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Natural selection and genetic variation in a promising Chagas disease drug target: Trypanosoma cruzi trans-sialidase [PDF]

, 2017
Rational drug design is a powerful method in which new and innovative therapeutics can be designed based on knowledge of the biological target aiming to provide more efficacious and responsible therapeutics.
Gallant, Joseph P.
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Chronic Trypanosoma cruzi infection potentiates adipose tissue macrophage polarization toward an anti-inflammatory M2 phenotype and contributes to diabetes progression in a diet-induced obesity model [PDF]

, 2016
Chronic obesity and Chagas disease (caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi) represent serious public health concerns. The interrelation between parasite infection, adipose tissue, immune system and metabolism in an obesogenic context, has not been ...
Andrada, Marta Cecilia, Aoki, Maria del Pilar, Cabalén, María Eugenia, Cabral, Maria Fernanda, Cano, Roxana Carolina, Gea, Susana, Onofrio, Luisina Inés, Ponce, Nicolás Eric, Sanmarco, Liliana Maria   +8 more
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A new piece in the repeatome puzzle of Triatominae bugs: The analysis of Triatoma rubrofasciata reveals the role of satellite DNAs in the karyotypic evolution of distinct lineages

Insect Molecular Biology, EarlyView.
Satellite DNAs comprise the major component of the Triatoma rubrofasciata repeatome, highlighting their central role in genome composition and architecture. Satellite DNA families show recent amplification in heterochromatin and older, more divergent satellite DNAs located in euchromatin, indicating distinct evolutionary histories.
Sebastián Pita, Pablo Mora, José M. Rico‐Porras, Diogo C. Cabral‐de‐Mello, Francisco J. Ruiz‐Ruano, Teresa Palomeque, Ho Viet Hieu, Francisco Panzera, Pedro Lorite   +8 more
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Busca retrospectiva da transmissão maternal da infecção chagásica em pacientes na fase crônica A retrospective search for maternal transmission of Chagas infection from patients in the chronic phase

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2004
Avaliamos a transmissão maternal do Trypanosoma cruzi em 278 filhos de 145 mães com a doença crônica causada por esse protozoário, nascidos após o estabelecimento do diagnóstico materno.
Anis Rassi, Vicente Amato Neto, Gustavo Gabriel Rassi, Valdir Sabbaga Amato, Anis Rassi Júnior, Alejandro O. Luquetti, Sérgio Gabriel Rassi   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Artificial intelligence‐powered microscopy: Transforming the landscape of parasitology

Journal of Microscopy, EarlyView.
Abstract Microscopy and image analysis play a vital role in parasitology research; they are critical for identifying parasitic organisms and elucidating their complex life cycles. Despite major advancements in imaging and analysis, several challenges remain. These include the integration of interdisciplinary data; information derived from various model
Mariana De Niz, Sara Silva Pereira, David Kirchenbuechler, Leandro Lemgruber, Constadina Arvanitis   +4 more
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Likely Autochthonous Transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi to Humans, South Central Texas, USA

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2017
Chagas disease, caused by Trypanosoma cruzi, is a major neglected tropical disease affecting the Americas. The epidemiology of this disease in the United States is incomplete.
S. Gunter, K. Murray, Rodion Gorchakov, R. Beddard, S. Rossmann, S. Montgomery, Hilda N. Rivera, E. Brown, David Aguilar, L. Widman, Melissa N Garcia   +10 more
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A new landscape of host–protozoa interactions involving the extracellular vesicles world [PDF]

, 2018
This version is free to view and download for private research and study only. Not for re-distribution, re-sale or use in derivative works. © Cambridge University Press 2018Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are released by a wide number of cells including ...
Bruno Gavinho, Combes, Dlugonska, Hart, Ingrid Evans-Osses, Izadora Volpato Rossi, Jameel Inal, Kho, Lechartier, Marcel I. Ramirez, Nten, Zingales   +11 more
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Ultrastructural expansion microscopy reveals unexpected levels of glycosome heterogeneity in African trypanosomes

Journal of Microscopy, EarlyView.
Abstract Kinetoplastid parasites include several species. Trypanosoma brucei causes African sleeping sickness in humans and a wasting disease nagana in livestock. Trypanosoma cruzi is the causative agent of Chagas disease and Leishmania species cause leishmaniasis, which can present with visceral, cutaneous, or mucocutaneous symptoms.
Heidi Anderson, Rhonda Reigers Powell, Meredith Teilhet Morris   +2 more
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Trypanosoma cruzi Needs a Signal Provided by Reactive Oxygen Species to Infect Macrophages

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2016
Background During Trypanosoma cruzi infection, macrophages produce reactive oxygen species (ROS) in a process called respiratory burst. Several works have aimed to elucidate the role of ROS during T. cruzi infection and the results obtained are sometimes
G. R. Goes, Peter Rocha, A. Diniz, Pedro H. N. Aguiar, C. R. Machado, L. Vieira   +5 more
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Biochemical characterization of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinases from multiple species of brown algae

Journal of Phycology, EarlyView.
Abstract Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK) is involved in the conversion of phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP) to oxaloacetate (OAA). In addition to playing a role in gluconeogenesis in various organisms, PEPCK also functions in the C4 cycle to concentrate CO2 for photosynthesis in some C4 plants.
Jian‐qiang Jin, Yuusuke Yokooji, Toshiyuki Shibata, Haruyuki Atomi   +3 more
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