Toxoplasma Effectors Targeting Host Signaling and Transcription

MA Hakimi, P Olias, LD Sibley - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
Early electron microscopy studies revealed the elaborate cellular features that define the
unique adaptations of apicomplexan parasites. Among these were bulbous rhoptry (ROP) …

Host immune responses to Toxoplasma gondii

M Sasai, A Pradipta, M Yamamoto - International Immunology, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Toxoplasma gondii can infect homoeothermic animals including humans and cause lethal
toxoplasmosis in immunocompromised individuals. When hosts are infected with T. gondii …

Toxoplasma gondii TgIST co-opts host chromatin repressors dampening STAT1-dependent gene regulation and IFN-γ–mediated host defenses

G Gay, L Braun, MP Brenier-Pinchart… - Journal of Experimental …, 2016 - rupress.org
An early hallmark of Toxoplasma gondii infection is the rapid control of the parasite
population by a potent multifaceted innate immune response that engages resident and …

Surface frustration re-patterning underlies the structural landscape and evolvability of fungal orphan candidate effectors

MC Derbyshire, S Raffaele - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Pathogens secrete effector proteins to subvert host physiology and cause disease. Effectors
are engaged in a molecular arms race with the host resulting in conflicting evolutionary …

Influence of the Host and Parasite Strain on the Immune Response During Toxoplasma Infection

D Mukhopadhyay, D Arranz-Solís… - Frontiers in Cellular and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Toxoplasma gondii is an exceptionally successful parasite that infects a very broad host
range, including humans, across the globe. The outcome of infection differs remarkably …

EZHIP constrains Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 activity in germ cells

R Ragazzini, R Pérez-Palacios, IH Baymaz… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The Polycomb group of proteins is required for the proper orchestration of gene expression
due to its role in maintaining transcriptional silencing. It is composed of several chromatin …

In Vivo Biotinylation of the Toxoplasma Parasitophorous Vacuole Reveals Novel Dense Granule Proteins Important for Parasite Growth and Pathogenesis

SM Nadipuram, EW Kim, AA Vashisht, AH Lin, HN Bell… - MBio, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
Toxoplasma gondii is an obligate intracellular parasite that invades host cells and replicates
within a unique parasitophorous vacuole. To maintain this intracellular niche, the parasite …

A key malaria metabolite modulates vector blood seeking, feeding, and susceptibility to infection

SN Emami, BG Lindberg, S Hua, SR Hill, R Mozuraitis… - Science, 2017 - science.org
Malaria infection renders humans more attractive to Anopheles gambiae sensu lato
mosquitoes than uninfected people. The mechanisms remain unknown. We found that an …

The aspartyl protease TgASP5 mediates the export of the Toxoplasma GRA16 and GRA24 effectors into host cells

A Curt‐Varesano, L Braun, C Ranquet… - Cellular …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Toxoplasma gondii and Plasmodium species are obligatory intracellular parasites that
export proteins into the infected cells in order to interfere with host‐signalling pathways …

Systematic identification of the lysine lactylation in the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii

W Zhao, H Yu, X Liu, T Wang, Y Yao, Q Zhou… - Parasites & …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background Lysine lactylation (Kla) is a novelposttranslational modification (PTM)
identified in histone and nonhistone proteins of several eukaryotic cells that directly activates …