Editorial: Early Events During Host Cell-Pathogen Interaction

Chromatin Remodelling During Host-Bacterial Pathogen Interaction

Host-pathogen reorganisation during host cell entry by Chlamydia trachomatis

Chlamydia trachomatis is obligate intracellular bacterial pathogen that remains a significant public health burden worldwide. A critical early event during infection is chlamydial entry into non-phagocytic host epithelial cells. Like other Gram-negative bacteria, C. trachomatis uses a type III secretion system (T3SS) to deliver virulence effector proteins into host cells. These effectors trigge...

The host-pathogen interaction during HBV infection: immunological controversies.

HBV is a hepatotropic and non-cytopathic virus that causes more than one million deaths annually from liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. As the virus itself is non-cytopathic, it is widely accepted that both viral control and liver pathology are mediated by the host immune system. Until recently, the focus has been on the crucial role of adaptive immune responses in controlling HBV i...

Early Events in Foamy Virus—Host Interaction and Intracellular Trafficking

Here we review viral and cellular requirements for entry and intracellular trafficking of foamy viruses (FVs) resulting in integration of viral sequences into the host cell genome. The virus encoded glycoprotein harbors all essential viral determinants, which are involved in absorption to the host membrane and triggering the uptake of virus particles. However, only recently light was shed on so...

Editorial: Cell Signaling in Host–Pathogen Interactions: The Host Point of View

1 Departamento de Biologia Geral, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 2 Department of Pathology, Wexner Medical Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States, 3 Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States, 4 Unité des Interactions Bactéries-Cellules, Institut Pasteur, Paris, Franc...