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Role of Signaling Pathways in the Viral Life Cycle 2.0 by Moens, Ugo

“…Viral infections can lead to the generation of new virus particles, whereas other viruses behave as chameleons by camouflaging themselves to evade or mislead…”
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Monkeypox Virus in Nigeria: Infection Biology, Epidemiology, and Evolution by Alakunle, Emmanuel, Moens, Ugo, Nchinda, Godwin, Okeke, Malachy Ifeanyi

“…Monkeypox is a zoonotic disease caused by monkeypox virus (MPXV), which is a member of orthopoxvirus genus. The reemergence of MPXV in 2017 (at Bayelsa state)…”
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Heat shock protein 27 phosphorylation: kinases, phosphatases, functions and pathology by Kostenko, Sergiy, Moens, Ugo

“…The small heat shock protein Hsp27 or its murine homologue Hsp25 acts as an ATP-independent chaperone in protein folding, but is also implicated in…”
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Role of Virus-Induced Host Cell Epigenetic Changes in Cancer by Pietropaolo, Valeria, Prezioso, Carla, Moens, Ugo

“…The tumor viruses human T-lymphotropic virus 1 (HTLV-1), hepatitis C virus (HCV), Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCPyV), high-risk human papillomaviruses (HR-HPVs),…”
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Merkel Cell Polyomavirus and Merkel Cell Carcinoma by Pietropaolo, Valeria, Prezioso, Carla, Moens, Ugo

“…Viruses are the cause of approximately 15% of all human cancers. Both RNA and DNA human tumor viruses have been identified, with Merkel cell polyomavirus being…”
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Genomic Sequencing and Analysis of a Novel Human Cowpox Virus With Mosaic Sequences From North America and Old World Orthopoxvirus by Diaz-Cánova, Diana, Moens, Ugo L, Brinkmann, Annika, Nitsche, Andreas, Okeke, Malachy Ifeanyi

“…Orthopoxviruses (OPXVs) not only infect their natural hosts, but some OPXVs can also cause disease in humans. Previously, we partially characterized an OPXV…”
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Effect of the Large and Small T-Antigens of Human Polyomaviruses on Signaling Pathways by Moens, Ugo, Macdonald, Andrew

“…Viruses are intracellular parasites that require a permissive host cell to express the viral genome and to produce new progeny virus particles. However, not…”
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MCPyV Large T Antigen-Induced Atonal Homolog 1 Is a Lineage-Dependency Oncogene in Merkel Cell Carcinoma by Fan, Kaiji, Gravemeyer, Jan, Ritter, Cathrin, Rasheed, Kashif, Gambichler, Thilo, Moens, Ugo, Shuda, Masahiro, Schrama, David, Becker, Jürgen C.

“…Despite the fact that the transcription factor ATOH1 is a master regulator of Merkel cell development, its role in Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) carcinogenesis…”
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Genetic Diversity of the Noncoding Control Region of the Novel Human Polyomaviruses by Moens, Ugo, Prezioso, Carla, Pietropaolo, Valeria

“…The genomes of polyomaviruses are characterized by their tripartite organization with an early region, a late region and a noncoding control region (NCCR). The…”
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Biology, evolution, and medical importance of polyomaviruses: An update by Moens, Ugo, Krumbholz, Andi, Ehlers, Bernhard, Zell, Roland, Johne, Reimar, Calvignac-Spencer, Sébastien, Lauber, Chris

“…The family Polyomaviridae encompasses non-enveloped viruses with a circular dsDNA genome that is typically approximately 5000bp in length. Originally isolated…”
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Human Polyomaviruses and Papillomaviruses by Moens, Ugo

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The Role of Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase-Activated Protein Kinases (MAPKAPKs) in Inflammation by Moens, Ugo, Kostenko, Sergiy, Sveinbjørnsson, Baldur

“…Mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathways are implicated in several cellular processes including proliferation, differentiation, apoptosis, cell…”
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Functional Domains of the Early Proteins and Experimental and Epidemiological Studies Suggest a Role for the Novel Human Polyomaviruses in Cancer by Moens, Ugo, Prezioso, Carla, Pietropaolo, Valeria

“…As their name indicates, polyomaviruses (PyVs) can induce tumors. Mouse PyV, hamster PyV and raccoon PyV have been shown to cause tumors in their natural host…”
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Reply to Henriksen, S.; Rinaldo, C.H. Should SVGp12 Be Used for JC Polyomavirus Studies? Comment on "Prezioso et al. COS-7 and SVGp12 Cellular Models to Study JCPyV Replication and MicroRNA Expression after Infection with Archetypal and Rearranged-NCCR Viral Strains. Viruses 2022, 14 , 2070" by Prezioso, Carla, Moens, Ugo, Pietropaolo, Valeria

“…In relation to the comment by Henriksen and Rinaldo, the authors intend to emphasize that before every experiment with SVGp12 cells they routinely test the…”
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Whole genome sequencing of recombinant viruses obtained from co-infection and superinfection of Vero cells with modified vaccinia virus ankara vectored influenza vaccine and a naturally occurring cowpox virus by Diaz-Cánova, Diana, Moens, Ugo, Brinkmann, Annika, Nitsche, Andreas, Okeke, Malachy Ifeanyi

“…Modified vaccinia virus Ankara (MVA) has been widely tested in clinical trials as recombinant vector vaccine against infectious diseases and cancers in humans…”
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Identification of a novel human polyomavirus in organs of the gastrointestinal tract by Korup, Sarah, Rietscher, Janita, Calvignac-Spencer, Sébastien, Trusch, Franziska, Hofmann, Jörg, Moens, Ugo, Sauer, Igor, Voigt, Sebastian, Schmuck, Rosa, Ehlers, Bernhard

“…Polyomaviruses are small, non-enveloped viruses with a circular double-stranded DNA genome. Using a generic polyomavirus PCR targeting the VP1 major structural…”
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Relations between the mitogen-activated protein kinase and the cAMP-dependent protein kinase pathways: Comradeship and hostility by Gerits, Nancy, Kostenko, Sergiy, Shiryaev, Alexey, Johannessen, Mona, Moens, Ugo

“…Inter- and intracellular communications and responses to environmental changes are pivotal for the orchestrated and harmonious operation of multi-cellular…”
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HPyV6 and HPyV7 in urine from immunocompromised patients by Prezioso, Carla, Van Ghelue, Marijke, Moens, Ugo, Pietropaolo, Valeria

“…Human polyomavirus 6 (HPyV6) and HPyV7 are two of the novel polyomaviruses that were originally detected in non-diseased skin. Serological studies have shown…”
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A comprehensive review of monkeypox virus and mpox characteristics by Alakunle, Emmanuel, Kolawole, Daniel, Diaz-Cánova, Diana, Alele, Faith, Adegboye, Oyelola, Moens, Ugo, Okeke, Malachy Ifeanyi

“…Monkeypox virus (MPXV) is the etiological agent of monkeypox (mpox), a zoonotic disease. MPXV is endemic in the forested regions of West and Central Africa,…”
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Phosphorylation of Human Polyomavirus Large and Small T Antigens: An Ignored Research Field by Moens, Ugo, Passerini, Sara, Falquet, Mar, Sveinbjørnsson, Baldur, Pietropaolo, Valeria

“…Protein phosphorylation and dephosphorylation are the most common post-translational modifications mediated by protein kinases and protein phosphatases,…”
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