The emergence of Zika virus and its new clinical syndromes

TC Pierson, MS Diamond - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Zika virus (ZIKV) is a mosquito-transmitted flavivirus that has emerged as a global health
threat because of its potential to generate explosive epidemics and ability to cause …

Zika virus pathogenesis and tissue tropism

JJ Miner, MS Diamond - Cell host & microbe, 2017 - cell.com
Although Zika virus (ZIKV) was isolated approximately 70 years ago, few experimental
studies had been published prior to 2016. The recent spread of ZIKV to countries in the …

Chronic exposure to polystyrene microplastics induced male reproductive toxicity and decreased testosterone levels via the LH-mediated LHR/cAMP/PKA/StAR …

H **, M Yan, C Pan, Z Liu, X Sha, C Jiang, L Li… - Particle and fibre …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background Microplastics (MPs), which are smaller in size and difficult to degrade,
can be easily ingested by marine life and enter mammals through the food chain. Our …

[HTML][HTML] Zika virus: History, epidemiology, transmission, and clinical presentation

BH Song, SI Yun, M Woolley, YM Lee - Journal of neuroimmunology, 2017 - Elsevier
Zika virus (ZIKV), a mosquito-borne positive-stranded RNA virus of the family Flaviviridae
(genus Flavivirus), is now causing an unprecedented large-scale outbreak in the Americas …

Zika virus structure, maturation, and receptors

D Sirohi, RJ Kuhn - The Journal of infectious diseases, 2017 - academic.oup.com
The emergence of Zika virus (ZIKV) as a major public health threat has focused research on
understanding virus biology and develo** a suite of strategies for disease intervention …

Multiple signaling pathways in Sertoli cells: recent findings in spermatogenesis

FD Ni, SL Hao, WX Yang - Cell death & disease, 2019 - nature.com
The functions of Sertoli cells in spermatogenesis have attracted much more attention
recently. Normal spermatogenesis depends on Sertoli cells, mainly due to their influence on …

25-Hydroxycholesterol protects host against Zika virus infection and its associated microcephaly in a mouse model

C Li, YQ Deng, S Wang, F Ma, R Aliyari, XY Huang… - Immunity, 2017 - cell.com
Zika virus (ZIKV) has become a public health threat due to its global transmission and link to
severe congenital disorders. The host immune responses to ZIKV infection have not been …

Vaccine mediated protection against Zika virus-induced congenital disease

JM Richner, BW Jagger, C Shan, CR Fontes, KA Dowd… - Cell, 2017 - cell.com
The emergence of Zika virus (ZIKV) and its association with congenital malformations has
prompted the rapid development of vaccines. Although efficacy with multiple viral vaccine …

[HTML][HTML] An immunocompetent mouse model of Zika virus infection

MJ Gorman, EA Caine, K Zaitsev, MC Begley… - Cell host & …, 2018 - cell.com
Progress toward understanding Zika virus (ZIKV) pathogenesis is hindered by lack of
immunocompetent small animal models, in part because ZIKV fails to effectively antagonize …

[HTML][HTML] Sexually acquired Zika virus: a systematic review

J Moreira, TM Peixoto, AM Siqueira… - Clinical Microbiology and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Zika virus (ZIKV) is transmitted to humans primarily by Aedes mosquito bites.
However, circumstantial evidence points to a sexual transmission route. Objectives To …