Research Progress--Shanghai Institut of Immunity and Infection, Chinese Academy of Sciences

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2021-06

Researchers Reveal New Mechanism Underlying Pyroptosis Induced by Yersinia Infection

Multiple strategies have been employed by pathogenic bacteria to sabotage host innate immune signaling to facilitate their infection.
　　Previous studies revealed that the Yersinia effector protein YopJ targets and inhibits transforming growth factor-β–activated kinase 1 (TAK1) to block pro-in...

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2021-05

Researchers Reveal Multiple infiltration and cross-species transmission of foamy viruses across Paleozoic to Cenozoic era

In the study published in the journal Journal of Virology on April 28, entitled Multiple infiltration and cross-species transmission of foamy viruses across Paleozoic to Cenozoic era, Prof. CUI Jie’s group at the Institut Pasteur of Shanghai of the Chinese Academy of Sciences reported hundreds o...

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2021-05

Researchers Reveal Remarkable Invertebrate RNA Virus Diversity in Marine Ecosystems

In the study published in the journal SCIENCE CHINA Life Sciences on May 6, entitled Virome in Marine Ecosystems Reveal Remarkable Invertebrate RNA virus Diversity, Prof. CUI Jie’s group at the Institut Pasteur of Shanghai of the Chinese Academy of Sciences reported 363 RNA viruses or partial ge...

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2021-04

Researchers Discover a new mechanism to improve antibody response and vaccine protection

This new pandemic of COVID-19 has revealed the essential role of the vaccine in preventing infection and controlling the spread of the epidemic. However, the established methods for vaccine production can not achieve a 100% protection effect after vaccination. In addition to ethnic and individual...