supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32273037 and 32102636);the Guangdong Major Project of Basic and Applied Basic Research(2020B0301030007);Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture Project(NT2021007);the Guangdong Science and Technology Innovation Leading Talent Program(2019TX05N098);the 111 Center(D20008);the double first-class discipline promotion project(2023B10564003);the Department of Education of Guangdong Province(2019KZDXM004 and 2019KCXTD001).
A switch from avian-typeα-2,3 to human-typeα-2,6 receptors is an essential element for the initiation of a pandemic from an avian influenza virus.Some H9N2 viruses exhibit a preference for binding to human-typeα-2,...
the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant numbers 82073897,82373915);the Science and Technology Innovation Project of Guangdong Medical Products Administration(Grant numbers S2021ZDZ042).
Influenza A virus(IAV)is a widespread pathogen that poses a significant threat to human health,causing pandemics with high mortality and pathogenicity.Given the emergence of increasingly drug-resistant strains of IAV,...
supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(32188101 and 81930060).
Influenza A virus(IAV)binds sialic acid receptors on the cell surface to enter the host cells,which is the key step in initiating infection,transmission and pathogenesis.Understanding the factors that contribute to th...
C-type lectin receptors (CLRs) are representative pattern recognition receptors that recognize microbial polysaccharides expressed on antigen-presenting cells. In the present study, we carried out further detailed ana...
supported by the National Key Research and Development Project of China:2021YFD1800202;by the National Natural Science Foundation of China:31772755,32072892,32072832;by the Earmarked Fund for China Agriculture Reasearch System:CARS-40;by the Priorty Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions(PAPD).
H9N2 avian influenza viruses(AIVs)circulate globally in poultry and have become the dominant AIV subtype in China in recent years.Previously,we demonstrated that the H9N2 virus(A/chicken/Eastern China/SDKD1/2015)natur...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31702210, 31972719);the CAMS Innovation Fund for Medical Sciences (2020–12M-5-001)
Interferon-inducible transmembrane protein 3(IFITM3)inhibits influenza virus infection by blocking viral membrane fusion,but the exact mechanism remains elusive.Here,we investigated the function and key region of IFIT...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.21821005,31970872).
Ferritin nanoparticles with self-assembling properties have been widely explored as vaccine carrier by displaying foreign antigens through genetic fusion strategy.In the present work,an apoferritin(AFt)nanoparticle wa...
The research described in this study was supported by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases(NIAID,No.R56 AI148426-01A1 to M.T.);Cincinnati Children Hospital Medical Center(CCHMC,Innovation Funds 2018-2020,GAP Fund 2020-2021,and Research Innovation and Pilot Grant 2020-2021 to M.T.);the Center for Clinical and Translational Science and Training(CCTST)of the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine(Pilot Collaborative Studies Grant 2018-2019 to M.T.);that was supported by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences of the National Institutes of Health(No.UL1TR001425).
Even with implementation of current influenza vaccines,influenza still claims up to 500,000 lives worldwide annually,indicating a need for a better vaccine strategy.We have developed a technology to generate unique S_...
National Natural Science Foundation for Youth,China(No.81501793)。
Background:The new emerging avian influenza A H7N9 virus,causing severe human infection with a mortality rate of around 41%.This study aims to provide a novel treatment option for the prevention and control of H7N9.Me...
supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(31672586 and 31830097);the Key Research and Development Program of Guangdong Province(2019B020218004);Earmarked Found for China Agriculture Research System(CARS-41-G16);Guangdong Province Universities and Colleges Pearl River Scholar Funded Scheme(2018,Wenbao Qi);Young Scholars of Yangtze River Scholar Professor Program(2019,Wenbao Qi)
Since mid-2016,the low pathogenic H7N9 influenza virus has evolved into a highly pathogenic(HP)phenotype in China,raising many concerns about public health and poultry industry.The insertion of a“KRTA”motif at hemag...