Toll-like Receptor 7 Mitigates Lethal West Nile Encephalitis via Interleukin 23-Dependent Immune Cell Infiltration and Homing

Terrence Town, Fengwei Bai, Tian Wang, +6

Immunity

InflammationToll-like ReceptorsToll-like Receptor 7Innate Immune SystemImmunology +5

Exosomes serve as novel modes of tick-borne flavivirus transmission from arthropod to human cells and facilitates dissemination of viral RNA and proteins to the vertebrate neuronal cells

Wenshuo Zhou, Michael Woodson, Biswas Neupane, +5

PLoS Pathogens

Extracellular VesiclesNovel ModesMolecular VirologyArthropod ExosomesPathogenesis +10

A Paradoxical Role for Neutrophils in the Pathogenesis of West Nile Virus

Fengwei Bai, Kok‐Fai Kong, Jianfeng Dai, +5

The Journal of Infectious Diseases

Paradoxical RoleInnate Immune SystemViral PathogenesisImmunologyPolymorphonuclear Leukocytes +17

Matrix Metalloproteinase 9 Facilitates West Nile Virus Entry into the Brain

Penghua Wang, Jianfeng Dai, Fengwei Bai, +5

Journal of Virology

Murine Mmp9 ExpressionMatrix Metalloproteinase 9Viral PathogenesisImmunologyViral Structural Protein +14

Antiviral Peptides Targeting the West Nile Virus Envelope Protein

Fengwei Bai, Terrence Town, Deepti Pradhan, +8

Journal of Virology

Delivery of antiviral small interfering RNA with gold nanoparticles inhibits dengue virus infection in vitro

Amber M. Paul, Yongliang Shi, Dhiraj Acharya, +5

Journal of General Virology

Use of RNA Interference to Prevent Lethal Murine West Nile Virus Infection

Fengwei Bai, Tian Wang, Utpal Pal, +3

The Journal of Infectious Diseases

Viral ReplicationMolecular VirologyRna InterferencePathogenesisViral Pathogenesis +11

IL-10 Signaling Blockade Controls Murine West Nile Virus Infection

Fengwei Bai, Terrence Town, Feng Qian, +7

PLoS Pathogens

ICAM-1 Participates in the Entry of West Nile Virus into the Central Nervous System

Jianfeng Dai, Penghua Wang, Fengwei Bai, +2

Journal of Virology

Interleukin-17A Promotes CD8 ⁺ T Cell Cytotoxicity To Facilitate West Nile Virus Clearance

Dhiraj Acharya, Penghua Wang, Amber M. Paul, +9

Journal of Virology