Research Progress--Shanghai Institut of Immunity and Infection, Chinese Academy of Sciences

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2022-05

Researchers reveal characterization of Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from patients suspected of pulmonary or bubonic plague during the Madagascar epidemic in 2017

In the study published in Scientific Reports on Apr 27 2022, Prof. Jean-Marc COLLARD’s group at Institut Pasteur of Shanghai, the Chinese Academy of Sciences discovered characterization of Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from patients suspected of pulmonary or bubonic plague during the Madagascar...

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2022-02

Researchers Reveal Host cytoskeletal vimentin serves as a structural organizer and an RNA-binding protein regulator to facilitate Zika viral replication

Zika virus (ZIKV) infection can rewire cellular network and hijack cellular transcription/translation machinery to establish viral replication complexes (RCs) to guarantee its efficient life cycle. However, the spatial and functional relationship between rewired vimentin filaments and condensed Z...

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2022-02

Researchers Identify Cell Migration Pattern Tunes Migrasome Formation

In the study published in the journal Journal of Cell Biology on Feb. 18, 2022, entitled Cell migration orchestrates migrasome formation by shaping retraction fibers, Prof. JIU Yaming’s group at Institut Pasteur of Shanghai, the Chinese Academy of Sciences reported that cell migration pattern (p...

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2022-01

Researchers Reveal New Immune Protection Mechanism against Streptococcus pyogenes Infection

Streptococcus pyogenes (a.k.a. group A Streptococcus, GAS) causes a wide variety of acute infections ranging from local suppurative infections to severe, sometimes fatal, invasive diseases, including necrotizing fasciitis and streptococcal toxic shock-like syndrome. Systemic dissemination is gene...