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Mechanisms of parasite‐mediated disruption of brain vessels

FEBS Letters, Volume 600, Issue 5, Page 591-611, March 2026.
Parasites can affect the blood vessels of the brain, often causing serious neurological problems. This review explains how different parasites interact with and disrupt these vessels, what this means for brain health, and why these processes matter. Understanding these mechanisms may help us develop better ways to prevent or treat brain infections in ...
Leonor Loira, Sílvia Arroz‐Madeira, Cláudio A. Franco, Sara Silva Pereira   +3 more
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Identification and molecular typing of Naegleria fowleri from a patient with primary amebic meningoencephalitis in China

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2018
Naegleria fowleri is the only Naegleria spp. known to cause an acute, fulminant, and rapidly fatal central nervous system infection in humans called primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM).
Ling-ling Zhang, Mao Wu, Bang-chuan Hu, Hua-liang Chen, Jin-Ren Pan, Wei Ruan, Li-nong Yao   +6 more
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Diversity of FAAL enzymes and prediction of their substrate specificity using FAALPred

Protein Science, Volume 35, Issue 2, February 2026.
Abstract FAALs (fatty acyl‐AMP ligases) recruit and incorporate fatty acids during the biosynthesis of secondary metabolites. Their diversity, distribution, and substrate specificity remain poorly understood, which limits functional predictions from sequence data.
Anne Liong, Leandro de Mattos Pereira, Pedro N. Leão   +2 more
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Microbial Distributions Across Wide‐Ranging Temperature Gradients of Hot Springs in Thailand: A Review of 35 Years of Research on Hot Spring‐Associated Microorganisms

Environmental Microbiology Reports, Volume 18, Issue 1, February 2026.
This review article summarised 35 years of research on microbial distributions (bacteria, archaea and microbial eukaryotes) across wide‐ranging hot spring temperatures in Thailand, including the overall research progression, scopes and methodologies of previous studies.
C. Sriaporn, K. Phinyo, U. Sompong, J. Pekkoh, J. Homnan, S. Komonjinda   +5 more
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Soil-dwelling Naegleria enhances plant performance by stimulating beneficial bacterial functions in the rhizosphere

Nature Communications
Soil protists play vital roles in influencing plant performance, yet their interactions with plant-beneficial bacteria are still poorly understood. Here, we examine how two soil protists (Naegleria sp.
Yang Yue, Zhihui Xu, Yijin Wang, Chen Liu, Shuo Sun, Xiangyu Ren, Qihui Lv, Jingchi Liu, Francisco Dini-Andreote, Wu Xiong, Qirong Shen   +10 more
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Identification of Potential Therapeutic Agents for Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis Using Text Mining and Bioinformatics Analyses

Analytical Cellular Pathology, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Naegleria fowleri, the brain‐eating ameba, causes primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), a fatal infectious disease that affects the central nervous system (CNS). We aimed to evaluate the functions and potential drugs targeting PAM using text mining and bioinformatics analyses.
Eun Jung Sohn, Hyeonseo Jo, Kun Taek Park, Andrey Elchaninov   +3 more
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Isolation and identification of free living amoeba (Naegleria and Acanthamoeba) in Shiraz water resources by morphological criteria

فصلنامه دانشگاه علوم پزشکی جهرم, 2012
Introduction: Free living amoebas are opportunistic pathogens that usually exist in different environmental conditions such as warm and polluted water, even in water supply networks and they could cause serious diseases in humans.
Shekofeh Ghadar-ghadr, Kavous Solhjoo, Mohammadjavad Norouz-nejad, Reyhaneh Rohi, Samaneh Zia-Jahromi   +4 more
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Comparative single-cell genomics of two uncultivated Naegleria species harboring Legionella cobionts

mSphere
Amoeboflagellates of the genus Naegleria are free-living protists ubiquitously found in soil and freshwater habitats worldwide. They include the “brain-eating amoeba” Naegleria fowleri, an opportunistic pathogen that causes primary amoebic ...
Jamie McGowan, Estelle S. Kilias, James Lipscombe, Elisabet Alacid, Tom Barker, Leah Catchpole, Seanna McTaggart, Sally D. Warring, Karim Gharbi, Thomas A. Richards, Neil Hall, David Swarbreck   +11 more
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GalNAc Carbohydrate Prevents the Formation of Neutrophil Extracellular Traps and Increase Myeloperoxidase Enzyme Activity in Interactions of Neutrophils and Entamoeba histolytica Preincubated With GalNAc

BioMed Research International, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
During amoebic infection, neutrophils are the first cells of the immune system to interact with trophozoites of Entamoeba histolytica, initiating amoebicidal activity. Different lectins and carbohydrates can participate in the mechanism of adhesion between E.
David Levaro-Loquio, Andrea Cruz-Baquero, Germán Higuera-Martínez, José De Jesús Serrano-Luna, Arturo Contis-Montes de Oca, Edgar Abarca-Rojano, Ivonne Maciel Arciniega-Martínez, Aldo Arturo Reséndiz-Albor, Judith Pacheco-Yépez, Edilene O. Silva   +9 more
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Meningoencephalitis due to Naegleria fowleri in cattle in southern Brazil

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária
Naegleria fowleri is a free-living amoeba commonly found in the environment, mainly in fresh water and soil. This protozoon is occasionally involved in cases of fatal central nervous system disease in humans and other animal species.
Luan Cleber Henker, Raquel Aparecida Sales da Cruz, Fernando Soares da Silva, David Driemeier, Luciana Sonne, Francisco Alejandro Uzal, Saulo Petinatti Pavarini   +6 more
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