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Prevalence and genotyping distribution of Enterocytozoon bieneusi in diarrheic pigs in Chongqing and Sichuan provinces, China

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022
The microsporidian fungal pathogen Enterocytozoon bieneusi is a unicellular parasite that infects humans and various animals, including pigs. Currently, there are few data on E.
Samson Teweldeberhan Ghebremichael, Samson Teweldeberhan Ghebremichael, Samson Teweldeberhan Ghebremichael, Xianzhi Meng, Xianzhi Meng, Junhong Wei, Junhong Wei, Yujiao Yang, Qingyuan Huang, Qingyuan Huang, Lie Luo, Lie Luo, Heng Xiang, Jie Chen, Jie Chen, M. A. Abo-Kadoum, Tian Li, Tian Li, Xiao Liu, Jialing Bao, Jialing Bao, Zeyang Zhou, Zeyang Zhou, Zeyang Zhou, Guoqing Pan, Guoqing Pan, Guoqing Pan   +26 more
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Autophagy Regulates Fungal Virulence and Sexual Reproduction in Cryptococcus neoformans

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2020
Autophagy (macroautophagy) is an evolutionarily conserved degradation pathway involved in bulk degradation of cytoplasmic organelles, old protein, and other macromolecules and nutrient recycling during starvation.
Su-Ting Jiang, Su-Ting Jiang, An-Ni Chang, Lian-Tao Han, Lian-Tao Han, Jie-Shu Guo, Jie-Shu Guo, Yuan-Hong Li, Yuan-Hong Li, Tong-Bao Liu, Tong-Bao Liu   +10 more
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Microsporidia MB in the primary malaria vector Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto is avirulent and undergoes maternal and horizontal transmission

Parasites & Vectors, 2023
Background The demonstration that the recently discovered Anopheles symbiont Microsporidia MB blocks malaria transmission in Anopheles arabiensis and undergoes vertical and horizontal transmission suggests that it is a promising candidate for the ...
Godfrey Nattoh, Brenda Onyango, Edward Edmond Makhulu, Diana Omoke, Lilian Mbaisi Ang’ang’o, Luna Kamau, Maxwell Machani Gesuge, Eric Ochomo, Jeremy Keith Herren   +8 more
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Innate and Adaptive Immune Responses Against Microsporidia Infection in Mammals

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020
Microsporidia are obligate intracellular and eukaryotic pathogens that can infect immunocompromised and immunocompetent mammals, including humans. Both innate and adaptive immune systems play important roles against microsporidian infection.
Yinze Han, Yinze Han, Hailong Gao, Hailong Gao, Jinzhi Xu, Jinzhi Xu, Jian Luo, Jian Luo, Bing Han, Jialing Bao, Jialing Bao, Guoqing Pan, Guoqing Pan, Tian Li, Tian Li, Zeyang Zhou, Zeyang Zhou, Zeyang Zhou   +17 more
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The F-Box Protein Fbp1 Regulates Virulence of Cryptococcus neoformans Through the Putative Zinc-Binding Protein Zbp1

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2021
The ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) is the major protein turnover mechanism that plays an important role in regulating various cellular functions.
Lian-Tao Han, Lian-Tao Han, Yu-Juan Wu, Yu-Juan Wu, Tong-Bao Liu, Tong-Bao Liu, Tong-Bao Liu   +6 more
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Role of F-box Protein Cdc4 in Fungal Virulence and Sexual Reproduction of Cryptococcus neoformans

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2022
Cryptococcus neoformans is an opportunistic yeast-like pathogen that mainly infects immunocompromised individuals and causes fatal meningitis. Sexual reproduction can promote the exchange of genetic material between different strains of C.
Ting Wu, Ting Wu, Cheng-Li Fan, Lian-Tao Han, Lian-Tao Han, Yuan-Bing Guo, Yuan-Bing Guo, Tong-Bao Liu, Tong-Bao Liu, Tong-Bao Liu   +9 more
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A broad distribution of the alternative oxidase in microsporidian parasites [PDF]

, 2010
Microsporidia are a group of obligate intracellular parasitic eukaryotes that were considered to be amitochondriate until the recent discovery of highly reduced mitochondrial organelles called mitosomes. Analysis of the complete genome of Encephalitozoon
A Atteia, A Stechmann, AD Tsaousis, AE McDonald, AL Moore, AL Moore, AL Umbach, Anthony L. Moore, AV Goldberg, BA Williams, BA Williams, BA Williams, Bryony A. P. Williams, C Affourtit, C Larsson, C Nihei, Catherine Elliot, CH Slamovits, CR Vossbrinck, CW Roberts, DA Berthold, DE Akiyoshi, E Weidner, ES Didier, ES Didier, F Thomarat, GC Vanlerberghe, GV Beznoussenko, I Small, JA Eisen, JD Thompson, JP Huelsenbeck, K Kita, Kiyoshi Kita, Lena Burri, M Chaudhuri, M Nina, MD Katinka, MG Claros, MJ Gardner, MS Albury, MS Albury, MS Albury, N Minagawa, O Emanuelsson, P Stenmark, Patricia J. Johnson, Patrick J. Keeling, PG Crichton, PJ Didier, PJ Keeling, R George, RP Hirt, RS Cornman, S Guindon, SJ Qureshi, T Joseph-Horne, T Suzuki, TA Richards, TD Edlind, TE Elthon, TM Keane, W Jarmuszkiewicz, Y Fukai, Yasutoshi Kido   +64 more
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Infection of Gammarus duebeni populations by two vertically transmitted microsporidia; parasite detection and discrimination by PCR–RFLP [PDF]

, 2002
We screened a population of the brackish water crustacean Gammarus duebeni from the Isle of Cumbrae for the presence of vertically transmitted microsporidia.
Dunn, A.M., Hatcher, M.J., Hogg, J.C., Ironside, J.E., Sharpe, R.G., Smith, J.E.   +5 more
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Genomic and phenotypic evolution of nematode-infecting microsporidia.

PLoS Pathogens, 2023
Microsporidia are a large phylum of intracellular parasites that can infect most types of animals. Species in the Nematocida genus can infect nematodes including Caenorhabditis elegans, which has become an important model to study mechanisms of ...
Lina Wadi, Hala Tamim El Jarkass, Tuan D Tran, Nizar Islah, Robert J Luallen, Aaron W Reinke   +5 more
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Prevalence of Intestinal Microsporidia in Patients with Intellectual Disabilities in Rehabilitation Centers of Hormozgan Province, Southern Iran. [PDF]

Iran J Parasitol
Kamrani F, Omidian M, Turki H, Agholi M, Sarkari B.   +4 more
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