Timeline
Antoine Gessain
Head of Structure
18 Sep 2023
project
FURTHEST: Unraveling the Foamy Virus interactions with the host: insights into the molecular mechanisms of entry and neutralization
Read more01 Jun 2023
01 Apr 2023
publication
Neutralization of zoonotic retroviruses by human antibodies: Genotype-specific epitopes within the receptor-binding domain from simian foamy virus.
Read more06 Mar 2023
publication
The crystal structure of a simian Foamy Virus receptor binding domain provides clues about entry into host cells.
Read more07 Nov 2022
event
“Human infection with zoonotic simian foamy retroviruses (SFVs) – Characterization of epitopic regions recognized by neutralizing antibodies in infected humans”
Read more26 Oct 2022
08 Sep 2022
05 Sep 2022
22 Jul 2022
publication
Epidemiological evidence of nosocomial and zoonotic transmission of HTLV-1 in a large survey in rural population of central Africa.
Read more23 May 2022
publication
Plasma antibodies from humans infected with zoonotic simian foamy virus do not inhibit cell-to-cell transmission of the virus despite binding to the surface of infected cells.
Read more20 Apr 2022
publication
Excretion of Cell-Free and Cell-Associated Zika Virus into Breast Milk of Infected Dams and Identification of Antiviral Factors.
Read more15 Sep 2021
09 Sep 2021
01 Apr 2021
publication
Genomic insights into population history and biological adaptation in Oceania.
Read more09 Jan 2021
project
PTR2020-353 ZOOFOAMENV – Host pathogens interactions in humans infected with zoonotic foamy viruses
Read more01 Dec 2020
publication
Multiple recombinant events in human T-cell Leukemia virus Type 1: complete sequences of recombinant African strains.
Read more24 Jun 2020
29 Apr 2020
publication
Investigation of viral etiology in potentially malignant disorders and oral squamous cell carcinomas in non-smoking, non-drinking patients
Read more22 Oct 2019
16 Oct 2019
08 Jul 2019
publication
Absence of accessory genes in a divergent simian T-lymphotropic virus type 1 isolated from a bonnet macaque (Macaca radiata).
Read more03 May 2018
26 Mar 2018
publication
Proteomic analysis of plasma extracellular vesicles reveals mitochondrial stress upon HTLV-1 infection.
Read more17 Jan 2017
publication
Trichodysplasia spinulosa polyomavirus infection occurs during early childhood with intra-familial transmission, especially from mother to child
Read more01 Jun 2016
11 May 2016
01 Dec 2015
publication
Cocirculation of Two env Molecular Variants, of Possible Recombinant Origin, in Gorilla and Chimpanzee Simian Foamy Virus Strains from Central Africa.
Read more10 Sep 2015
project
A multi-disciplinary study of human beings, great apes, and viral emergence in equatorial Africa (SHAPES)
Read more09 Sep 2015
project
Interactions between Human T lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) and the blood-brain barrier
Read more09 Sep 2015
project
Franchissement de la barrière intestinale par le virus HTLV-1 dans le cadre de la transmission mère-enfant
Read more09 Sep 2015
project
Infectious aetiology of potentially malignant disorders and squamous cell carcinomas of the oral cavity
Read more09 Sep 2015
project
PTR 437: Human infection by zoonotic foamy retroviruses: physiological and immunological factors involved in the restriction of viral emergence
Read more09 Sep 2015
09 Sep 2015
project
REEMFOAMY : Human infection with zoonotic simian foamy retroviruses: role of virological and immunological factors in restricting viral emergence
Read more09 Sep 2015
project
Carcinome cutané à cellules de Merkel: Variabilité génétique du Polyomavirus associé
Read more04 Jul 2015
publication
Localization, quantification and interaction with host factors of endogenous HTLV-1 HBZ protein in infected cells and ATL
Read more11 May 2015
22 Apr 2015
25 Feb 2015
publication
A Severe Bite From a Nonhuman Primate Is a Major Risk Factor for HTLV-1 Infection in Hunters From Central Africa
Read more22 Feb 2015
17 Feb 2015
31 Jan 2015
18 Dec 2014
publication
HTLV-1-infected CD4+ T-cells display alternative exon usages that culminate in adult T-cell leukemia
Read more01 Dec 2014
publication
Molecular characterization of three Zika flaviviruses obtained from sylvatic mosquitoes in the Central African Republic
Read more12 Nov 2014
publication
ADAR1 enhances HTLV-1 and HTLV-2 replication through inhibition of PKR activity
Read more10 Nov 2014
publication
Resequencing microarray technology for genotyping human papillomavirus in cervical smears
Read more06 Nov 2014
22 Oct 2014
publication
Combination of an unbiased amplification method and a resequencing microarray for detecting and genotyping equine arteritis virus
Read more10 Sep 2014
publication
In vivo cellular tropism of gorilla simian foamy virus in blood of infected humans
Read more09 Sep 2014
publication
HTLV-1 bZIP factor HBZ promotes cell proliferation and genetic instability by activating OncomiRs
Read more03 Sep 2014
publication
African great apes are naturally infected with roseoloviruses closely related to human herpesvirus 7
Read more21 Aug 2014
18 Jun 2014
publication
Northern African strains of human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 arose from a recombination event
Read more28 May 2014
publication
Higher human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 subtype C proviral loads are associated with bronchiectasis in indigenous australians: results of a case-control study
Read more15 May 2014
publication
Epidemiology and genetic variability of HHV-8/KSHV in Pygmy and Bantu populations in Cameroon
Read more12 Feb 2014
publication
Molecular epidemiology of merkel cell polyomavirus: evidence for geographically related variant genotypes
Read more16 Jan 2014
publication
Clinical associations of Human T-Lymphotropic Virus type 1 infection in an indigenous Australian population
Read more01 Dec 2013
publication
[Mechanisms of viral emergence and interspecies transmission: the exemple of simian foamy viruses in Central Africa]
Read more05 Nov 2013
publication
Productive infection of human skeletal muscle cells by pandemic and seasonal influenza A(H1N1) viruses
Read more08 Oct 2013
26 Sep 2013
publication
Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 subtype C molecular variants among indigenous australians: new insights into the molecular epidemiology of HTLV-1 in Australo-Melanesia
Read more02 Jul 2013
publication
Merkel cell polyomavirus infection occurs during early childhood and is transmitted between siblings
Read more30 Jan 2013
publication
HTLV-1-associated inflammatory myopathies: low proviral load and moderate inflammation in 13 patients from West Indies and West Africa
Read more01 Jan 2013
publication
HTLV-3/4 and simian foamy retroviruses in humans: discovery, epidemiology, cross-species transmission and molecular virology
Read more07 Dec 2012
publication
Resequencing microarray method for molecular diagnosis of human arboviral diseases
Read more15 Nov 2012
01 Nov 2012
26 Sep 2012
15 May 2012
publication
Transcytosis of HTLV-1 across a tight human epithelial barrier and infection of subepithelial dendritic cells
Read more07 Mar 2012
publication
A new and frequent human T-cell leukemia virus indeterminate Western blot pattern: epidemiological determinants and PCR results in central African inhabitants
Read more11 Jan 2012
publication
Divergent KSHV/HHV-8 subtype D strains in New Caledonia and Solomon Islands, Melanesia
Read more16 Nov 2011
27 Oct 2011
publication
Frequent and recent human acquisition of simian foamy viruses through apes’ bites in central Africa
Read more01 Oct 2011
04 May 2011
publication
Identification of a novel neuropathogenic Theiler’s murine encephalomyelitis virus
Read more18 Nov 2010
publication
Multiple retroviral infection by HTLV type 1, 2, 3 and simian foamy virus in a family of Pygmies from Cameroon
Read more01 Sep 2010
07 Jul 2010
publication
Application of broad-spectrum resequencing microarray for genotyping rhabdoviruses
Read more29 Jun 2010
publication
Highly active antiretroviral treatment against STLV-1 infection combining reverse transcriptase and HDAC inhibitors
Read more10 Jun 2010
20 Dec 2009
publication
Biofilm-like extracellular viral assemblies mediate HTLV-1 cell-to-cell transmission at virological synapses
Read more30 Oct 2009
publication
Genetic diversity and molecular evolution of human and non-human primate Gammaherpesvirinae
Read more10 Apr 2009
publication
Inferring the demographic history of African farmers and pygmy hunter-gatherers using a multilocus resequencing data set
Read more14 Nov 2008
17 Jun 2008
publication
Inhibition of Chikungunya virus infection in cultured human muscle cells by furin inhibitors: impairment of the maturation of the E2 surface glycoprotein
Read more01 Jun 2008
publication
[Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8): clinical and epidemiological aspects and clonality of associated tumors]
Read more05 May 2008
16 Apr 2008
publication
Construction and characterization of a human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 3 infectious molecular clone
Read more23 Jan 2008
publication
Maternal traces of deep common ancestry and asymmetric gene flow between Pygmy hunter-gatherers and Bantu-speaking farmers
Read more01 Nov 2007
01 Oct 2007
01 Sep 2007
15 Aug 2007
publication
Human blood-brain barrier disruption by retroviral-infected lymphocytes: role of myosin light chain kinase in endothelial tight-junction disorganization
Read more01 Aug 2007
publication
In primary effusion lymphoma cells, MYB transcriptional repression is associated with v-FLIP expression during latent KSHV infection while both v-FLIP and v-GPCR become involved during the lytic cycle
Read more10 Jul 2007
publication
Evidence for a multiclonal origin of multicentric advanced lesions of Kaposi sarcoma
Read more28 Jun 2007
publication
Human T lymphotropic virus type 1 subtype C melanesian genetic variants of the Vanuatu Archipelago and Solomon Islands share a common ancestor
Read more13 Jun 2007
01 Jun 2007
11 Apr 2007
publication
Construction and characterization of a full-length infectious simian T-cell lymphotropic virus type 3 molecular clone
Read more01 Oct 2006
publication
Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 3: complete nucleotide sequence and characterization of the human tax3 protein
Read more29 Sep 2006
publication
Cutaneous disseminated endemic Kaposi’s sarcoma in a Polynesian man infected with a new divergent human herpesvirus 8 subtype D
Read more02 Aug 2006
publication
Evolutionary insights into the high worldwide prevalence of MBL2 deficiency alleles
Read more21 Jun 2006
publication
Molecular epidemiology of the HHV-8 K1 gene from Moroccan patients with Kaposi’s sarcoma
Read more01 May 2006
publication
Chimeric peptide vaccine composed of B- and T-cell epitopes of human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 induces humoral and cellular immune responses and reduces the proviral load in immunized squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus)
Read more01 May 2006
publication
DC-SIGN facilitates fusion of dendritic cells with human T-cell leukemia virus type 1-infected cells
Read more11 Apr 2006
publication
Modes of transmission and genetic diversity of foamy viruses in a Macaca tonkeana colony
Read more01 Apr 2006
publication
Seroprevalence and molecular epidemiology of human T-Cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) and HTLV-2 in blood donors from Dakar, Senegal
Read more01 Apr 2006
publication
Detection and molecular characterization of foamy viruses in Central African chimpanzees of the Pan troglodytes troglodytes and Pan troglodytes vellerosus subspecies
Read more28 Feb 2006
publication
The efficacy of combined therapy of arsenic trioxide and alpha interferon in human T-cell leukemia virus type-1-infected squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus)
Read more01 Jan 2006
01 Dec 2005
14 Nov 2005
publication
Presence of a functional but dispensable nuclear export signal in the HTLV-2 Tax protein
Read more27 Sep 2005
publication
Serological and molecular evidence that human herpesvirus 8 is endemic among Amerindians in French Guiana
Read more01 Sep 2005
publication
Comparative trends of seroprevalence and seroincidence rates of human T cell lymphotropic virus type I and human immunodeficiency virus 1 in pregnant women of various ethnic groups sharing the same environment in French Guiana
Read more01 Aug 2005
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