[HTML][HTML] Heparan sulfate proteoglycans and viral attachment: true receptors or adaptation bias?

V Cagno, ED Tseligka, ST Jones, C Tapparel - Viruses, 2019 - mdpi.com
Heparan sulfate proteoglycans (HSPG) are composed of unbranched, negatively charged
heparan sulfate (HS) polysaccharides attached to a variety of cell surface or extracellular …

Discovery of several thousand highly diverse circular DNA viruses

MJ Tisza, DV Pastrana, NL Welch, B Stewart, A Peretti… - elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
Although millions of distinct virus species likely exist, only approximately 9000 are
catalogued in GenBank's RefSeq database. We selectively enriched for the genomes of …

Prophylactic antiviral activity of sulfated glycomimetic oligomers and polymers

L Soria-Martinez, S Bauer, M Giesler… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
In this work, we investigate the potential of highly sulfated synthetic glycomimetics to act as
inhibitors of viral binding/infection. Our results indicate that both long-chain glycopolymers …

JC Virus infected choroid plexus epithelial cells produce extracellular vesicles that infect glial cells independently of the virus attachment receptor

BA O'Hara, J Morris-Love, GV Gee, SA Haley… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
The human polyomavirus, JCPyV, is the causative agent of progressive multifocal
leukoencephalopathy (PML) in immunosuppressed and immunomodulated patients. Initial …

JC polyomavirus uses extracellular vesicles to infect target cells

J Morris-Love, GV Gee, BA O'Hara, B Assetta… - MBio, 2019 - journals.asm.org
The endemic human JC polyomavirus (JCPyV) causes progressive multifocal
leukoencephalopathy in immune-suppressed patients. The mechanisms of virus infection in …

Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy: pathogenesis, diagnostic tools, and potential biomarkers of response to therapy

F Schweitzer, S Laurent, I Cortese, GR Fink, S Silling… - Neurology, 2023 - neurology.org
JC polyomavirus (JCV) establishes an asymptomatic latent and/or persistent infection in
most of the adult population. However, in immunocompromised individuals, JCV can cause …

[HTML][HTML] Fifty years of JC polyomavirus: a brief overview and remaining questions

AL Atkinson, WJ Atwood - Viruses, 2020 - mdpi.com
In the fifty years since the discovery of JC polyomavirus (JCPyV), the body of research
representing our collective knowledge on this virus has grown substantially. As the …

R-spondins engage heparan sulfate proteoglycans to potentiate WNT signaling

R Dubey, P van Kerkhof, I Jordens, T Malinauskas… - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
R-spondins (RSPOs) amplify WNT signaling during development and regenerative
responses. We previously demonstrated that RSPOs 2 and 3 potentiate WNT/β-catenin …

Characterization of BK polyomaviruses from kidney transplant recipients suggests a role for APOBEC3 in driving in-host virus evolution

A Peretti, EM Geoghegan, DV Pastrana, S Smola… - Cell host & …, 2018 - cell.com
BK polyomavirus (BKV) frequently causes nephropathy (BKVN) in kidney transplant
recipients (KTRs). BKV has also been implicated in the etiology of bladder and kidney …