Search Results - "Owens, Katherine L."
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The antioxidant response favors Leishmania parasites survival, limits inflammation and reprograms the host cell metabolism
Published in PLoS pathogens (01-03-2021)“…The oxidative burst generated by the host immune system can restrict intracellular parasite entry and growth. While this burst leads to the induction of…”
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In and out: Leishmania metastasis by hijacking lymphatic system and migrating immune cells
Published in Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology (12-08-2022)“…The lymphatic system plays a crucial role in mounting immune response against intracellular pathogens, and recent studies have documented its role in…”
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Regulated expression of the Leishmania major surface virulence factor lipophosphoglycan using conditionally destabilized fusion proteins
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (05-05-2009)“…Surface glycoconjugates play important roles in the infectious cycle of Leishmania major, including the abundant lipophosphoglycan (LPG) implicated in parasite…”
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Importance of polyphosphate in the Leishmania life cycle
Published in Microbial cell (22-06-2018)“…Protozoan parasites contain negatively charged polymers of a few up to several hundreds of phosphate residues. In other organisms, these poly-phosphate (polyP)…”
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Eukaryotic UDP-Galactopyranose Mutase (GLF Gene) in Microbial and Metazoal Pathogens
Published in Eukaryotic Cell (01-06-2005)“…Classifications Services EC Citing Articles Google Scholar PubMed Related Content Social Bookmarking CiteULike Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley Reddit…”
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Tilting the balance between RNA interference and replication eradicates Leishmania RNA virus 1 and mitigates the inflammatory response
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (25-10-2016)“…Many Leishmania (Viannia) parasites harbor the double-stranded RNA virus Leishmania RNA virus 1 (LRV1), which has been associated with increased disease…”
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Immunomodulatory and Antileishmanial Activity of Phenylpropanoid Dimers Isolated from Nectandra leucantha
Published in Journal of natural products (Washington, D.C.) (24-04-2015)“…Three phenylpropanoid dimers (1–3) including two new metabolites were isolated from the extract of the twigs of Nectandra leucantha using antileishmanial…”
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An RNA Interference (RNAi) Toolkit and Its Utility for Functional Genetic Analysis of Leishmania ( Viannia )
Published in Genes (28-12-2022)“…RNA interference (RNAi) is a powerful tool whose efficacy against a broad range of targets enables functional genetic tests individually or systematically…”
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Remodelling of the corneal stroma after lamellar keratoplasty. A synchrotron x-ray diffraction study
Published in Cornea (01-01-1994)“…Patients healing from lamellar keratorefractive surgeries invariably experience postoperative corneal haze. In our lamellar keratoplasty (LKP) rabbit model,…”
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