Circular DNA tumor viruses make circular RNAs

Tuna Toptan, Bizunesh Abere, Michael A. Nalesnik, +6

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Viral ReplicationImmunologyMolecular BiologyPathologySarcoma Herpesvirus +14

Cytoplasmic isoforms of Kaposi sarcoma herpesvirus LANA recruit and antagonize the innate immune DNA sensor cGAS

Guigen Zhang, Baca Chan, Naira Samarina, +6

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Cytoplasmic IsoformsViral ReplicationSignal TransductionMolecular VirologyKaposi Sarcoma Herpesvirus +13

Proteomic Analysis of Chikungunya Virus Infected Microgial Cells

Bizunesh Abere, Nitwara Wikan, Sukathida Ubol, +5

PLoS ONE

Viral PathogenesisImmunologyPathologyNeuroinflammationInflammation +14

Merkel Cell Polyomavirus Encodes Circular RNAs (circRNAs) Enabling a Dynamic circRNA/microRNA/mRNA Regulatory Network

Bizunesh Abere, Hongzhao Zhou, Jinghui Li, +6

mBio

The Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) non-structural membrane protein K15 is required for viral lytic replication and may represent a therapeutic target

Bizunesh Abere, Tamrat M. Mamo, Silke Hartmann, +6

PLoS Pathogens

Viral ReplicationK15 GeneImmunologyVascularized Tumor KaposiPathology +17

Inhibiting the Recruitment of PLCγ1 to Kaposi’s Sarcoma Herpesvirus K15 Protein Reduces the Invasiveness and Angiogenesis of Infected Endothelial Cells

Silvia Gramolelli, Magdalena Weidner-Glunde, Bizunesh Abere, +5

PLoS Pathogens

Viral PathogenesisImmunologyPathologySarcoma HerpesvirusViral Structural Protein +22

Cell-type specific variation in the induction of ER stress and downstream events in chikungunya virus infection

Sarawut Khongwichit, Nitwara Wikan, Bizunesh Abere, +4

Microbial Pathogenesis

Molecular VirologyPathogenesisViral PathogenesisDownstream EventsVirology +6

Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus Nonstructural Membrane Protein pK15 Recruits the Class II Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase PI3K-C2α To Activate Productive Viral Replication

Bizunesh Abere, Naira Samarina, Silvia Gramolelli, +4

Journal of Virology

Membrane-bound Merkel cell polyomavirus middle T protein constitutively activates PLCγ1 signaling through Src-family kinases

Wenyu Peng, Bizunesh Abere, Haibin Shi, +4

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Replication Kinetics for a Reporter Merkel Cell Polyomavirus

Bizunesh Abere, Hongzhao Zhou, Masahiro Shuda, +4

Viruses