Tight junction proteins occludin and ZO‐1 as regulators of epithelial proliferation and survival

WT Kuo, MA Odenwald, JR Turner… - Annals of the New York …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Epithelial cells are the first line of mucosal defense. In the intestine, a single layer of
epithelial cells must establish a selectively permeable barrier that supports nutrient …

Breakthroughs in hepatitis C research: from discovery to cure

MP Manns, B Maasoumy - Nature reviews Gastroenterology & …, 2022‏ - nature.com
In the 1970s, an unknown virus was suspected for documented cases of transfusion-
associated hepatitis, a phenomenon called non-A, non-B hepatitis. In 1989, the infectious …

Inflammation and the intestinal barrier: leukocyte–epithelial cell interactions, cell junction remodeling, and mucosal repair

AC Luissint, CA Parkos, A Nusrat - Gastroenterology, 2016‏ - Elsevier
The intestinal tract is lined by a single layer of columnar epithelial cells that forms a dynamic,
permeable barrier allowing for selective absorption of nutrients, while restricting access to …

The mammalian blood-testis barrier: its biology and regulation

DD Mruk, CY Cheng - Endocrine reviews, 2015‏ - academic.oup.com
Spermatogenesis is the cellular process by which spermatogonia develop into mature
spermatids within seminiferous tubules, the functional unit of the mammalian testis, under …

Tight junction proteins in gastrointestinal and liver disease

MB Zeisel, P Dhawan, TF Baumert - Gut, 2019‏ - gut.bmj.com
Over the past two decades a growing body of evidence has demonstrated an important role
of tight junction (TJ) proteins in the physiology and disease biology of GI and liver disease …

Host-directed antiviral therapy

N Kumar, S Sharma, R Kumar, BN Tripathi… - Clinical microbiology …, 2020‏ - journals.asm.org
Antiviral drugs have traditionally been developed by directly targeting essential viral
components. However, this strategy often fails due to the rapid generation of drug-resistant …

Antiviral nanoparticles for sanitizing surfaces: A roadmap to self-sterilizing against COVID-19

N Lin, D Verma, N Saini, R Arbi, M Munir, M Jovic… - Nano Today, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Nanoparticles provide new opportunities in merging therapeutics and new materials, with
current research efforts just beginning to scratch the surface of their diverse benefits and …

A diverse range of gene products are effectors of the type I interferon antiviral response

JW Schoggins, SJ Wilson, M Panis, MY Murphy… - Nature, 2011‏ - nature.com
The type I interferon response protects cells against invading viral pathogens. The cellular
factors that mediate this defence are the products of interferon-stimulated genes (ISGs) …

Viral quasispecies evolution

E Domingo, J Sheldon, C Perales - Microbiology and Molecular …, 2012‏ - journals.asm.org
Evolution of RNA viruses occurs through disequilibria of collections of closely related mutant
spectra or mutant clouds termed viral quasispecies. Here we review the origin of the …

Understanding the hepatitis C virus life cycle paves the way for highly effective therapies

TKH Scheel, CM Rice - Nature medicine, 2013‏ - nature.com
More than two decades of intense research has provided a detailed understanding of
hepatitis C virus (HCV), which chronically infects 2% of the world's population. This effort has …