Transcriptomic and Metabolomic Profiling Identifies a Core Gene–Metabolite Axis Driving African Swine Fever Virus Replication in the Soft Tick Ornithodoros lahorensis
Jin Luo, Kaifei Guo, Fangyu Xiao, Ruoqi Wang, Junhui Guo, Qiaoyun Ren, Shuaiyang Zhao, Muhammad Kashif Obaid, Guiquan Guan, Hong Yin · 2026
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Jin Luo and co-authors profile in 2026 how a virus that kills pigs uses a soft tick as a host. The virus causes a disease with near total death in pigs and can persist in ticks, which spread it over long distances. The team combined gene and chemical profiling of ticks at no infection, early infection, and a later lasting stage.
The virus reshaped tick metabolism, turning up paths for building DNA parts, fats, and energy. A core module of twelve genes and eight signature chemicals supported copying of the virus. Silencing any of three hub genes cut virus loads by about nine tenths. Readers get the first full multi layer map of this host and virus link.
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| CREATOR | Jin Luo, Kaifei Guo, Fangyu Xiao, Ruoqi Wang, Junhui Guo, Qiaoyun Ren, Shuaiyang Zhao, Muhammad Kashif Obaid, Guiquan Guan, Hong Yin |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 49 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |