCP Lopes, FTM Costa, L Verinaud - Immunology letters, 2013 - Elsevier
For more than two decades, chloroquine (CQ) was largely and deliberately used as first
choice drug for malaria treatment. However, worldwide increasing cases of resistant strains …

Porcine circoviruses—small but powerful

T Finsterbusch, A Mankertz - Virus research, 2009 - Elsevier
When porcine circovirus type 1 (PCV1) was isolated more than 40 years ago as a non-
pathogenic contaminant of a porcine kidney cell line, enthusiasm and curiosity kept within …

Entry of human coronavirus NL63 into the cell

A Milewska, P Nowak, K Owczarek… - Journal of …, 2018 - journals.asm.org
The first steps of human coronavirus NL63 (HCoV-NL63) infection were previously
described. The virus binds to target cells by use of heparan sulfate proteoglycans and …

Sodium overload and water influx activate the NALP3 inflammasome

C Schorn, B Frey, K Lauber, C Janko, M Strysio… - Journal of Biological …, 2011 - jbc.org
The NALP3 inflammasome is activated by low intracellular potassium concentrations [K+] i,
leading to the secretion of the proinflammatory cytokine IL-1β. However, the mechanism of …

PEDV enters cells through clathrin-, caveolae-, and lipid raft-mediated endocytosis and traffics via the endo-/lysosome pathway

X Wei, G She, T Wu, C Xue, Y Cao - Veterinary Research, 2020 - Springer
With the emergence of highly pathogenic variant strains, porcine epidemic diarrhea virus
(PEDV) has led to significant economic loss in the global swine industry. Many studies have …

Pluronic-based functional polymeric mixed micelles for co-delivery of doxorubicin and paclitaxel to multidrug resistant tumor

Y Chen, W Zhang, Y Huang, F Gao, X Sha… - International journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Although doxorubicin (DOX) and paclitaxel (PTX) are widely used in clinic as
chemotherapeutics, both drug substances are found to be glycoprotein P (P-gp) substrates …

[HTML][HTML] Revisiting porcine circovirus infection: Recent insights and its significance in the piggery sector

HK Maity, K Samanta, R Deb, VK Gupta - Vaccines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Porcine circovirus (PCV), a member of the Circoviridae family within the genus Circovirus,
poses a significant economic risk to the global swine industry. PCV2, which has nine …

[HTML][HTML] Roles of lysosomotropic agents on LRRK2 activation and Rab10 phosphorylation

T Kuwahara, K Funakawa, T Komori, M Sakurai… - Neurobiology of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2), the major causative gene product of autosomal-
dominant Parkinson's disease, is a protein kinase that phosphorylates a subset of Rab …

[HTML][HTML] Interfering with endolysosomal trafficking enhances release of bioactive exosomes

FG Ortega, MT Roefs, D de Miguel Perez… - … , Biology and Medicine, 2019 - Elsevier
Exosomes are cell-derived extracellular vesicles of 30-150 nm in size and are involved in
intercellular communication. Because of their bioactive cargo, consisting of proteins, RNA …

Porcine circoviruses: a minuscule yet mammoth paradox

S Ramamoorthy, XJ Meng - Animal Health Research Reviews, 2009 - cambridge.org
Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) is the primary causative agent for porcine circovirus-
associated disease (PCVAD). PCVAD has been the cause of considerable economic losses …