Publications by authors named "Zhengwu Chang"

Article Synopsis
  • The study emphasizes the significance of viral-host protein interactions in cell infection and how tagging viral proteins with markers like HA, His, and Flag helps in studying these interactions.
  • A new reverse genetic system was successfully developed to produce Newcastle disease virus (NDV) with tagged structural proteins, allowing for efficient study of protein interactions without the need for specific antibodies.
  • This system enabled the identification of host proteins interacting with the HA-tagged M protein, paving the way for deeper understanding of NDV and its interactions with host proteins.
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Bovine Parainfluenza virus Type 3 (BPIV3) is one of the most important pathogens in cattle, capable of causing severe respiratory symptoms. Numerous studies have shown that autophagy plays a diverse role in the infection process of various pathogens. The influence of autophagy machinery on BPIV3 infection has not yet been confirmed.

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Vaccines are widely used to prevent Newcastle disease virus (NDV). Under the pressure of immunization, NDVs with mutations among epitopes of F and HN protein were isolated, which indicates that the efficiency of vaccine may decrease in terms of preventing emerged NDV. However, the lack of evidences to support whether these mutations contribute to antigenic mutation and immune escape in NDV leading to the controversy that the matched vaccine is more effective than the mismatched vaccine.

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When it comes to the prevention of clinical signs and mortality associated with infection of the Newcastle disease virus (NDV), vaccination has been very effective. However, recent evidence has proven that more highly virulent strains are emerging that bypass existing immune protection and pose a serious threat to the global poultry industry. Here, a novel rescued adenovirus 5-coexpressed chicken granulocyte monocyte colony-stimulating factor (ChGM-CSF) bio-adjuvant and C22-hemagglutinin-neuraminidase (HN) boosted chickens' immunological genetic resistance and thus improved the immunological effectiveness of the critical new-generation vaccine and .

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Low virulence and strong immunogenicity are quite important for Newcastle disease virus (NDV) producing Newcastle disease (ND) living-attenuated vaccine. However, immunogenicity of NDV positively correlates to its virulence. Usually, the velogenic NDV induces stronger immune responses of poultry than the lentogenic strain, but virulent NDV poses a risk for chicken.

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