Improving helminth genome resources in the post-genomic era

SR Doyle - Trends in parasitology, 2022 - cell.com
Rapid advancement in high-throughput sequencing and analytical approaches has seen a
steady increase in the generation of genomic resources for helminth parasites. Now …

[HTML][HTML] New technologies to study helminth development and host-parasite interactions

C Britton, R Laing, TN McNeilly, MG Perez… - International journal for …, 2023 - Elsevier
How parasites develop and survive, and how they stimulate or modulate host immune
responses are important in understanding disease pathology and for the design of new …

The avermectin/milbemycin receptors of parasitic nematodes

AJ Wolstenholme, C Neveu - Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology, 2022 - Elsevier
Glutamate-gated chloride channels are the most important target of ivermectin and related
compounds in parasitic nematodes. A small family of genes encode subunits of these …

Resolving the origins of secretory products and anthelmintic responses in a human parasitic nematode at single-cell resolution

CR Henthorn, PM Airs, EK Neumann, M Zamanian - Elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
Nematode excretory-secretory (ES) products are essential for the establishment and
maintenance of infections in mammals and are valued as therapeutic and diagnostic targets …

Making sense of sensory behaviors in vector-borne helminths

NJ Wheeler, EA Hallem, M Zamanian - Trends in parasitology, 2022 - cell.com
Migrations performed by helminths are impressive and diverse, and accumulating evidence
shows that many are controlled by sophisticated sensory programs. The migrations of vector …

[HTML][HTML] Spatial Transcriptomics: A Powerful Tool in Disease Understanding and Drug Discovery

J Cao, C Li, Z Cui, S Deng, T Lei, W Liu, H Yang… - Theranostics, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Recent advancements in modern science have provided robust tools for drug discovery. The
rapid development of transcriptome sequencing technologies has given rise to single-cell …

Gene co-expression network analysis reveal core responsive genes in Parascaris univalens tissues following ivermectin exposure

F Dube, N Delhomme, F Martin, A Hinas, M Åbrink… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Anthelmintic resistance in equine parasite Parascaris univalens, compromises ivermectin
(IVM) effectiveness and necessitates an in-depth understanding of its resistance …

Updated annotation and meta-analysis of Brugia malayi transcriptomics data reveals consistent transcriptional profiles across time and space with some study …

CI Holt, JC Dunning Hotopp - PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Genomics, transcriptomics, and proteomics have significantly advanced our understanding
of obligately host-associated microbes, where interrogation of the biology is often limited by …

Pharmacological profiling of a Brugia malayi muscarinic acetylcholine receptor as a putative antiparasitic target

KJ Gallo, NJ Wheeler, AM Elmi, PM Airs… - Antimicrobial Agents …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
The diversification of anthelmintic targets and mechanisms of action will help ensure the
sustainable control of nematode infections in response to the growing threat of drug …

Entering the spatial age of parasite genomics

SK Buddenborg, SR Doyle - Trends in Parasitology, 2024 - cell.com
Reconciling organism-scale biology at cellular-scale resolution has been a monumental
challenge. Recently, Gramberg et al. uncovered the spatial organisation of gene expression …