Toxoplasma gondii infection and its implications within the central nervous system

SK Matta, N Rinkenberger, IR Dunay… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Toxoplasma gondii is a parasite that infects a wide range of animals and causes zoonotic
infections in humans. Although it normally only results in mild illness in healthy individuals …

Epidemiology of and diagnostic strategies for toxoplasmosis

F Robert-Gangneux, ML Dardé - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2012 - Am Soc Microbiol
The apicomplexan parasite Toxoplasma gondii was discovered a little over 100 years ago,
but knowledge of its biological life cycle and its medical importance has grown in the last 40 …

[HTML][HTML] A genome-wide CRISPR screen in Toxoplasma identifies essential apicomplexan genes

SM Sidik, D Huet, SM Ganesan, MH Huynh, T Wang… - Cell, 2016 - cell.com
Apicomplexan parasites are leading causes of human and livestock diseases such as
malaria and toxoplasmosis, yet most of their genes remain uncharacterized. Here, we …

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) …

Modulators of the balance between M1 and M2 macrophages during pregnancy

YH Zhang, M He, Y Wang, AH Liao - Frontiers in immunology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Macrophages are a subset of mononuclear phagocytes of the innate immune system with
high plasticity and heterogeneity. At the maternal–fetal interface, macrophages are present …

Modulation of innate immunity by Toxoplasma gondii virulence effectors

CA Hunter, LD Sibley - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2012 - nature.com
Toxoplasma gondii is a common parasite of animals and humans and can cause serious
opportunistic infections. However, the majority of infections are asymptomatic, possibly …

Efficient gene disruption in diverse strains of Toxoplasma gondii using CRISPR/CAS9

B Shen, KM Brown, TD Lee, LD Sibley - MBio, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
Toxoplasma gondii has become a model for studying the phylum Apicomplexa, in part due
to the availability of excellent genetic tools. Although reverse genetic tools are available in a …

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 …

Globally diverse Toxoplasma gondii isolates comprise six major clades originating from a small number of distinct ancestral lineages

C Su, A Khan, P Zhou, D Majumdar… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
Marked phenotypic variation characterizes isolates of Toxoplasma gondii, a ubiquitous
zoonotic parasite that serves as an important experimental model for studying apicomplexan …

[HTML][HTML] A cluster of interferon-γ-inducible p65 GTPases plays a critical role in host defense against Toxoplasma gondii

M Yamamoto, M Okuyama, JS Ma, T Kimura… - Immunity, 2012 - cell.com
Summary Interferon-γ (IFN-γ) is essential for host defense against intracellular pathogens.
Stimulation of innate immune cells by IFN-γ upregulates∼ 2,000 effector genes such as …