Search Results - "DaRocha, Wanderson Duarte"
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Engineering a single-chain antibody against Trypanosoma cruzi metacyclic trypomastigotes to block cell invasion
Published in PloS one (2019)“…Trypanosoma cruzi is a flagellate protozoan pathogen that causes Chagas disease. Currently there is no preventive treatment and the efficiency of the two drugs…”
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An essential nuclear protein in trypanosomes is a component of mRNA transcription/export pathway
Published in PloS one (08-06-2011)“…In eukaryotic cells, different RNA species are exported from the nucleus via specialized pathways. The mRNA export machinery is highly integrated with mRNA…”
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Lipidomic Analysis Reveals Branched-Chain and Cyclic Fatty Acids from Angomonas deanei Grown under Different Nutritional and Physiological Conditions
Published in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) (17-07-2024)“…belongs to family, a family of parasites that only infect insects. It hosts a bacterial endosymbiont in a mutualistic relationship, constituting an excellent…”
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Amastin Knockdown in Leishmania braziliensis Affects Parasite-Macrophage Interaction and Results in Impaired Viability of Intracellular Amastigotes
Published in PLoS pathogens (01-12-2015)“…Leishmaniasis, a human parasitic disease with manifestations ranging from cutaneous ulcerations to fatal visceral infection, is caused by several Leishmania…”
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Effective gene delivery to Trypanosoma cruzi epimastigotes through nucleofection
Published in Parasitology international (01-06-2017)“…New opportunities have raised to study the gene function approaches of Trypanosoma cruzi after its genome sequencing in 2005. Functional genomic approaches in…”
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Trypanosoma cruzi: role of δ-amastin on extracellular amastigote cell invasion and differentiation
Published in PloS one (18-12-2012)“…Trypanosoma cruzi is a protozoan parasite that comprises different phylogenetic groups and is the causative agent of Chagas' disease. Different T. cruzi…”
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Correction: Trypanosoma cruzi: Role of δ-Amastin on Extracellular Amastigote Cell Invasion and Differentiation
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Distinct genomic organization, mRNA expression and cellular localization of members of two amastin sub-families present in Trypanosoma cruzi
Published in BMC microbiology (17-01-2013)“…Amastins are surface glycoproteins (approximately 180 residues long) initially described in Trypanosoma cruzi as particularly abundant during the amastigote…”
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Assessment of two CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing protocols for rapid generation of Trypanosoma cruzi gene knockout mutants
Published in International journal for parasitology (01-07-2018)“…[Display omitted] •We obtained fast generation of Trypanosoma cruzi GP72 knockout using Cas9 and in vitro transcribed single guide RNA.•Trypanosoma cruzi…”
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Trypanosoma cruzi Vps34 colocalizes with Beclin1 and plays a role in parasite invasion of the host cell by modulating the expression of a sub-group of trans-sialidases
Published in Microbes and infection (29-06-2024)“…Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiological agent of Chagas' disease, can infect both phagocytic and non-phagocytic cells. T. cruzi gp82 and gp90 are cell surface…”
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Expanding the tool box for genetic manipulation of Trypanosoma cruzi
Published in Molecular and biochemical parasitology (01-09-2015)“…Molecular tools and protocols available to perform genetic manipulation of the T. cruzi genome now include strategies of gene editing. [Display omitted] •More…”
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Differential ability to resist to complement lysis and invade host cells mediated by MBL in R4 and 860 strains of Trypanosoma cruzi
Published in FEBS letters (18-03-2014)“…•MBL has a central role in the activation of Complement Lectin Pathway.•Trypanosoma cruzi displays strains resistant or sensitive to complement Lysis.•The…”
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Genome of the avirulent human-infective trypanosome--Trypanosoma rangeli
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (01-09-2014)“…Trypanosoma rangeli is a hemoflagellate protozoan parasite infecting humans and other wild and domestic mammals across Central and South America. It does not…”
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Editing the Trypanosoma cruzi genome with zinc finger nucleases
Published in Molecular and biochemical parasitology (01-03-2017)“…[Display omitted] •T. cruzi constitutively expressing ZFNs employs endogenous sequences to repair DSBs.•Expression of synthetic ZFNs in T. cruzi does not…”
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Effective gene delivery to Trypanosoma cruzi epimastigotes through n ucleofection
Published in Parasitology international (2016)“…Abstract New opportunities have raised to study the gene function approaches of Trypanosoma cruzi after its genome sequencing in 2005. Functional genomic…”
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Amastin Knockdown in Leishmania braziliensis Affects Parasite-Macrophage Interaction and Results in Impaired Viability of Intracellular Amastigotes: e1005296
Published in PLoS pathogens (01-12-2015)“…Leishmaniasis, a human parasitic disease with manifestations ranging from cutaneous ulcerations to fatal visceral infection, is caused by several Leishmania…”
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Trypanosoma cruzi: Role of [delta]-Amastin on Extracellular Amastigote Cell Invasion and Differentiation
Published in PloS one (18-12-2012)“…Trypanosoma cruzi is a protozoan parasite that comprises different phylogenetic groups and is the causative agent of Chagas' disease. Different T. cruzi…”
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Genome of the Avirulent Human-Infective Trypanosome-- Trypanosoma rangeli: e3176
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (01-09-2014)“…Background Trypanosoma rangeli is a hemoflagellate protozoan parasite infecting humans and other wild and domestic mammals across Central and South America. It…”
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Biochemical studies with DNA polymerase β and DNA polymerase β-PAK of Trypanosoma cruzi suggest the involvement of these proteins in mitochondrial DNA maintenance
Published in DNA repair (01-11-2008)“…Mammalian DNA polymerase β is a nuclear enzyme involved in the base excision and single-stranded DNA break repair pathways. In trypanosomatids, this protein…”
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Characterization of the Trypanosoma cruzi Rad51 gene and its role in recombination events associated with the parasite resistance to ionizing radiation
Published in Molecular and biochemical parasitology (01-10-2006)“…The Rad51 gene encodes a highly conserved enzyme involved in DNA double-strand break (DSB) repair and recombination processes. We cloned and characterized the…”
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