Lipids and Lipoproteins in the Biology of Flaviviruses

Dear Colleagues,

You are cordially invited to contribute to the upcoming Pathogens Special Issue on “Lipids and lipoproteins in the biology of flaviviruses”.

Flaviviruses (Flaviviridae family, Orthoflavivirus genus) encompass major life-threatening human pathogens such as dengue, Zika, West Nile, and yellow fever viruses, as well as Japanese and tick-borne encephalitis viruses. Flaviviruses are one of the predominant group of arboviruses (arthropod-borne viruses) that are associated to world-wide epidemics and cause fatal hepatitis, encephalitis, and hemorrhagic fevers in humans. They represent an increasing threat to human-kind due to their persistence in diverse ecological landscapes, their expanding zones of endemicity and high epidemic potential. In this context, it is crucial to unravel molecular mechanisms by which flaviviruses interact with target cells, remodel intracellular compartments, subvert signaling and metabolic pathways to their own benefit and ultimately perturb host physiology and immunity.

This Special Issue aims at describing more specifically the role of lipids and lipoproteins in the flavivirus life cycle and their related diseases. We expect original research articles, brief reports or reviews to enrich the current view of the complex interactions occurring between flaviviruses and their hosts and to highlight novel findings and concepts in flavivirology that may echo in other fields of research.

Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

• Lipid and lipoproteins in flavivirus entry, replication and morphogenesis
• Lipid signaling and lipid metabolism in the flavivirus life cycle
• Membrane remodeling and membrane fusion
• Autophagy, lipophagy and flavivirus replication
• Lipid and lipoproteins in flavivirus pathogenicity
• Lipid mediators, lipid stores, lipid moieties
• Lipidomics, cutting-edge technologies in lipidology

Prof. Dr. Felix Rey
Dr. Marie Flamand
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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• molecular, cellular and structural biology
• dengue
• Zika
• West Nile
• yellow fever
• tick-borne encephalitis
• Japanese encephalitis
• membrane remodeling
• membrane fusion
• lipid microdomains
• lipid droplets
• lipid metabolism
• lipid signaling
• lipidomics
• inflammation
• hemorrhagic fever
• hepatitis
• encephalitis