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Extracellular Vesicles from Trypanosoma brucei Mediate Virulence Factor Transfer and Cause Host Anemia by Szempruch, Anthony J., Sykes, Steven E., Kieft, Rudo, Dennison, Lauren, Becker, Allison C., Gartrell, Anzio, Martin, William J., Nakayasu, Ernesto S., Almeida, Igor C., Hajduk, Stephen L., Harrington, John M.

“…Intercellular communication between parasites and with host cells provides mechanisms for parasite development, immune evasion, and disease pathology…”
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Proteomic Analysis of Trypanosoma cruzi Secretome: Characterization of Two Populations of Extracellular Vesicles and Soluble Proteins by Bayer-Santos, Ethel, Aguilar-Bonavides, Clemente, Rodrigues, Silas Pessini, Cordero, Esteban Maurício, Marques, Alexandre Ferreira, Varela-Ramirez, Armando, Choi, Hyungwon, Yoshida, Nobuko, da Silveira, José Franco, Almeida, Igor C

“…Microorganisms use specialized systems to export virulence factors into host cells. Secretion of effector proteins into the extracellular environment has been…”
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Extracellular Vesicles Produced by Cryptococcus neoformans Contain Protein Components Associated with Virulence by Rodrigues, Marcio L, Nakayasu, Ernesto S, Oliveira, Debora L, Nimrichter, Leonardo, Nosanchuk, Joshua D, Almeida, Igor C, Casadevall, Arturo

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Short-Term E-Cigarette Exposure Increases the Risk of Thrombogenesis and Enhances Platelet Function in Mice by Qasim, Hanan, Karim, Zubair A, Silva-Espinoza, Juan C, Khasawneh, Fadi T, Rivera, José O, Ellis, Cameron C, Bauer, Stephanie L, Almeida, Igor C, Alshbool, Fatima Z

“…Cardiovascular disease is the main cause of death in the United States, with smoking being the primary preventable cause of premature death, and thrombosis…”
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Circulating Blood Prognostic Biomarker Signatures for Hemorrhagic Cerebral Cavernous Malformations (CCMs) by Croft, Jacob, Grajeda, Brian, Aguirre, Luis A, Abou-Fadel, Johnathan S, Ellis, Cameron C, Estevao, Igor, Almeida, Igor C, Zhang, Jun

“…Cerebral cavernous malformations (CCMs) are a neurological disorder characterized by enlarged intracranial capillaries in the brain, increasing the…”
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Extracellular Vesicles Regulate Biofilm Formation and Yeast-to-Hypha Differentiation in Candida albicans by Honorato, Leandro, de Araujo, Joana Feital Demetrio, Ellis, Cameron C, Piffer, Alicia Corbellini, Pereira, Yan, Frases, Susana, de Sousa Araújo, Glauber Ribeiro, Pontes, Bruno, Mendes, Maria Tays, Pereira, Marcos Dias, Guimarães, Allan J, da Silva, Natalia Martins, Vargas, Gabriele, Joffe, Luna, Del Poeta, Maurizio, Nosanchuk, Joshua D, Zamith-Miranda, Daniel, Dos Reis, Flávia Coelho Garcia, de Oliveira, Haroldo Cesar, Rodrigues, Marcio L, de Toledo Martins, Sharon, Alves, Lysangela Ronalte, Almeida, Igor C, Nimrichter, Leonardo

“…In this study, we investigated the influence of fungal extracellular vesicles (EVs) during biofilm formation and morphogenesis in Candida albicans. Using…”
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Inhibition of Protein N- Glycosylation Blocks SARS-CoV-2 Infection by Casas-Sanchez, Aitor, Romero-Ramirez, Alessandra, Hargreaves, Eleanor, Ellis, Cameron C, Grajeda, Brian I, Estevao, Igor L, Patterson, Edward I, Hughes, Grant L, Almeida, Igor C, Zech, Tobias, Acosta-Serrano, Álvaro

“…Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) extensively glycosylates its spike proteins, which are necessary for host cell invasion and the…”
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Plasma-Derived Extracellular Vesicles as Potential Biomarkers in Heart Transplant Patient with Chronic Chagas Disease by Cortes-Serra, Nuria, Mendes, Maria Tays, Mazagatos, Clara, Segui-Barber, Joan, Ellis, Cameron C, Ballart, Cristina, Garcia-Alvarez, Ana, Gállego, Montserrat, Gascon, Joaquim, Almeida, Igor C, Pinazo, María Jesús, Fernandez-Becerra, Carmen

“…Chagas disease is emerging in countries to which it is not endemic. Biomarkers for earlier therapeutic response assessment in patients with chronic Chagas…”
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Giardial lipid rafts share virulence factors with secreted vesicles and participate in parasitic infection in mice by Grajeda, Brian I, De Chatterjee, Atasi, Villalobos, Carmen M, Pence, Breanna C, Ellis, Cameron C, Enriquez, Vanessa, Roy, Sourav, Roychowdhury, Sukla, Neumann, Aaron K, Almeida, Igor C, Patterson, Steven E, Das, Siddhartha

“…, a protozoan parasite, is a major cause of waterborne infection, worldwide. While the trophozoite form of this parasite induces pathological symptoms in the…”
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Characterization of yeast extracellular vesicles: evidence for the participation of different pathways of cellular traffic in vesicle biogenesis by Oliveira, Débora L, Nakayasu, Ernesto S, Joffe, Luna S, Guimarães, Allan J, Sobreira, Tiago J P, Nosanchuk, Joshua D, Cordero, Radames J B, Frases, Susana, Casadevall, Arturo, Almeida, Igor C, Nimrichter, Leonardo, Rodrigues, Marcio L

“…Extracellular vesicles in yeast cells are involved in the molecular traffic across the cell wall. In yeast pathogens, these vesicles have been implicated in…”
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Receptor Heterodimerization and Co-Receptor Engagement in TLR2 Activation Induced by MIC1 and MIC4 from Toxoplasma gondii by Costa Mendonça-Natividade, Flávia, Duque Lopes, Carla, Ricci-Azevedo, Rafael, Sardinha-Silva, Aline, Figueiredo Pinzan, Camila, Paiva Alegre-Maller, Ana Claudia, L Nohara, Lilian, B Carneiro, Alan, Panunto-Castelo, Ademilson, C Almeida, Igor, Roque-Barreira, Maria Cristina

“…The microneme organelles of tachyzoites release protein complexes (MICs), including one composed of the transmembrane protein MIC6 plus MIC1 and MIC4. In this…”
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Target product profile for a test for the early assessment of treatment efficacy in Chagas disease patients: An expert consensus by Alonso-Padilla, Julio, Abril, Marcelo, Alarcón de Noya, Belkisyolé, Almeida, Igor C, Angheben, Andrea, Araujo Jorge, Tania, Chatelain, Eric, Esteva, Monica, Gascón, Joaquim, Grijalva, Mario J, Guhl, Felipe, Hasslocher-Moreno, Alejandro Marcel, López, Manuel Carlos, Luquetti, Alejandro, Noya, Oscar, Pinazo, María Jesús, Ramsey, Janine M, Ribeiro, Isabela, Ruiz, Andres Mariano, Schijman, Alejandro G, Sosa-Estani, Sergio, Thomas, M Carmen, Torrico, Faustino, Zrein, Maan, Picado, Albert

“…Affiliation: Border Biomedical Research Center, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States of America…”
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Characterization of the small RNA content of Trypanosoma cruzi extracellular vesicles by Bayer-Santos, Ethel, Lima, Fábio Mitsuo, Ruiz, Jeronimo Conceição, Almeida, Igor C., da Silveira, José Franco

“…•The small RNAs contained in vesicles originate from multiple sources.•Results revealed differences in the variety of small RNAs between parasite stages.•The…”
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Lipidomic analysis of extracellular vesicles from the pathogenic phase of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis by Vallejo, Milene C, Nakayasu, Ernesto S, Longo, Larissa V G, Ganiko, Luciane, Lopes, Felipe G, Matsuo, Alisson L, Almeida, Igor C, Puccia, Rosana

“…Fungal extracellular vesicles are able to cross the cell wall and transport molecules that help in nutrient acquisition, cell defense, and modulation of the…”
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Specific Recognition of β-Galactofuranose-Containing Glycans of Synthetic Neoglycoproteins by Sera of Chronic Chagas Disease Patients by Montoya, Alba L, Gil, Eileni R, Heydemann, Emily L, Estevao, Igor L, Luna, Bianca E, Ellis, Cameron C, Jankuru, Sohan R, Alarcón de Noya, Belkisyolé, Noya, Oscar, Zago, Maria Paola, Almeida, Igor C, Michael, Katja

“…Chagas disease (CD) can be accurately diagnosed by detecting in patients' blood using polymerase chain reaction (PCR). However, parasite-derived biomarkers are…”
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An α-Gal-containing neoglycoprotein-based vaccine partially protects against murine cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania major by Iniguez, Eva, Schocker, Nathaniel S, Subramaniam, Krishanthi, Portillo, Susana, Montoya, Alba L, Al-Salem, Waleed S, Torres, Caresse L, Rodriguez, Felipe, Moreira, Otacilio C, Acosta-Serrano, Alvaro, Michael, Katja, Almeida, Igor C, Maldonado, Rosa A

“…Protozoan parasites from the genus Leishmania cause broad clinical manifestations known as leishmaniases, which affect millions of people worldwide. Cutaneous…”
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Treatment with benznidazole and pentoxifylline regulates microRNA transcriptomic profile in a murine model of Chagas chronic cardiomyopathy by Silva Grijó Farani, Priscila, Iandra da Silva Ferreira, Beatriz, Begum, Khodeza, Vilar-Pereira, Glaucia, Pereira, Isabela Resende, Fernández-Figueroa, Edith A, Cardenas-Ovando, Roberto Alejandro, Almeida, Igor C, Roy, Sourav, Lannes-Vieira, Joseli, Moreira, Otacilio Cruz

“…Chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy (CCC) is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality due to cardiovascular disorders in endemic areas of Chagas disease…”
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The Pathogenic Fungus Paracoccidioides brasiliensis Exports Extracellular Vesicles Containing Highly Immunogenic α-Galactosyl Epitopes by Vallejo, Milene C., Matsuo, Alisson L., Ganiko, Luciane, Medeiros, Lia C. Soares, Miranda, Kildare, Silva, Luiz S., Freymüller-Haapalainen, Edna, Sinigaglia-Coimbra, Rita, Almeida, Igor C., Puccia, Rosana

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Extracellular vesicles in parasitic diseases by Marcilla, Antonio, Martin-Jaular, Lorena, Trelis, Maria, de Menezes-Neto, Armando, Osuna, Antonio, Bernal, Dolores, Fernandez-Becerra, Carmen, Almeida, Igor C., del Portillo, Hernando A.

“…Parasitic diseases affect billions of people and are considered a major public health issue. Close to 400 species are estimated to parasitize humans, of which…”
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A Branched and Double Alpha-Gal-Bearing Synthetic Neoglycoprotein as a Biomarker for Chagas Disease by Montoya, Alba L, Carvajal, Elisa G, Ortega-Rodriguez, Uriel, Estevao, Igor L, Ashmus, Roger A, Jankuru, Sohan R, Portillo, Susana, Ellis, Cameron C, Knight, Colin D, Alonso-Padilla, Julio, Izquierdo, Luis, Pinazo, Maria-Jesus, Gascon, Joaquim, Suarez, Veronica, Watts, Douglas M, Malo, Iliana R, Ramsey, Janine M, Alarcón De Noya, Belkisyolé, Noya, Oscar, Almeida, Igor C, Michael, Katja

“…Chagas disease (CD) is caused by the parasite and affects 6-7 million people worldwide. The diagnosis is still challenging, due to extensive parasite diversity…”
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