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Energy Demand and Trade in General Equilibrium

Egger, Peter ; Nigai, Sergey

In: Environmental and Resource Economics, 2015, vol. 60, no. 2, p. 191-213

Université de Fribourg

Granzyme B attenuates bacterial virulence by targeting secreted factors

López León, Diego ; Matthey, Patricia ; Fellay, Isabelle ; Blanchard, Marianne ; Martinvalet, Denis ; Mantel, Pierre-Yves ; Filgueira, Luis ; Walch, Michael

In: iScience, 2020, vol. 23, no. 3, p. 100932

Pathogenic bacteria secrete virulence factors that interact with the human host to establish infections. The human immune system evolved multiple mechanisms to fight bacterial invaders, including immune proteases that were demonstrated to contribute crucially to antibacterial defense. Here we show that granzyme B degrades multiple secreted virulence mediators from Listeria monocytogenes,...

Université de Fribourg

Colloidal transformations in ms2 virus particles: driven by ph, influenced by natural organic matter

Watts, Samuel ; Julian, Timothy R. ; Maniura-Weber, Katharina ; Graule, Thomas ; Salentinig, Stefan

In: ACS Nano, 2020, vol. 14, no. 2, p. 1879–1887

Enteric viruses, such as enterovirus, norovirus, and rotavirus, are among the leading causes of disease outbreaks due to contaminated drinking and recreational water. Viruses are difficult to remove from water through filtration based on physical size exclusion—for example by gravity-driven filters—due to their nanoscale size. To understand virus removal in drinking water treatment ...

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...

Università della Svizzera italiana

The human transmembrane protease serine 2 is necessary for the production of group 2 influenza A virus pseudotypes

Ferrara, Francesca ; Molesti, Eleonora ; Böttcher-Friebertshäuser, Eva ; Cattoli, Giovanni ; Corti, Davide ; Scott, Simon D. ; Temperton, Nigel J.

In: Journal of molecular and genetic medicine, 2013, vol. 7, p. 309-314

The monomer of influenza haemagglutinin is synthesized as a single polypeptide precursor that during maturation is cleaved by proteases into two active subunits. Other studies have demonstrated that the human Transmembrane Protease Serine 2 (TMPRSS2) can cleave the HA of human seasonal influenza viruses. Consequently, we have investigated the use of human Transmembrane Protease Serine 2 to...