… We thank members of the Van Rij laboratory for fruitful discussions. This work was financially
supported by a VIDI fellowship from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (…

Virus transmission and spread by arthropods is a major economic and public health concern.
The ongoing dissemination of arthropod-borne viruses by blood-feeding insects is an …

… We would like to thank members of the Van Rij lab for fruitful discussions. We thank Erika
Girardi and Finny Varghese in particular for their valuable input on this manuscript. Sindbis …

SummaryThe mRNA-based BNT162b2 vaccine from Pfizer/BioNTech was the first registered
COVID-19 vaccine and has been shown to be up to 95% effective in preventing SARS-CoV-…

The potential use of vapor phase hydrogen peroxide (VPHP) to prevent decay caused by
Botrytis cinerea Pers. ex Fr. in table grapes (Vitis vinifera L.) was investigated.‘Thompson …

… (R. van Rij and R. Andino, unpubl.). In agreement with this, CrPV did not inhibit dsRNA
processing in S2 cells, suggesting a different mechanism of action of the CrPV RNAi suppressor. …

Many metazoan cells can take up exogenous double-stranded (ds) RNA and use it to initiate
an RNA silencing response, however, the mechanism for this uptake is ill-defined. Here, we …

… Cook for advice on the IR EcR eye phenotype, R. Carthew for providing the GMR>IR[white]
and Dcr2 fly stocks and M. Siomi for … van Rij: These authors contributed equally to this work. …

Background: A stable reservoir of latently infected, resting CD4 T cells has been demonstrated
in HIV-1-infected patients despite prolonged antiretroviral treatment. This is a major …

RIG-I and MDA5 are cytosolic RNA sensors that play a critical role in innate antiviral responses.
Major advances have been made in identifying RIG-I ligands, but our knowledge of the …