Cytokine storm and leukocyte changes in mild versus severe SARS-CoV-2 infection: Review of 3939 COVID-19 patients in China and emerging pathogenesis and …

J Wang, M Jiang, X Chen… - Journal of Leucocyte …, 2020‏ - academic.oup.com
Clinical evidence indicates that the fatal outcome observed with severe acute respiratory
syndrome-coronavirus-2 infection often results from alveolar injury that impedes airway …

Deep mutational scanning of H5 hemagglutinin to inform influenza virus surveillance

B Dadonaite, JJ Ahn, JT Ort, J Yu, C Furey… - PLoS …, 2024‏ - journals.plos.org
H5 influenza is considered a potential pandemic threat. Recently, H5 viruses belonging to
clade 2.3. 4.4 b have caused large outbreaks in avian and multiple nonhuman mammalian …

[HTML][HTML] Hemagglutinin stability as a key determinant of influenza A virus transmission via air

II Tosheva, KS Saygan, SMA Mijnhardt… - Current Opinion in …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
To cause pandemics, zoonotic respiratory viruses need to adapt to replication in and spread
between humans, either via (indirect or direct) contact or through the air via droplets and …

Cigarette smoke affects dendritic cell populations, epithelial barrier function, and the immune response to viral infection with H1N1

O Danov, M Wolff, S Bartel, S Böhlen… - Frontiers in …, 2020‏ - frontiersin.org
Smokers with apparently “healthy” lungs suffer from more severe and frequent viral
respiratory infections, but the mechanisms underlying this observation are still unclear …

Hemagglutinin destabilization in H3N2 vaccine reference viruses skews antigenicity and prevents airborne transmission in ferrets

M Hu, C Kackos, B Banoth, CR Ojha, JC Jones… - Science …, 2023‏ - science.org
During influenza virus entry, the hemagglutinin (HA) protein binds receptors and causes
membrane fusion after endosomal acid activation. To improve vaccine efficiency and …

Dampening of ISGylation of RIG-I by ADAP regulates type I interferon response of macrophages to RNA virus infection

Y Wang, H Feng, X Li, Y Ruan, Y Guo, X Cui… - Plos …, 2024‏ - journals.plos.org
While macrophage is one of the major type I interferon (IFN-I) producers in multiple tissues
during viral infections, it also serves as an important target cell for many RNA viruses …

Relationship between hemagglutinin stability and influenza virus persistence after exposure to low pH or supraphysiological heating

G Yang, CR Ojha, CJ Russell - PLoS Pathogens, 2021‏ - journals.plos.org
The hemagglutinin (HA) surface glycoprotein is triggered by endosomal low pH to cause
membrane fusion during influenza A virus (IAV) entry yet must remain sufficiently stable to …

Hemagglutinin glycosylation pattern-specific effects: implications for the fitness of H9. 4.2. 5-branched H9N2 avian influenza viruses

Y Sun, Y Zhu, P Zhang, S Sheng, Z Guan… - Emerging Microbes & …, 2024‏ - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Since 2007, h9. 4.2. 5 has emerged as the most predominant branch of H9N2
avian influenza viruses (AIVs) that affects the majority of the global poultry population. The …

HA stabilization promotes replication and transmission of swine H1N1 gamma influenza viruses in ferrets

M Hu, G Yang, J DeBeauchamp, JC Crumpton, H Kim… - Elife, 2020‏ - elifesciences.org
Pandemic influenza A viruses can emerge from swine, an intermediate host that supports
adaptation of human-preferred receptor-binding specificity by the hemagglutinin (HA) …