The global spread of SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 is devastating health systems and economies
worldwide. Recombinant or vaccine-induced neutralizing antibodies are used to combat the …

Infection-related diabetes can arise as a result of virus-associated β-cell destruction.
Clinical data suggest that the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), …

Sexual intercourse is the major route of HIV transmission. To identify endogenous factors
that affect the efficiency of sexual viral transmission, we screened a complex peptide/protein …

Many globular and natively disordered proteins can convert into amyloid fibrils. These fibrils
are associated with numerous pathologies 1 as well as with normal cellular functions 2 , 3 , …

It remains unclear whether severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus 2 (SARSCoV2)
can be shed into breastmilk and transmitted to a child through breastfeeding. Recent …

The ongoing severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic
creates a significant threat to global health. Recent studies suggested the significance of throat …

High-level immune activation and T cell apoptosis represent a hallmark of HIV-1 infection
that is absent from nonpathogenic SIV infections in natural primate hosts. The mechanisms …

Vpu proteins of pandemic HIV-1 M strains degrade the viral receptor CD4 and antagonize
human tetherin to promote viral release and replication. We show that Vpus from SIVgsn, …

Currently approved viral vector-based and mRNA-based vaccine approaches against
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) consider only homologous prime-boost vaccination. After …

Autophagy, a homeostatic process whereby eukaryotic cells target cytoplasmic cargo for
degradation, plays a broad role in health and disease states. Here we screened the TRIM family …