Bunyavirus SFTSV exploits autophagic flux for viral assembly and egress.

Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV) is an emerging negatively stranded enveloped RNA bunyavirus that causes SFTS with a high case fatality rate of up to 30%. Macroautophagy/autophagy is an evolutionarily conserved process involved in the maintenance of host homeostasis, which exhibits anti-viral or pro-viral responses in reaction to different viral challenges. However, the interaction between the bunyavirus SFTSV and the autophagic process is still largely unclear.

Development of a Nucleocapsid Protein-Based ELISA for Detection of Human IgM and IgG Antibodies to SARS-CoV-2.

SARS-CoV-2 is the etiologic agent of COVID-19, which has led to a dramatic loss of human life and presents an unprecedented challenge to public health worldwide. The gold standard assay for SARS-CoV-2 identification is real-time polymerase chain reaction; however, this assay depends on highly trained personnel and sophisticated equipment and may suffer from false results. Thus, a serological antibody test is a supplement to the diagnosis or screening of SARS-CoV-2.

Misdiagnosis of scrub typhus as hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome and potential co-infection of both diseases in patients in Shandong Province, China, 2013-2014.

Background: Scrub typhus, caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi, an obligate intracellular gram-negative bacterium, along with hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS), caused by hantaviruses, are natural-focus infectious diseases prevalent in Shandong Province, China. Both diseases have similar clinical manifestations in certain disease stages and similar epidemic seasons, which has caused difficulties for physicians in distinguishing them. The aim of this study was to investigate whether misdiagnosis of scrub typhus as HFRS occurred in patients in Shandong Province.

SFTSV Infection Induced Interleukin-1β Secretion Through NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation.

Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV) is an emerging tick-borne virus that causes hemorrhagic fever. Previous studies showed that SFTSV-infected patients exhibited elevated levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines like interleukin-1β (IL-1β), indicating that SFTSV infection may activate inflammasomes. However, the detailed mechanism remains poorly understood.

Development of a lateral flow immunoassay strip for rapid detection of IgG antibody against SARS-CoV-2 virus.

The ongoing worldwide SARS-CoV-2 epidemic clearly has a tremendous influence on public health. Molecular detection based on oral swabs was used for confirmation of SARS-CoV-2 infection. However, high false negative rates were reported.

Rapid Detection of IgM Antibodies against the SARS-CoV-2 Virus via Colloidal Gold Nanoparticle-Based Lateral-Flow Assay.

Last year, the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) emerged in Wuhan, and it has rapidly spread to many other countries and regions. COVID-19 exhibits a strong human-to-human transmission infectivity and could cause acute respiratory diseases. Asymptomatic carriers are able to infect other healthy persons, and this poses a challenge for public health; the World Health Organization (WHO) has already announced COVID-19 as a global pandemic.

Rapid detection of Shiga toxin type II using lateral flow immunochromatography test strips of colorimetry and fluorimetry.

Two types of lateral flow immunochromatographic test strips (LFITS) using gold nanoparticles and fluorescent CdTe quantum dots (QDs) as signal labels, respectively, were developed for Shiga toxin type II (STX2) assays. Under optimal conditions, the corresponding visual detection limits were 25 ng mL-1 and 5 ng mL-1, respectively. The test results of gold based LFITS can be recognized directly by the naked eye, whereas the visualized results of CdTe QDs based LFITS can be observed by the aid of a UV lamp.

Rapid Detection of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus via Colloidal Gold Immunochromatography Assay.

To develop the point-of-care testing method to facilitate the clinical detection of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV), colloidal gold paper-based lateral flow immunochromatography test strips (LFITSs) have been fabricated for the rapid detection for the first time. The pH value and the amount of monoclonal antibody to prepare colloidal gold nanoparticle-labeled monoclonal antibody bioconjugates were optimized. In addition, 0.

Shiga toxins induce autophagic cell death in intestinal epithelial cells via the endoplasmic reticulum stress pathway.

Shiga toxins (Stxs) are a family of cytotoxic proteins that lead to the development of bloody diarrhea, hemolytic-uremic syndrome, and central nervous system complications caused by bacteria such as S. dysenteriae, E. coli O157:H7 and E.

A family cluster of infections by a newly recognized bunyavirus in eastern China, 2007: further evidence of person-to-person transmission.

Background: Seven persons in one family living in eastern China developed fever and thrombocytopenia during May 2007, but the initial investigation failed to identify an infectious etiology. In December 2009, a novel bunyavirus (designated severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome bunyavirus [SFTSV]) was identified as the cause of illness in patients with similar clinical manifestations in China. We reexamined this family cluster for SFTSV infection.

[Preparation and identification of monoclonal antibody against human growth differentiation factor 15].

Aim: To prepare the monoclonal antibody (mAb) against human growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF15).

Methods: The expression vector pGEX-4T-2-gdf15 was constructed and transformed into E.coli Top10F' for expression.

[Construction and expression of eukaryotic expression vector of NS1 protein of influenza A (H1N1)].

Aim: To insert the full-length NS1 gene of influenza A (H1N1) into an eukaryotic expression vector PXJ40-HA, and to evaluate the expression of NS1 gene in transfected 293T cells.

Methods: The NS1 gene of influenza A (H1N1) was amplified by RT-PCR and cloned into pMD18-T vector to construct a plasmid, named pMD18-T-NS1.The pMD18-T-NS1 and the PXJ40-HA were both digested using the same restrict enzymes and ligated, yielding the recombinant eukaryotic expression vector PXJ40-HA-NS1.

[Screening and identification of human anti-c-Met Fab from a phage antibody library].

Objective: To screen anti-c-Met Fab from a phage antibody library and identify its binding activity.

Methods: The expression of c-Met of HCC lines was identified by Western blot and immunofluorescence. Antibodies against c-Met were screened with immobilized antigen.