Adipose tissue: a safe haven for parasites?

HB Tanowitz, PE Scherer, MM Mota… - Trends in parasitology, 2017 - cell.com
Adipose tissue (AT) is no longer regarded as an inert lipid storage, but as an important
central regulator in energy homeostasis and immunity. Three parasite species are uniquely …

Congenital and oral transmission of American trypanosomiasis: an overview of physiopathogenic aspects

LV Sánchez, JD Ramírez - Parasitology, 2013 - cambridge.org
Chagas disease or American trypanosomiasis is a pathology affecting about 8–11 million
people in Mexico, Central America, and South America, more than 300 000 persons in the …

[HTML][HTML] The parasitic intracellular lifestyle of trypanosomatids: parasitophorous vacuole development and survival

MF Batista, CA Nájera, I Meneghelli… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The trypanosomatid (protozoan) parasites Trypanosoma cruzi and Leishmania spp. are
causative agents of Chagas disease and Leishmaniasis, respectively. They display high …

[HTML][HTML] Salivarian trypanosomosis: a review of parasites involved, their global distribution and their interaction with the innate and adaptive mammalian host immune …

M Radwanska, N Vereecke, V Deleeuw… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Salivarian trypanosomes are single cell extracellular parasites that cause infections in a
wide range of hosts. Most pathogenic infections worldwide are caused by one of four major …

The molecular phylogeny of trypanosomes: evidence for an early divergence of the Salivaria

J Haag, C O'hUigin, P Overath - Molecular and biochemical parasitology, 1998 - Elsevier
Chronic infections with trypanosomes dwelling extracelluarly in the blood and tissues of their
hosts are observed in all vertebrate classes. We present here a molecular phylogenetic …

[HTML][HTML] An Insight into the Transcriptome of the Digestive Tract of the Bloodsucking Bug, Rhodnius prolixus

JMC Ribeiro, FA Genta, MHF Sorgine… - PLOS neglected …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
The bloodsucking hemipteran Rhodnius prolixus is a vector of Chagas' disease, which
affects 7–8 million people today in Latin America. In contrast to other hematophagous …

Migration of African trypanosomes across the blood–brain barrier

W Masocha, ME Rottenberg, K Kristensson - Physiology & behavior, 2007 - Elsevier
MASOCHA W, ROTTENBERG ME, KRISTENSSON K. Migration of African trypanosomes
across the blood–brain barrier. PHYSIOL. BEHAV. 00 (0) 000-000, 2006. Subspecies of the …

[HTML][HTML] Recent progress in diagnosis and treatment of Human African Trypanosomiasis has made the elimination of this disease a realistic target by 2030

A Álvarez-Rodríguez, BK Jin, M Radwanska… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) is caused by unicellular flagellated protozoan
parasites of the genus Trypanosoma brucei. The subspecies T. b. gambiense is mainly …