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Significant transcriptional changes in mature daughter Varroa destructor mites during infestation of different developmental stages of honeybees (2020)
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Tu, Y., Wu, J., Elsheikha, H. M., Getachew, A., Zhou, C., Zhou, H., & Xu, S. (2020). Significant transcriptional changes in mature daughter Varroa destructor mites during infestation of different developmental stages of honeybees. Pest Management Science, 76(8), 2736-2745. https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.5821

Background: Varroa destructor is considered a major cause of honeybee (Apis mellifera) colony losses worldwide. Although V. destructor mites exhibit preference behavior for certain honeybee lifecycle stages, the mechanism underlying host finding and... Read More about Significant transcriptional changes in mature daughter Varroa destructor mites during infestation of different developmental stages of honeybees.

RHΔgra17Δnpt1 strain of Toxoplasma gondii elicits protective immunity against acute, chronic and congenital toxoplasmosis in mice (2020)
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Sun, L., Liang, Q., Elsheikha, H. M., Cao, X., Nie, L., Li, T., …Wang, J. (2020). RHΔgra17Δnpt1 strain of Toxoplasma gondii elicits protective immunity against acute, chronic and congenital toxoplasmosis in mice. Microorganisms, 8(3), Article 352. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8030352

In the present study, a dense granule protein 17 (gra17) and novel putative transporter (npt1) double deletion mutant of Toxoplasma gondii RH strain was engineered. The protective efficacy of vaccination using RHΔgra17Δnpt1 tachyzoites against acute,... Read More about RHΔgra17Δnpt1 strain of Toxoplasma gondii elicits protective immunity against acute, chronic and congenital toxoplasmosis in mice.

Transcriptional changes in Toxoplasma gondii in response to treatment with monensin (2020)
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Zhai, B., He, J., Elsheikha, H. M., Li, J., Zhu, X., & Yang, X. (2020). Transcriptional changes in Toxoplasma gondii in response to treatment with monensin. Parasites and Vectors, 13, Article 84. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-020-3970-1

Background: Infection with the apicomplexan protozoan parasite T. gondii can cause severe and potentially fatal cerebral and ocular disease, especially in immunocompromised individuals. The anticoccidial ionophore drug monensin has been shown to have... Read More about Transcriptional changes in Toxoplasma gondii in response to treatment with monensin.

Toxoplasma gondii tkl1 Deletion Mutant Is a Promising Vaccine against Acute, Chronic, and Congenital Toxoplasmosis in Mice (2020)
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Wang, J., Liang, Q., Li, T., He, J., Bai, M., Cao, X., …Zhu, X. (2020). Toxoplasma gondii tkl1 Deletion Mutant Is a Promising Vaccine against Acute, Chronic, and Congenital Toxoplasmosis in Mice. Journal of Immunology, 204(6), 1562-1570. https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.1900410

In this study, we generated a tkl1 deletion mutant in the Toxoplasma gondii type 1 RH (RHΔtkl1) strain and tested the protective efficacies of vaccination using RHΔtkl1 tachyzoites against acute, chronic, and congenital T. gondii infections in Kunmin... Read More about Toxoplasma gondii tkl1 Deletion Mutant Is a Promising Vaccine against Acute, Chronic, and Congenital Toxoplasmosis in Mice.

Antioxidant enzymes as biomarkers of Cu and Pb exposure in the ground spiders Lycosa terrestris and Pardosa birmanica (2019)
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Elsheikha, H. M., Aziz, N., & Butt, A. (2020). Antioxidant enzymes as biomarkers of Cu and Pb exposure in the ground spiders Lycosa terrestris and Pardosa birmanica. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 190, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2019.110054

© 2019 Elsevier Inc. Heavy metal exposure induces oxidative stress in terrestrial organisms, which they counteract via activation of antioxidant biomarkers. The present study investigated the effects of copper (Cu) and lead (Pb) on the total antioxid... Read More about Antioxidant enzymes as biomarkers of Cu and Pb exposure in the ground spiders Lycosa terrestris and Pardosa birmanica.

Assessment of bioaccumulation of cu and Pb in experimentally exposed spiders, Lycosa terrestris and Pardosa birmanica, using different exposure routes (2019)
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Aziz, N., Butt, A., & Elsheikha, H. M. (2020). Assessment of bioaccumulation of cu and Pb in experimentally exposed spiders, Lycosa terrestris and Pardosa birmanica, using different exposure routes. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 27, 3309–3319. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-019-07055-0

© 2019, Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature. Major concerns exist regarding the environmental and human health risks caused by exposure to heavy metals. Spiders are often used as a model in ecotoxicological studies to assess soil po... Read More about Assessment of bioaccumulation of cu and Pb in experimentally exposed spiders, Lycosa terrestris and Pardosa birmanica, using different exposure routes.

Characterization of the Role of Amylo-Alpha-1,6-Glucosidase Protein in the Infectivity of Toxoplasma gondii (2019)
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Cao, X., Wang, J., Elsheikha, H. M., Li, T., Sun, L., Liang, Q., …Lin, R. (2019). Characterization of the Role of Amylo-Alpha-1,6-Glucosidase Protein in the Infectivity of Toxoplasma gondii. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 9, Article 418. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2019.00418

In this study, we characterized the role of amylo-alpha-1,6-glucosidase (Aa16GL) in the biology and infectivity of Toxoplasma gondii, using Aa16GL-deficient parasites of type I RH and type II Prugniaud (Pru) strains. The subcellular localization of A... Read More about Characterization of the Role of Amylo-Alpha-1,6-Glucosidase Protein in the Infectivity of Toxoplasma gondii.

Prevalence, risk factors and genotype distribution of Toxoplasma gondii DNA in soil in China (2019)
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Cong, W., Zhang, N., Hu, R., Zou, F., Zou, Y., Zhong, W., …Elsheikha, H. M. (2020). Prevalence, risk factors and genotype distribution of Toxoplasma gondii DNA in soil in China. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 189, Article 109999. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2019.109999

Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. In the present study, we performed a cross-sectional survey to determine the occurrence and genotype distribution of T. gondii DNA in soil samples collected from different sources from six geographi... Read More about Prevalence, risk factors and genotype distribution of Toxoplasma gondii DNA in soil in China.

Induction and measurement of the early stage of a host-parasite interaction using a combined optical trapping and Raman microspectroscopy system (2019)
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Sinjab, F., Elsheikha, H. M., Dooley, M., & Notingher, I. (2020). Induction and measurement of the early stage of a host-parasite interaction using a combined optical trapping and Raman microspectroscopy system. Journal of Biophotonics, 13(2), https://doi.org/10.1002/jbio.201960065

© 2019 The Authors. Journal of Biophotonics published by WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim Understanding and quantifying the temporal acquisition of host cell molecules by intracellular pathogens is fundamentally important in biology. In t... Read More about Induction and measurement of the early stage of a host-parasite interaction using a combined optical trapping and Raman microspectroscopy system.

Label-Free Quantitative Acetylome Analysis Reveals Toxoplasma gondii Genotype-Specific Acetylomic Signatures (2019)
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Wang, Z., Hu, R., Zhou, C., He, J., M. Elsheikha, H., & Zhu, X. (2019). Label-Free Quantitative Acetylome Analysis Reveals Toxoplasma gondii Genotype-Specific Acetylomic Signatures. Microorganisms, 7(11), 1-19. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms7110510

Distinct genotypic and pathogenic differences exist between Toxoplasma gondii genotypes. For example, genotype I is highly virulent, whereas genotype II and genotype III are less virulent. Moreover, Chinese 1 genotype (ToxoDB#9) is also virulent. Her... Read More about Label-Free Quantitative Acetylome Analysis Reveals Toxoplasma gondii Genotype-Specific Acetylomic Signatures.

Complex and dynamic transcriptional changes allow the helminth Fasciola gigantica to adjust to its intermediate snail and definitive mammalian hosts (2019)
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Zhang, X., Cwiklinski, K., Hu, R., Zheng, W., Sheng, Z., Zhang, F., …Zhu, X. (2019). Complex and dynamic transcriptional changes allow the helminth Fasciola gigantica to adjust to its intermediate snail and definitive mammalian hosts. BMC Genomics, 20, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-019-6103-5

Background The tropical liver fluke, Fasciola gigantica causes fasciolosis, an important disease of humans and livestock. We characterized dynamic transcriptional changes associated with the development of the parasite in its two hosts, the snail in... Read More about Complex and dynamic transcriptional changes allow the helminth Fasciola gigantica to adjust to its intermediate snail and definitive mammalian hosts.

Serum metabolomic alterations in Beagle dogs experimentally infected with Toxocara canis (2019)
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Zou, Y., Zheng, W., Elsheikha, H. M., Liu, G., Hu, M., Wang, S., & Zhu, X. (2019). Serum metabolomic alterations in Beagle dogs experimentally infected with Toxocara canis. Parasites and Vectors, 12(1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-019-3703-5

Background Toxocara canis, a globally distributed roundworm, can cause debilitating disease in dogs and humans; however, little is known about the metabolomic response of the hosts to T. canis infection. There is an increasing need to understand the... Read More about Serum metabolomic alterations in Beagle dogs experimentally infected with Toxocara canis.

Sulfadiazine Sodium Ameliorates the Metabolomic Perturbation in Mice Infected with Toxoplasma gondii (2019)
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Zhu, X., Zhou, C., Liu, Q., Gan, Y., Cong, H., Elsheikha, H. M., & Chen, X. (2019). Sulfadiazine Sodium Ameliorates the Metabolomic Perturbation in Mice Infected with Toxoplasma gondii. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 63(10), Article e00312-19. https://doi.org/10.1128/AAC.00312-19

In this study, we analyzed the global metabolomic changes associated with Toxoplasma gondii infection in mice in the presence or absence of sulfadiazine sodium (SDZ) treatment. BALB/c mice were infected with T. gondii GT1 strain and treated orally wi... Read More about Sulfadiazine Sodium Ameliorates the Metabolomic Perturbation in Mice Infected with Toxoplasma gondii.

Metabolomic signature of mouse cerebral cortex following Toxoplasma gondii infection (2019)
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Ma, J., He, J., Hou, J., Zhou, C., Zhang, F., Elsheikha, H. M., & Zhu, X. (2019). Metabolomic signature of mouse cerebral cortex following Toxoplasma gondii infection. Parasites and Vectors, 12, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-019-3623-4

Background: The protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii infects and alters the neurotransmission in cerebral cortex and other brain regions, leading to neurobehavioral and neuropathologic changes in humans and animals. However, the molecules that contri... Read More about Metabolomic signature of mouse cerebral cortex following Toxoplasma gondii infection.

The multitasking Fasciola gigantica Cathepsin B interferes with various functions of goat peripheral blood mononuclear cells in vitro (2019)
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Chen, D., Tian, A., Hou, J., Li, J., Tian, X., Yuan, X., …Zhu, X. (2019). The multitasking Fasciola gigantica Cathepsin B interferes with various functions of goat peripheral blood mononuclear cells in vitro. Frontiers in Immunology, 10, Article 1707. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2019.01707

Cathepsin B, a lysosomal cysteine protease, is thought to be involved in the pathogenesis of Fasciola gigantica infection, but its exact role remains unclear. In the present study, a recombinant F. gigantica cathepsin B (rFgCatB) protein was expresse... Read More about The multitasking Fasciola gigantica Cathepsin B interferes with various functions of goat peripheral blood mononuclear cells in vitro.

Global Transcriptome Profiling of Multiple Porcine Organs Reveals Toxoplasma gondii-Induced Transcriptional Landscapes (2019)
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He, J., Ma, J., Wang, J., Zhang, F., Li, J., Zhai, B., …Zhu, X. (2019). Global Transcriptome Profiling of Multiple Porcine Organs Reveals Toxoplasma gondii-Induced Transcriptional Landscapes. Frontiers in Immunology, 10, Article 1531. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2019.01531

© 2019 He, Ma, Wang, Zhang, Li, Zhai, Wang, Elsheikha and Zhu. We characterized the porcine tissue transcriptional landscapes that follow Toxoplasma gondii infection. RNAs were isolated from liver, spleen, cerebral cortex, lung, and mesenteric lymph... Read More about Global Transcriptome Profiling of Multiple Porcine Organs Reveals Toxoplasma gondii-Induced Transcriptional Landscapes.

Global serum proteomic changes in water buffaloes infected with Fasciola gigantica (2019)
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Zhang, F., Hu, R., Elsheikha, H. M., Sheng, Z., Zhang, W., Zheng, W., …He, J. (2019). Global serum proteomic changes in water buffaloes infected with Fasciola gigantica. Parasites and Vectors, 12(1), Article 281. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-019-3533-5

Background: The liver fluke Fasciola gigantica modulates several signaling pathways in infected buffaloes to facilitate its survival and establishment of persistent infection. In response to the parasite invasion, buffaloes activate innate and adapti... Read More about Global serum proteomic changes in water buffaloes infected with Fasciola gigantica.

New insights into the mechanical properties of Acanthamoeba castellanii cysts as revealed by phonon microscopy (2019)
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Pérez-Cota, F., Smith, R. J., Elsheikha, H. M., & Clark, M. (2019). New insights into the mechanical properties of Acanthamoeba castellanii cysts as revealed by phonon microscopy. Biomedical Optics Express, 10(5), 2399-2408. https://doi.org/10.1364/BOE.10.002399

The single cell eukaryotic protozoan Acanthamoeba castellanii exhibits a remarkable ability to switch from a vegetative trophozoite stage to a cystic form, in response to stressors. This phenotypic switch involves changes in gene expression and synth... Read More about New insights into the mechanical properties of Acanthamoeba castellanii cysts as revealed by phonon microscopy.

Label-free characterization of biochemical changes within human cells under parasite attack using synchrotron based micro-FTIR (2019)
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Elsheikha, H. M., Elsaied, N. A., Chan, K. L. A., Brignell, C., Harun, M. S. R., Wehbe, K., & Cinquee, G. (2019). Label-free characterization of biochemical changes within human cells under parasite attack using synchrotron based micro-FTIR. Analytical Methods, 11(19), 2518-2530. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8ay02777c

© 2019 The Royal Society of Chemistry. The protozoan Toxoplasma gondii is responsible for severe, potentially life-threatening, infection in immunocompromised individuals and when acquired during pregnancy. In the meantime, there is no available vacc... Read More about Label-free characterization of biochemical changes within human cells under parasite attack using synchrotron based micro-FTIR.