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Intestinal microbiota drives cholestasis-induced specific hepatic gene expression patterns

Juanola, Oriol ; Hassan, Mohsin ; Kumar, Pavitra ; Yilmaz, Bahtiyar ; Keller, Irene ; Simillion, Cédric ; Engelmann, Cornelius ; Tacke, Frank ; Dufour, Jean-François ; De Gottardi, Andrea ; Moghadamrad, Sheida

In: Gut microbes, 2021, vol. 13, no. 1, p. 20

Intestinal microbiota regulates multiple host metabolic and immunological processes. Consequently, any difference in its qualitative and quantitative composition is susceptible to exert significant effects, in particular along the gut-liver axis. Indeed, recent findings suggest that such changes modulate the severity and the evolution of a wide spectrum of hepatobiliary disorders. However, the...

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Hepatotoxicity of herbal and dietary supplements: an update

Stickel, Felix ; Shouval, Daniel

In: Archives of Toxicology, 2015, vol. 89, no. 6, p. 851-865

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The role of the acquired immune response in systemic sclerosis

Chizzolini, Carlo ; Boin, Francesco

In: Seminars in Immunopathology, 2015, vol. 37, no. 5, p. 519-528

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An MVA vector expressing HIV-1 envelope under the control of a potent vaccinia virus promoter as a promising strategy in HIV/AIDS vaccine design

Pérez, Patricia ; Marín, María Q. ; Lázaro-Frías, Adrián ; Sorzano, Carlos Óscar S. ; Di Pilato, Mauro ; Gómez, Carmen E. ; Esteban, Mariano ; García-Arriaza, Juan

In: Vaccines, 2019, vol. 7, no. 4, p. 208

Highly attenuated poxviral vectors, such as modified vaccinia virus ankara (MVA), are promising vaccine candidates against several infectious diseases. One of the approaches developed to enhance the immunogenicity of poxvirus vectors is increasing the promoter strength and accelerating during infection production levels of heterologous antigens. Here, we have generated and characterized the ...

Università della Svizzera italiana

Virus-like particles and nanoparticles for vaccine development against HCMV

Perotti, Michela ; Perez, Laurent

In: Viruses, 2020, vol. 12, no. 1, p. 17 p

Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infects more than 70% of the human population worldwide. HCMV is responsible for high morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised patients and remains the leading viral cause of congenital birth defects. Despite considerable efforts in vaccine and therapeutic development, HCMV infection still represents an unmet clinical need and a life-threatening disease in...

Université de Fribourg

Review of emerging japanese encephalitis virus: new aspects and concepts about entry into the brain and inter-cellular spreading

Filgueira, Luis ; Lannes, Nils

In: Pathogens, 2019, vol. 8, no. 3, p. 111

Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) is an emerging flavivirus of the Asia-Pacific region. More than two billion people live in endemic or epidemic areas and are at risk of infection. Recently, the first autochthonous human case was recorded in Africa, and infected birds have been found in Europe. JEV may spread even further to other continents. The first section of this review covers...

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Systems analysis of MVA-C induced immune response reveals its significance as a vaccine candidate against HIV/AIDS of clade C

Gómez, Carmen Elena ; Perdiguero, Beatriz ; Jiménez, Victoria ; Filali-Mouhim, Abdelali ; Ghneim, Khader ; Haddad, Elias K. ; Quakkerlaar, Esther D. ; Delaloye, Julie ; Harari, Alexandre ; Roger, Thierry ; Dunhen, Thomas ; Sékaly, Rafick P. ; Melief, Cornelis J. M. ; Calandra, Thierry ; Sallusto, Federica ; Lanzavecchia, Antonio ; Wagner, Ralf ; Pantaleo, Giuseppe ; Esteban, Mariano

In: Plos one, 2012, vol. 7, no. 4, p. e35485

Based on the partial efficacy of the HIV/AIDS Thai trial (RV144) with a canarypox vector prime and protein boost, attenuated poxvirus recombinants expressing HIV-1 antigens are increasingly sought as vaccine candidates against HIV/AIDS. Here we describe using systems analysis the biological and immunological characteristics of the attenuated vaccinia virus Ankara strain expressing the HIV-1...

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Immunological aspects of atherosclerosis

Garrido-Urbani, S. ; Meguenani, M. ; Montecucco, F. ; Imhof, B.

In: Seminars in Immunopathology, 2014, vol. 36, no. 1, p. 73-91