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Toxoplasma gondii infection in farmed wild boars (Sus scrofa) in three cities of northeast China (2017)
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Bai, M.-J., Zou, Y., Elsheikha, H. M., Ma, J.-G., Zheng, W.-B., Zhao, Q., …Zhu, X.-Q. (2017). Toxoplasma gondii infection in farmed wild boars (Sus scrofa) in three cities of northeast China. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease, 14(7), 379-385. https://doi.org/10.1089/fpd.2016.2260

The apicomplexan protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii is a widely distributed etiological agent of foodborne illness. This parasite can cause production losses in livestock and serious disease in humans through consumption of contaminated meat. Pig m... Read More about Toxoplasma gondii infection in farmed wild boars (Sus scrofa) in three cities of northeast China.

Comparative proteomic analysis of virulent and avirulent strains of Toxoplasma gondii reveals strain-specific patterns (2017)
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Zhou, D.-H., Wang, Z.-X., Zhou, C.-X., He, S., Elsheikha, H. M., & Zhu, X.-Q. (2017). Comparative proteomic analysis of virulent and avirulent strains of Toxoplasma gondii reveals strain-specific patterns. Oncotarget, 8(46), https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.19077

Research exploring the proteome of Toxoplasma gondii oocysts has gained momentum over the past few years. However, little is known about the oocyst’s protein repertoires that contribute to differential virulence among T. gondii strains. Here, we used... Read More about Comparative proteomic analysis of virulent and avirulent strains of Toxoplasma gondii reveals strain-specific patterns.

Immunization with Toxoplasma gondii GRA17 deletion mutant induces partial protection and survival in challenged mice (2017)
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Wang, J., Elsheikha, H. M., Zhu, W., Chen, K., Li, T., Yue, D., …Zhu, X. (2017). Immunization with Toxoplasma gondii GRA17 deletion mutant induces partial protection and survival in challenged mice. Frontiers in Immunology, 8, Article 730. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2017.00730

Toxoplasmosis remains a world-threatening disease largely because of the lack of a fully effective vaccine. Here, we created a ΔGRA17 mutant by disrupting the virulence factor GRA17 using CRISPR-Cas9 method. Then, we tested whether ΔGRA17 tachyzoites... Read More about Immunization with Toxoplasma gondii GRA17 deletion mutant induces partial protection and survival in challenged mice.

Proteomic differences between developmental stages of Toxoplasma gondii revealed by iTRAQ-based quantitative proteomics (2017)
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Wang, Z.-X., Zhou, C.-X., Elsheikha, H. M., He, S., Zhou, D.-H., & Zhu, X.-Q. (in press). Proteomic differences between developmental stages of Toxoplasma gondii revealed by iTRAQ-based quantitative proteomics. Frontiers in Microbiology, 8, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.00985

Toxoplasma gondii has a complex two-host life-cycle between intermediate host and definitive host. Understanding proteomic variations across the life-cycle stages of T. gondii may improve the understanding of molecular adaption mechanism of T. gondii... Read More about Proteomic differences between developmental stages of Toxoplasma gondii revealed by iTRAQ-based quantitative proteomics.

De novo transcriptome sequencing and analysis of the juvenile and adult stages of Fasciola gigantica (2017)
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Zhang, X.-X., Cong, W., Elsheikha, H. M., Liu, G.-H., Ma, J.-G., Huang, W.-Y., …Zhu, X.-Q. (2017). De novo transcriptome sequencing and analysis of the juvenile and adult stages of Fasciola gigantica. Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 51, 33-40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2017.03.007

Fasciola gigantica is regarded as the major liver fluke causing fasciolosis in livestock in tropical countries. Despite the significant economic and public health impacts of F. gigantica there are few studies on the pathogenesis of this parasite and... Read More about De novo transcriptome sequencing and analysis of the juvenile and adult stages of Fasciola gigantica.

STAT2 is a pervasive cytokine regulator due to its inhibition of STAT1 in multiple signaling pathways (2016)
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Ho, J., Pelzel, C., Begitt, A., Mee, M., Elsheikha, H. M., Scott, D. J., & Vinkemeier, U. (2016). STAT2 is a pervasive cytokine regulator due to its inhibition of STAT1 in multiple signaling pathways. PLoS Biology, 14(10), 1-27. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2000117

STAT2 is the quintessential transcription factor for type 1 interferons (IFNs), where it functions as a heterodimer with STAT1. However, the human and murine STAT2-deficient phenotypes suggest important additional and currently unidentified type 1 IF... Read More about STAT2 is a pervasive cytokine regulator due to its inhibition of STAT1 in multiple signaling pathways.

Acanthamoeba castellanii : A new high-throughput method for drug screening in vitro (2016)
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Ortega-Rivas, A., Padrón, J. M., Valladares, B., & Elsheikha, H. M. (2016). Acanthamoeba castellanii : A new high-throughput method for drug screening in vitro. Acta Tropica, 164, 95-99. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2016.09.006

Despite significant public health impact, there is no specific antiprotozoal therapy for prevention and treatment of Acanthamoeba castellanii infection. There is a need for new and efficient anti-Acanthamoeba drugs that are less toxic and can reduce... Read More about Acanthamoeba castellanii : A new high-throughput method for drug screening in vitro.

Transcriptomic analysis of mouse liver reveals a potential hepato-enteric pathogenic mechanism in acute Toxoplasma gondii infection (2016)
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He, J., Ma, J., Elsheikha, H. M., Song, H., Huang, S., & Zhu, X. (2016). Transcriptomic analysis of mouse liver reveals a potential hepato-enteric pathogenic mechanism in acute Toxoplasma gondii infection. Parasites and Vectors, 9(1), Article 427. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1716-x

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Toxoplasma gondii is a worldwide spread pathogen which can infect all tissues of its host. The transcriptomic responses of infected brain and spleen have been reported. However, our knowledge of the global transcriptomic change in infec... Read More about Transcriptomic analysis of mouse liver reveals a potential hepato-enteric pathogenic mechanism in acute Toxoplasma gondii infection.

Global iTRAQ-based proteomic profiling of Toxoplasma gondii oocysts during sporulation (2016)
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Zhou, C.-X., Zhu, X.-Q., Elsheikha, H. M., He, S., Li, Q., Zhou, D.-H., & Suo, X. (2016). Global iTRAQ-based proteomic profiling of Toxoplasma gondii oocysts during sporulation. Journal of Proteomics, 148, 12-19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jprot.2016.07.010

Toxoplasma gondii is a medically and economically important protozoan parasite. However, the molecular mechanisms of its sporulation remain largely unknown. Here, we applied iTRAQ coupled with 2D LC–MS/MS proteomic analysis to investigate the proteom... Read More about Global iTRAQ-based proteomic profiling of Toxoplasma gondii oocysts during sporulation.

Updates on feline aelurostrongylosis and research priorities for the next decade (2016)
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Elsheikha, H. M., Schnyder, M., Traversa, D., Di Cesare, A., Wright, I., & Lacher, D. W. (2016). Updates on feline aelurostrongylosis and research priorities for the next decade. Parasites and Vectors, 9, Article 389. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1671-6

Feline aelurostrongylosis, caused by the metastrongyloid nematode Aelurostrongylus abstrusus, is an important gastropod-borne parasitic lung disease in cats. Infection with A. abstrusus is widespread globally, but the increasing awareness of this par... Read More about Updates on feline aelurostrongylosis and research priorities for the next decade.