Search Results - "Schultz, Tracey L"
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Translation initiation factor eIF1.2 promotes Toxoplasma stage conversion by regulating levels of key differentiation factors
Published in Nature communications (23-05-2024)“…The parasite Toxoplasma gondii persists in its hosts by converting from replicating tachyzoites to latent bradyzoites housed in tissue cysts. The molecular…”
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Toxoplasma TgATG9 is critical for autophagy and long-term persistence in tissue cysts
Published in eLife (27-04-2021)“…Many of the world's warm-blooded species are chronically infected with tissue cysts, including an estimated one-third of the global human population. The…”
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Type I interferon governs immunometabolic checkpoints that coordinate inflammation during Staphylococcal infection
Published in Cell reports (Cambridge) (27-08-2024)“…Macrophage metabolic plasticity is central to inflammatory programming, yet mechanisms of coordinating metabolic and inflammatory programs during infection are…”
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Acquisition of Host Cytosolic Protein by Toxoplasma gondii Bradyzoites
Published in mSphere (27-01-2021)“…is a protozoan parasite that persists in the central nervous system as intracellular chronic-stage bradyzoites that are encapsulated by a thick cyst wall…”
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Mitochondria-Derived Vesicles Deliver Antimicrobial Reactive Oxygen Species to Control Phagosome-Localized Staphylococcus aureus
Published in Cell host & microbe (14-11-2018)“…Pathogenic bacteria taken up into the macrophage phagosome are the target of many anti-microbial mechanisms. Although mitochondria-derived antimicrobial…”
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The IRE1α Stress Signaling Axis Is a Key Regulator of Neutrophil Antimicrobial Effector Function
Published in The Journal of immunology (1950) (01-07-2021)“…Activation of the endoplasmic reticulum stress sensor, IRE1α, is required for effective immune responses against bacterial infection and is associated with…”
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Development of an Orally Available and Central Nervous System (CNS) Penetrant Toxoplasma gondii Calcium-Dependent Protein Kinase 1 (TgCDPK1) Inhibitor with Minimal Human Ether-a-go-go-Related Gene (hERG) Activity for the Treatment of Toxoplasmosis
Published in Journal of medicinal chemistry (14-07-2016)“…New therapies are needed for the treatment of toxoplasmosis, which is a disease caused by the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii. To this end, we previously…”
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Cerebral complement C1q activation in chronic Toxoplasma infection
Published in Brain, behavior, and immunity (01-11-2016)“…Highlights • Complement activation and exposure to Toxoplasma are risk factors for schizophrenia. • Here, Toxoplasma infection in mice caused elevated brain…”
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Shared Immune and Repair Markers During Experimental Toxoplasma Chronic Brain Infection and Schizophrenia
Published in Schizophrenia bulletin (01-03-2016)“…Chronic neurologic infection with Toxoplasma gondii is relatively common in humans and is one of the strongest known risk factors for schizophrenia…”
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Role of Toxoplasma gondii Chloroquine Resistance Transporter in Bradyzoite Viability and Digestive Vacuole Maintenance
Published in mBio (06-08-2019)“…is a ubiquitous pathogen that can cause encephalitis, congenital defects, and ocular disease. has also been implicated as a risk factor for mental illness in…”
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A Toxoplasma gondii putative amino acid transporter localizes to the plant-like vacuolar compartment and controls parasite extracellular survival and stage differentiation
Published in mSphere (30-01-2024)“…is a protozoan parasite that infects a broad spectrum of hosts and can colonize many organs and cell types. The ability to reside within a wide range of…”
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A Thiazole Derivative of Artemisinin Moderately Reduces Toxoplasma gondii Cyst Burden in Infected Mice
Published in The Journal of parasitology (01-08-2014)“…Toxoplasmosis continues to be a public health problem, causing significant morbidity worldwide. Currently available medications, effective for acute…”
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Toxoplasma depends on lysosomal consumption of autophagosomes for persistent infection
Published in Nature microbiology (19-06-2017)“…Globally, nearly 2 billion people are infected with the intracellular protozoan Toxoplasma gondii 1 . This persistent infection can cause severe disease in…”
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Toxoplasma depends on lysosomal consumption of autophagosomes for persistent infection
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Role of italic toggle="yes">Toxoplasma gondii /italic> Chloroquine Resistance Transporter in Bradyzoite Viability and Digestive Vacuole Maintenance
Published in mBio (01-08-2019)“…ABSTRACT Toxoplasma gondii is a ubiquitous pathogen that can cause encephalitis, congenital defects, and ocular disease. T. gondii has also been implicated as…”
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