Mechanisms of Toxoplasma gondii persistence and latency

WJ Sullivan Jr, V Jeffers - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Toxoplasma gondii is an obligate intracellular protozoan parasite that causes opportunistic
disease, particularly in immunocompromised individuals. Central to its transmission and …

Differences among the three major strains of Toxoplasma gondii and their specific interactions with the infected host

JPJ Saeij, JP Boyle, JC Boothroyd - Trends in parasitology, 2005 - cell.com
Toxoplasma gondii is one of the most successful protozoan parasites owing to its ability to
manipulate the immune system and establish a chronic infection. There are many T. gondii …

[HTML][HTML] The development and biology of bradyzoites of Toxoplasma gondii

LM Weiss, K Kim - Frontiers in bioscience: a journal and virtual …, 2000 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Toxoplasma gondii is a protozoan parasite of mammals and birds that is an important
human pathogen. Infection with this Apicomplexan parasite results in its dissemination …

The Rhoptry Proteins ROP18 and ROP5 Mediate Toxoplasma gondii Evasion of the Murine, But Not the Human, Interferon-Gamma Response

W Niedelman, DA Gold, EE Rosowski… - PLoS …, 2012 - journals.plos.org
The obligate intracellular parasite Toxoplasma gondii secretes effector proteins into the host
cell that manipulate the immune response allowing it to establish a chronic infection …

[HTML][HTML] Toxoplasma evacuoles: a two-step process of secretion and fusion forms the parasitophorous vacuole

S Håkansson, AJ Charron, LD Sibley - The EMBO journal, 2001 - embopress.org
Rapid discharge of secretory organelles called rhoptries is tightly coupled with host cell
entry by the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii. Rhoptry contents were deposited in …

Host lipid droplets: An important source of lipids salvaged by the intracellular parasite Toxoplasma gondii

SJ Nolan, JD Romano, I Coppens - PLoS pathogens, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Toxoplasma is an obligate intracellular parasite that replicates in mammalian cells within a
parasitophorous vacuole (PV) that does not fuse with any host organelles. One mechanism …

Type II Toxoplasma gondii KU80 Knockout Strains Enable Functional Analysis of Genes Required for Cyst Development and Latent Infection

BA Fox, A Falla, LM Rommereim, T Tomita… - Eukaryotic …, 2011 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT Type II Toxoplasma gondii KU80 knockouts (Δ ku80) deficient in
nonhomologous end joining were developed to delete the dominant pathway mediating …

Biogenesis of Nanotubular Network in ToxoplasmaParasitophorous Vacuole Induced by Parasite Proteins

C Mercier, JF Dubremetz, B Rauscher… - Molecular biology of …, 2002 - Am Soc Cell Biol
The intracellular parasite Toxoplasma gondii develops within a nonfusogenic vacuole
containing a network of elongated nanotubules that form connections with the vacuolar …

Identification of quantitative trait loci controlling acute virulence in Toxoplasma gondii

C Su, DK Howe, JP Dubey… - Proceedings of the …, 2002 - National Acad Sciences
Strains of Toxoplasma gondii can be grouped into three predominant clonal lineages with
members of the type I group being uniformly lethal in mice. To elucidate the basis of this …

A CRISPR platform for targeted in vivo screens identifies Toxoplasma gondii virulence factors in mice

J Young, C Dominicus, J Wagener… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Genome-wide CRISPR screening is a powerful tool to identify genes required under
selective conditions. However, the inherent scale of genome-wide libraries can limit their …