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

A C-Type Lectin Collaborates with a CD45 Phosphatase Homolog to Facilitate West Nile Virus Infection of Mosquitoes

Gong Cheng, Jonathan Cox, Penghua Wang, +5

Cell

Cd45 Phosphatase HomologMolecular VirologyC-type Lectin CollaboratesInsect VirusPathogenesis +5

A Tick Mannose-Binding Lectin Inhibitor Interferes with the Vertebrate Complement Cascade to Enhance Transmission of the Lyme Disease Agent

Tim J. Schuijt, Jeroen Coumou, Sukanya Narasimhan, +11

Cell Host & Microbe

Lyme Disease AgentVertebrate Complement CascadeComplement SystemAutoimmune DiseaseMedicine +8

Antibodies against a Tick Protein, Salp15, Protect Mice from the Lyme Disease Agent

Jianfeng Dai, Penghua Wang, Sarojini Adusumilli, +4

Cell Host & Microbe

Lyme Disease AgentAutoimmune DiseasePathogenesisImmunologyProtect Mice +8

Integrative Analysis of Zika Virus Genome RNA Structure Reveals Critical Determinants of Viral Infectivity

Pan Li, Yifan Wei, Miao Mei, +11

Cell Host & Microbe

Virus StructureViral ReplicationMolecular VirologyGeneticsPathogenesis +6

Tick Histamine Release Factor Is Critical for Ixodes scapularis Engorgement and Transmission of the Lyme Disease Agent

Jianfeng Dai, Sukanya Narasimhan, Lili Zhang, +3

PLoS Pathogens

VaccinationLyme Disease AgentVector-borne PathogenRecombinant ThrfAllergy +12

Caspase-12 controls West Nile virus infection via the viral RNA receptor RIG-I

Penghua Wang, Álvaro Arjona‐Sánchez, Yue Zhang, +7

Nature Immunology

PathogenesisViral PathogenesisImmunologyAntiviral ResponseVirology +2

Interferon-stimulated TRIM69 interrupts dengue virus replication by ubiquitinating viral nonstructural protein 3

Kezhen Wang, Chunling Zou, Xiujuan Wang, +6

PLoS Pathogens

Trim69-mediated UbiquitinationVirus ReplicationViral ReplicationMolecular VirologyInterferon-stimulated Trim69 Interrupts +11

ISG15 facilitates cellular antiviral response to dengue and west nile virus infection in vitro

Jianfeng Dai, Wen Pan, Penghua Wang

Virology Journal