Plasmodium schizogony, a chronology of the parasite's cell cycle in the blood stage

Y Voß, S Klaus, J Guizetti, M Ganter - PLoS Pathogens, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Malaria remains a significant threat to global health, and despite concerted efforts to curb the
disease, malaria-related morbidity and mortality increased in recent years. Malaria is caused …

Mammalian circadian systems: Organization and modern life challenges

AM Finger, A Kramer - Acta Physiologica, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Humans and other mammalian species possess an endogenous circadian clock system that
has evolved in adaptation to periodically reoccurring environmental changes and drives …

Next-generation CRISPR-based diagnostic tools for human diseases

T Wang, Z Wang, L Bai, X Zhang, J Feng, C Qian… - TrAC Trends in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Accurate diagnosis of human diseases is crucial for effective prevention, clinical treatment,
and prognosis. The World Health Organization (WHO) has provided guidelines for molecular …

A comprehensive rhythmicity analysis of host proteins and immune factors involved in malaria pathogenesis to decipher the importance of host circadian clock in …

S Rankawat, K Kundal, S Chakraborty… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background Circadian rhythms broadly impact human health by regulating our daily
physiological and metabolic processes. The circadian clocks substantially regulate our …

Crosstalk between circadian clocks and pathogen niche

H Borrmann, F Rijo-Ferreira - Plos Pathogens, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Circadian rhythms are intrinsic 24-hour oscillations found in nearly all life forms. They
orchestrate key physiological and behavioral processes, allowing anticipation and response …

Hijacking time: How Ophiocordyceps fungi could be using ant host clocks to manipulate behavior

C de Bekker, B Das - Parasite Immunology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstracts Ophiocordyceps fungi manipulate ant behaviour as a transmission strategy.
Conspicuous changes in the daily timing of disease phenotypes suggest that …

Microbial metabolites orchestrate a distinct multi-tiered regulatory network in the intestinal epithelium that directs P-glycoprotein expression

SE Foley, MJ Dente, X Lei, BF Sallis, EB Loew… - Mbio, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT P-glycoprotein (P-gp) is a key component of the intestinal epithelium playing a
pivotal role in removal of toxins and efflux of endocannabinoids to prevent excessive …

Immunological and inflammatory effects of infectious diseases in circadian rhythm disruption and future therapeutic directions

H Huang, A Mehta, J Kalmanovich, A Anand… - Molecular Biology …, 2023 - Springer
Background Circadian rhythm is characterised by daily variations in biological activity to
align with the light and dark cycle. These diurnal variations, in turn, influence physiological …

Chapter 32: Chronobiology of blood-feeding arthropods: influences on their role as disease vectors

JB Benoit, C Vinauger - Sensory ecology of disease …, 2022 - wageningenacademic.com
The biology of disease vector arthropods is shaped by the nature of their interactions with
the hosts, which are used as their source of a blood meal, the pathogens acquired in the …

[HTML][HTML] The private life of malaria parasites: Strategies for sexual reproduction

P Schneider, SE Reece - Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, 2021 - Elsevier
Malaria parasites exhibit a complex lifecycle, requiring extensive asexual replication in the
liver and blood of the vertebrate host, and in the haemocoel of the insect vector. Yet, they …