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Alexander Freiberg

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Andrew a Freiberg

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[HTML][HTML] Spike mutation D614G alters SARS-CoV-2 fitness

…, JP Bilello, Z Ku, Z An, B Kalveram, AN Freiberg… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) spike protein substitution
D614G became dominant during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic 1, …

[HTML][HTML] Loss of furin cleavage site attenuates SARS-CoV-2 pathogenesis

…, Z An, K Debbink, MS Diamond, PY Shi, AN Freiberg… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)—a new coronavirus that
has led to a worldwide pandemic 1 —has a furin cleavage site (PRRAR) in its spike protein …

[HTML][HTML] Interferon-inducible cholesterol-25-hydroxylase broadly inhibits viral entry by production of 25-hydroxycholesterol

…, O Pernet, H Guo, R Nusbaum, JA Zack, AN Freiberg… - Immunity, 2013 - Elsevier
Interferons (IFN) are essential antiviral cytokines that establish the cellular antiviral state
through upregulation of hundreds of interferon-stimulated genes (ISGs), most of which have …

Recent progress in henipavirus research: molecular biology, genetic diversity, animal models

B Rockx, R Winegar, AN Freiberg - Antiviral research, 2012 - Elsevier
Nipah and Hendra virus are members of a newly identified genus of emerging paramyxoviruses,
the henipaviruses. Both viruses have the ability to cause severe pulmonary infection …

SARS-CoV-2 proteases PLpro and 3CLpro cleave IRF3 and critical modulators of inflammatory pathways (NLRP12 and TAB1): implications for disease presentation …

…, A Bhumkar, DJB Hunter, AN Freiberg… - Emerging microbes & …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The genome of SARS-CoV-2 encodes two viral proteases (NSP3/papain-like protease and
NSP5/3C-like protease) that are responsible for cleaving viral polyproteins during replication. …

[HTML][HTML] Furin cleavage site is key to SARS-CoV-2 pathogenesis

…, P Ren, Z Ku, Z An, K Debbink, PY Shi, AN Freiberg… - BioRxiv, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
SARS-CoV-2 has resulted in a global pandemic and shutdown economies around the world.
Sequence analysis indicates that the novel coronavirus (CoV) has an insertion of a furin …

A broad-spectrum antiviral targeting entry of enveloped viruses

MC Wolf, AN Freiberg, T Zhang… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
We describe an antiviral small molecule, LJ001, effective against numerous enveloped
viruses including Influenza A, filoviruses, poxviruses, arenaviruses, bunyaviruses, …

[HTML][HTML] Phosphoinositide-3 kinase-Akt pathway controls cellular entry of Ebola virus

MF Saeed, AA Kolokoltsov, AN Freiberg… - PLoS …, 2008 - journals.plos.org
The phosphoinositide-3 kinase (PI3K) pathway regulates diverse cellular activities related to
cell growth, migration, survival, and vesicular trafficking. It is known that Ebola virus requires …

[HTML][HTML] Evidence for henipavirus spillover into human populations in Africa

…, CM Ramirez, P Daszak, J Mazet, AN Freiberg… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Zoonotic transmission of lethal henipaviruses (HNVs) from their natural fruit bat reservoirs to
humans has only been reported in Australia and South/Southeast Asia. However, a recent …

[HTML][HTML] ISG15 deficiency and increased viral resistance in humans but not mice

…, MR Rodriguez, DJ Lenschow, AN Freiberg… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
ISG15 is an interferon (IFN)-α/β-induced ubiquitin-like protein. It exists as a free molecule,
intracellularly and extracellularly, and conjugated to target proteins. Studies in mice have …