Nod-like receptors: critical intracellular sensors for host protection and cell death in microbial and parasitic infections

AO Babamale, ST Chen - International journal of molecular sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Cell death is an essential immunological apparatus of host defense, but dysregulation of
mutually inclusive cell deaths poses severe threats during microbial and parasitic infections …

Effect of tumor-associated macrophages on the pyroptosis of breast cancer tumor cells

XL Ji, X Huang, C Li, N Guan, T Pan, J Dong… - Cell Communication and …, 2023 - Springer
Macrophages are immune cells with high plasticity that are widely distributed in all tissues
and organs of the body. Under the influence of the immune microenvironment of breast …

Control of metastases via myeloid CD39 and NK cell effector function

J Yan, XY Li, A Roman Aguilera, C Xiao… - Cancer Immunology …, 2020 - AACR
Natural killer (NK) cell protection from tumor metastases is a critical feature of the host
immune response to cancer, but various immunosuppression mechanisms limit NK cell …

Trichomonas vaginalis adherence phenotypes and extracellular vesicles impact parasite survival in a novel in vivo model of pathogenesis

BM Molgora, SK Mukherjee… - PLOS Neglected …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Trichomonas vaginalis is a human infective parasite responsible for trichomoniasis–the most
common, non-viral, sexually transmitted infection worldwide. T. vaginalis resides exclusively …

Host–pathogen interactions during female genital tract infections

M Pekmezovic, S Mogavero, JR Naglik, B Hube - Trends in microbiology, 2019 - cell.com
Dysbiosis in the female genital tract (FGT) is characterized by the overgrowth of pathogenic
bacterial, fungal, or protozoan members of the microbiota, leading to symptomatic or …

Establishment and application of a CRISPR-Cas12a-based RPA-LFS and fluorescence for the detection of Trichomonas vaginalis

S Li, X Wang, Y Yu, S Cao, J Liu, P Zhao, J Li… - Parasites & vectors, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background Infection with Trichomonas vaginalis can lead to cervicitis, urethritis,
pelvic inflammatory disease, prostatitis and perinatal complications and increased risk of …

[HTML][HTML] Infinity war: Trichomonas vaginalis and interactions with host immune response

GB Galego, T Tasca - Microbial Cell, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Trichomonas vaginalis is the pathological agent of human trichomoniasis. The incidence is
156 million cases worldwide. Due to the increasing resistance of isolates to approved drugs …

TRAF3 promotes ROS production and pyroptosis by targeting ULK1 ubiquitination in macrophages

Y Shen, W Liu, X Zhang, J Shi, S Jiang… - The FASEB …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Disrupted mitochondrial function and reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation cause
cellular damage and oxidative stress‐induced macrophage inflammatory cell death. It …

Neutrophil interactions with the sexually transmitted parasite Trichomonas vaginalis: implications for immunity and pathogenesis

SB Bhakta, JA Moran, F Mercer - Open biology, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Trichomoniasis is the third most common sexually transmitted infection in humans and is
caused by the protozoan parasite, Trichomonas vaginalis (Tv). Pathogenic outcomes are …

Regulatory functions of hypoxia in host–parasite interactions: a focus on enteric, tissue, and blood protozoa

E DeMichele, O Sosnowski, AG Buret, T Allain - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
Body tissues are subjected to various oxygenic gradients and fluctuations and hence can
become transiently hypoxic. Hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) is the master transcriptional …