Search Results - "Foster, Jeremy M"
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Defining the filarial N-glycoproteome by glycosite mapping in the human parasitic nematode Brugia malayi
Published in Scientific reports (16-05-2023)“…N-linked glycosylation is a critical post translational modification of eukaryotic proteins. N-linked glycans are present on surface and secreted filarial…”
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Dual RNA-seq in filarial nematodes and Wolbachia endosymbionts using RNase H based ribosomal RNA depletion
Published in Frontiers in microbiology (20-05-2024)“…Lymphatic filariasis is caused by parasitic nematodes and is a leading cause of disability worldwide. Many filarial worms contain the bacterium as an obligate…”
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Improved metagenome assemblies through selective enrichment of bacterial genomic DNA from eukaryotic host genomic DNA using ATAC-seq
Published in Frontiers in microbiology (15-02-2024)“…Genomics can be used to study the complex relationships between hosts and their microbiota. Many bacteria cannot be cultured in the laboratory, making it…”
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Sex chromosome evolution in parasitic nematodes of humans
Published in Nature communications (23-04-2020)“…Sex determination mechanisms often differ even between related species yet the evolution of sex chromosomes remains poorly understood in all but a few model…”
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Transient Accumulation of 5-Carboxylcytosine Indicates Involvement of Active Demethylation in Lineage Specification of Neural Stem Cells
Published in Cell reports (Cambridge) (12-06-2014)“…5-Methylcytosine (5mC) is an epigenetic modification involved in regulation of gene activity during differentiation. Tet dioxygenases oxidize 5mC to…”
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Widespread Lateral Gene Transfer from Intracellular Bacteria to Multicellular Eukaryotes
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (21-09-2007)“…Although common among bacteria, lateral gene transfer--the movement of genes between distantly related organisms--is thought to occur only rarely between…”
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The Wolbachia endosymbiont as an anti-filarial nematode target
Published in Symbiosis (Philadelphia, Pa.) (01-07-2010)“…Human disease caused by parasitic filarial nematodes is a major cause of global morbidity. The parasites are transmitted by arthropod intermediate hosts and…”
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Co-evolution between an endosymbiont and its nematode host: Wolbachia asymmetric posterior localization and AP polarity establishment
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (01-08-2014)“…While bacterial symbionts influence a variety of host cellular responses throughout development, there are no documented instances in which symbionts influence…”
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Alteration of rhesus macaque serum N-glycome during infection with the human parasitic filarial nematode Brugia malayi
Published in Scientific reports (21-09-2022)“…Serum N-glycan profiling studies during the past decades have shown robust associations between N-glycan changes and various biological conditions, including…”
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Dual RNAseq analyses at soma and germline levels reveal evolutionary innovations in the elephantiasis-agent Brugia malayi, and adaptation of its Wolbachia endosymbionts
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (01-01-2021)“…Brugia malayi is a human filarial nematode responsible for elephantiasis, a debilitating condition that is part of a broader spectrum of diseases called…”
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Population genomic evidence that human and animal infections in Africa come from the same populations of Dracunculus medinensis
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (01-11-2020)“…Guinea worm-Dracunculus medinensis-was historically one of the major parasites of humans and has been known since antiquity. Now, Guinea worm is on the brink…”
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Asymmetric Wolbachia segregation during early Brugia malayi embryogenesis determines its distribution in adult host tissues
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (27-07-2010)“…Wolbachia are required for filarial nematode survival and fertility and contribute to the immune responses associated with human filarial diseases. Here we…”
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Unraveling cross-reactivity of anti-glycan IgG responses in filarial nematode infections
Published in Frontiers in immunology (06-03-2023)“…Parasitic nematodes responsible for filarial diseases cause chronic disablement in humans worldwide. Elimination programs have substantially reduced the rate…”
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Targeted Enrichment and Sequencing of Recent Endosymbiont-Host Lateral Gene Transfers
Published in Scientific reports (12-04-2017)“…Lateral gene transfer (LGT) from microbial symbionts to invertebrate animals is described at an increasing rate, particularly between Wolbachia endosymbionts…”
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Computational and experimental analysis of the glycophosphatidylinositol-anchored proteome of the human parasitic nematode Brugia malayi
Published in PloS one (12-09-2019)“…Further characterization of essential systems in the parasitic filarial nematode Brugia malayi is needed to better understand its biology, its interaction with…”
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Removing the needle from the haystack: Enrichment of Wolbachia endosymbiont transcripts from host nematode RNA by Cappable-seq
Published in PloS one (14-03-2017)“…Efficient transcriptomic sequencing of microbial mRNA derived from host-microbe associations is often compromised by the much lower relative abundance of…”
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Computational prediction of essential genes in an unculturable endosymbiotic bacterium, Wolbachia of Brugia malayi
Published in BMC microbiology (28-11-2009)“…Wolbachia (wBm) is an obligate endosymbiotic bacterium of Brugia malayi, a parasitic filarial nematode of humans and one of the causative agents of lymphatic…”
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Mining predicted essential genes of Brugia malayi for nematode drug targets
Published in PloS one (14-11-2007)“…We report results from the first genome-wide application of a rational drug target selection methodology to a metazoan pathogen genome, the completed draft…”
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X-treme loss of sequence diversity linked to neo-X chromosomes in filarial nematodes
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (01-10-2021)“…The sequence diversity of natural and laboratory populations of Brugia pahangi and Brugia malayi was assessed with Illumina resequencing followed by mapping in…”
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Nematode-Bacterium Symbioses—Cooperation and Conflict Revealed in the “Omics” Age
Published in The Biological bulletin (Lancaster) (01-08-2012)“…Nematodes are ubiquitous organisms that have a significant global impact on ecosystems, economies, agriculture, and human health. The applied importance of…”
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