[HTML][HTML] Metabolic interactions between Toxoplasma gondii and its host

M Blume, F Seeber - F1000Research, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Toxoplasma gondii is an obligate intracellular parasite belonging to the phylum
Apicomplexa that infects all warm-blooded animals, including humans. T. gondii can …

Amino acid metabolism in apicomplexan parasites

A Krishnan, D Soldati-Favre - Metabolites, 2021 - mdpi.com
Obligate intracellular pathogens have coevolved with their host, leading to clever strategies
to access nutrients, to combat the host's immune response, and to establish a safe niche for …

Local admixture of amplified and diversified secreted pathogenesis determinants shapes mosaic Toxoplasma gondii genomes

H Lorenzi, A Khan, MS Behnke, S Namasivayam… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Toxoplasma gondii is among the most prevalent parasites worldwide, infecting many wild
and domestic animals and causing zoonotic infections in humans. T. gondii differs …

Functional and computational genomics reveal unprecedented flexibility in stage-specific Toxoplasma metabolism

A Krishnan, J Kloehn, M Lunghi, A Chiappino-Pepe… - Cell host & …, 2020 - cell.com
To survive and proliferate in diverse host environments with varying nutrient availability, the
obligate intracellular parasite Toxoplasma gondii reprograms its metabolism. We have …

The genome of Onchocerca volvulus, agent of river blindness

JA Cotton, S Bennuru, A Grote, B Harsha, A Tracey… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Human onchocerciasis is a serious neglected tropical disease caused by the filarial
nematode Onchocerca volvulus that can lead to blindness and chronic disability. Control of …

Metabolic changes in Toxoplasma gondii-infected host cells measured by autofluorescence imaging

GM Gallego-López, E Contreras Guzman, DE Desa… - Mbio, 2024 - journals.asm.org
Toxoplasma gondii, the causative agent of toxoplasmosis, is an obligate intracellular
parasite that infects warm-blooded vertebrates across the world. In humans, seropositivity …

Asexual expansion of Toxoplasma gondii merozoites is distinct from tachyzoites and entails expression of non-overlapping gene families to attach, invade, and …

AB Hehl, WU Basso, C Lippuner, C Ramakrishnan… - BMC genomics, 2015 - Springer
Abstract Background The apicomplexan parasite Toxoplasma gondii is cosmopolitan in
nature, largely as a result of its highly flexible life cycle. Felids are its only definitive hosts …

Metabolic sensor governing bacterial virulence in Staphylococcus aureus

Y Ding, X Liu, F Chen, H Di, B Xu… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
An effective metabolism is essential to all living organisms, including the important human
pathogen Staphylococcus aureus. To establish successful infection, S. aureus must …

Metabolic Needs and Capabilities of Toxoplasma gondii through Combined Computational and Experimental Analysis

S Tymoshenko, RD Oppenheim, R Agren… - PLoS computational …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Toxoplasma gondii is a human pathogen prevalent worldwide that poses a challenging and
unmet need for novel treatment of toxoplasmosis. Using a semi-automated reconstruction …

Unveiling the potential of systems biology in biotechnology and biomedical research

S Saranya, L Thamanna, P Chellapandi - Systems Microbiology and …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract “In silico organisms” are computational genome-scale metabolic models used in
systems and synthetic biology developed by constraint-based metabolic simulations using …