Communications Biology
An open access journal from Nature Portfolio publishing high-quality research, reviews and commentary in all areas of the biological sciences, representing significant advances and bringing new biological insight to a specialized area of research.
Inhibition of Na+/K+ ATPase blocks Zika virus infection in mice.
ZIKV is an infectious disease that has become an important concern worldwide, it associates with neurological disorders and congenital malformations in adults, also leading to fetal intrauterine growth restriction and microcephaly during pregnancy.
We examined the effects ouabain in ZIKV infection.
Keeping our cherished pets safe and healthy: using genomics to study bacterial pathogens of dogs and cats
A population genomics analysis of Staphylococcus pseudintermedius
Let’s chew the fat about influenza A virus and adipose tissue
Our paper, published on May 14 in Communications Biology, shows that influenza A virus infection durably impacts on the host’s systemic energy metabolism, and promotes depot-specific metabolic reprogramming of fat tissues, in mice.
Blog posted by J. Barthelemy (PhD student) and I. Wolowczuk.
