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The mitochondrial heat shock protein 60 (HSP60) is up-regulated in Onchocerca volvulus after the depletion of Wolbachia by Pfarr, K M, Heider, U, Schmetz, C, Büttner, D W, Hoerauf, A

“…Wolbachia, a genus of endosymbiotic bacteria of filarial worms, represent novel targets for anti-filarial therapy. The efficacy of compounds against Wolbachia…”
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Filariasis and lymphoedema by PFARR, K.M, DEBRAH, A.Y, SPECHT, S, HOERAUF, A

“…Among the causes of lymphoedema (LE), secondary LE due to filariasis is the most prevalent. It affects only a minority of the 120 million people infected with…”
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Antibiotics which target the Wolbachia endosymbionts of filarial parasites: a new strategy for control of filariasis and amelioration of pathology by Pfarr, K M, Hoerauf, A M

“…Wolbachia endosymbionts of filariae are targets for the development of new antifilarial chemotherapy. Doxycycline to deplete Wolbachia from the worm has…”
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Brugia malayi: Localization of Nitric Oxide Synthase in a Lymphatic Filariid by Pfarr, Kenneth M, Fuhrman, Juliet A

“…Pfarr, K. M., and Fuhrman, J. A. 2000. Brugia malayi: Localization of nitric oxide synthase in a lymphatic filariid. Experimental Parasitology94, 92–98. Nitric…”
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Nitric Oxide Synthase in Filariae: Demonstration of Nitric Oxide Production by Embryos in Brugia malayi and Acanthocheilonema viteae by Pfarr, Kenneth M., Qazi, Sanjive, Fuhrman, Juliet A.

“…Pfarr, K. M., Qazi, S., and Fuhrman, J. A. 2001. Nitric oxide synthase in filariae: Demonstration of nitric oxide production by embryos in Brugia malayi and…”
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Antibiotic Chemotherapy of Onchocerciasis: In a Bovine Model, Killing of Adult Parasites Requires a Sustained Depletion of Endosymbiotic Bacteria (Wolbachia Species) by Gilbert, Jeffrey, Nfon, Charles K., Makepeace, Benjamin L., Njongmeta, Leo M., Hastings, Ian M., Pfarr, Kenneth M., Renz, Alfons, Tanya, Vincent N., Trees, Alexander J.

“…Development of a drug lethal to adult Onchocerca volvulus (i.e., macrofilaricide) is a research priority for the control of human onchocerciasis. Using bovine…”
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Doxycycline as a novel strategy against bancroftian filariasis-depletion of Wolbachia endosymbionts from Wuchereria bancrofti and stop of microfilaria production by HOERAUF, Achim, MAND, Sabine, FISCHER, Kerstin, KRUPPA, Thomas, MARFO-DEBREKYEI, Yeboah, YAW DEBRAH, Alexander, PFARR, Kenneth M, ADJEI, Ohene, BÜTTNER, Dietrich W

“…Chemotherapy of onchocerciasis by doxycycline, which targets symbiotic Wolbachia endobacteria, has been shown to result in a long-term sterility of adult…”
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A niche for Wolbachia by Pfarr, Kenneth M, Hoerauf, Achim

“…Wolbachia are endosymbionts of arthropods and filarial nematodes. Arthropods infected with these endobacteria display altered reproductive phenotypes,…”
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Involvement of Toll-like receptor 4 in the embryogenesis of the rodent filaria Litomosoides sigmodontis by Pfarr, Kenneth M, Fischer, Kerstin, Hoerauf, Achim

“…To examine the role that lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-like molecules from the filarial intracellular endobacteria Wolbachia might play in the development of…”
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