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List of works by Sara Lustigman

A gene family of cathepsin L-like proteases of filarial nematodes are associated with larval molting and cuticle and eggshell remodeling

scientific article published in August 2004

A potential role for the interaction of Wolbachia surface proteins with the Brugia malayi glycolytic enzymes and cytoskeleton in maintenance of endosymbiosis

scientific article

A research agenda for helminth diseases of humans: Health research and capacity building in disease-endemic countries for helminthiases control

scientific article

A research agenda for helminth diseases of humans: Intervention for control and elimination

scientific article

A research agenda for helminth diseases of humans: The problem of helminthiases

scientific article

A research agenda for helminth diseases of humans: Towards control and elimination

scientific article

A research agenda for helminth diseases of humans: basic research and enabling technologies to support control and elimination of helminthiases

scientific article

A research agenda for helminth diseases of humans: diagnostics for control and elimination programmes

scientific article

Analysis of transcriptional regulation of tetracycline responsive genes in Brugia malayi

scientific article

Ancylostoma caninum MTP-1, an astacin-like metalloprotease secreted by infective hookworm larvae, is involved in tissue migration

scientific article

Anti-Plasmodium falciparum invasion ligand antibodies in a low malaria transmission region, Loreto, Peru ⬇️

scientific article published on 30 October 2012

Antibodies against a secreted protein from hookworm larvae reduce the intensity of hookworm infection in humans and vaccinated laboratory animals

scientific article

Antigen sparing and enhanced protection using a novel rOv-ASP-1 adjuvant in aqueous formulation with influenza vaccines.

scientific article

Antigenic and immunogenic characterization of recombinant baculovirus-expressed severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus spike protein: implication for vaccine design

scientific article published on June 2006

Associations between defined polymorphic variants in the PfRH ligand family and the invasion pathways used by P. falciparum field isolates from Brazil

scientific article published on 23 June 2006

Brugia malayi gene expression in response to the targeting of the Wolbachia endosymbiont by tetracycline treatment

scientific article

CD4+-dependent immunity to Onchocerca volvulus third-stage larvae in humans and the mouse vaccination model: common ground and distinctions

scientific article

Calling for rapid development of a safe and effective MERS vaccine

scientific article published on 12 June 2014

Cathepsin L is essential for embryogenesis and development of Caenorhabditis elegans

scientific article published on 13 November 2001

Characterisation of novel protein families secreted by muscle stage larvae of Trichinella spiralis

scientific article published on 21 October 2008

Characterization of PfRhop148, a novel rhoptry protein of Plasmodium falciparum ⬇️

scientific article (publication date: 25 April 2003)

Characterization of a novel filarial serine protease inhibitor, Ov-SPI-1, from Onchocerca volvulus, with potential multifunctional roles during development of the parasite

scientific article published on 26 September 2005

Control of important helminthic infections vaccine development as part of the solution

scientific article published on January 2010

Correction: PfRH5: A Novel Reticulocyte-Binding Family Homolog of Plasmodium falciparum that Binds to the Erythrocyte, and an Investigation of Its Receptor

scientific article published on 5 November 2008

Cross-neutralization of human and palm civet severe acute respiratory syndrome coronaviruses by antibodies targeting the receptor-binding domain of spike protein

scientific article published in May 2006

Defining Brugia malayi and Wolbachia symbiosis by stage-specific dual RNA-seq

scientific article

Defining the target and the effect of imatinib on the filarial c-Abl homologue

scientific article published on 20 July 2017

Design, Synthesis, and Biological Activities of Closantel Analogues: Structural Promiscuity and Its Impact on Onchocerca volvulus ⬇️

scientific article published on May 12, 2011

Development of Onchocerca volvulus in humanized NSG mice and detection of parasite biomarkers in urine and serum

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Development of a toolkit for piggyBac-mediated integrative transfection of the human filarial parasite Brugia malayi.

scientific article

Differential cytokine and antibody responses to adult and larval stages of Onchocerca volvulus consistent with the development of concomitant immunity

scientific article

Draft genome of the filarial nematode parasite Brugia malayi

scientific article

Dual protonophore-chitinase inhibitors dramatically affect O. volvulus molting

scientific article published on 20 June 2014

Efficacy of subcutaneous doses and a new oral amorphous solid dispersion formulation of flubendazole on male jirds (Meriones unguiculatus) infected with the filarial nematode Brugia pahangi

Enhanced humoral response to influenza vaccine in aged mice with a novel adjuvant, rOv-ASP-1.

scientific article published on 12 January 2016

Evaluation of recombinant Onchocerca volvulus activation associated protein-1 (ASP-1) as a potent Th1-biased adjuvant with a panel of protein or peptide-based antigens and commercial inactivated vaccines

scientific article published on 19 August 2008

Exploiting the Polypharmacology of ß-Carbolines to Disrupt O. volvulus Molting

scientific article

Functional analysis of microRNA activity in Brugia malayi

scientific article published on 22 May 2015

Functional analysis of the cathepsin-like cysteine protease genes in adult Brugia malayi using RNA interference

scientific article

Glucose and Glycogen Metabolism in Brugia malayi Is Associated with Wolbachia Symbiont Fitness

scientific article

Glycophorin C is the receptor for the Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte binding ligand PfEBP-2 (baebl)

scientific article (publication date: June 2003)

Helminth genomics: The implications for human health

scientific article

Human Onchocerciasis: Modelling the Potential Long-term Consequences of a Vaccination Programme

scientific article

Human anthelminthic vaccines: Rationale and challenges

scientific article published on 9 May 2016

Human immunoglobulin G mediates protective immunity and identifies protective antigens against larval Strongyloides stercoralis in mice

scientific article published on 12 March 2004

Immunization with the recombinant antigen Ss-IR induces protective immunity to infection with Strongyloides stercoralis in mice ⬇️

scientific article published on August 19, 2011

Immunoaffinity-isolated antigens induce protective immunity against larval Strongyloides stercoralis in mice

scientific article

Immunoglobulin E and eosinophil-dependent protective immunity to larval Onchocerca volvulus in mice immunized with irradiated larvae.

scientific article

In a bovine model of onchocerciasis, protective immunity exists naturally, is absent in drug-cured hosts, and is induced by vaccination

scholarly article

Induction of protection against divergent H5N1 influenza viruses using a recombinant fusion protein linking influenza M2e to Onchocerca volvulus activation associated protein-1 (ASP-1) adjuvant ⬇️

scientific article published on August 21, 2010

Interaction of a Wolbachia WSP-like protein with a nuclear-encoded protein of Brugia malayi

scientific article

Invasion profiles of Brazilian field isolates of Plasmodium falciparum: phenotypic and genotypic analyses ⬇️

scientific article published on October 2004

Ivermectin resistance in Onchocerca volvulus: toward a genetic basis

scientific article

Lessons from the genomes and transcriptomes of filarial nematodes

scientific article published on 23 January 2017

Metabolite profiling of infection-associated metabolic markers of onchocerciasis

scientific article published on 7 February 2017

Modelling Neglected Tropical Diseases diagnostics: the sensitivity of skin snips for Onchocerca volvulus in near elimination and surveillance settings

scientific article published on 14 June 2016

Molecular cloning, biochemical characterization, and partial protective immunity of the heme-binding glutathione S-transferases from the human hookworm Necator americanus

scientific article

Oligonucleotide Based Magnetic Bead Capture of Onchocerca volvulus DNA for PCR Pool Screening of Vector Black Flies ⬇️

scientific article published on June 19, 2012

Onchocerca volvulus Molting Inhibitors Identified through Scaffold Hopping

scientific article

Onchocerca volvulus glycolytic enzyme fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase as a target for a protective immune response in humans

scientific article

Onchocerca volvulus: The Road from Basic Biology to a Vaccine

scientific article

PfRH5: a novel reticulocyte-binding family homolog of plasmodium falciparum that binds to the erythrocyte, and an investigation of its receptor

scientific article (publication date: October 2008)

Plasmodium falciparum field isolates from South America use an atypical red blood cell invasion pathway associated with invasion ligand polymorphisms ⬇️

scientific article

Population Genetics of GYPB and Association Study between GYPB*S/s Polymorphism and Susceptibility to P. falciparum Infection in the Brazilian Amazon ⬇️

scientific article published on January 24, 2011

Potential involvement of Brugia malayi cysteine proteases in the maintenance of the endosymbiotic relationship with Wolbachia

scientific article

RNA interference targeting cathepsin L and Z-like cysteine proteases of Onchocerca volvulus confirmed their essential function during L3 molting

scientific article published in December 2004

Recombinant Ov-ASP-1, a Th1-biased protein adjuvant derived from the helminth Onchocerca volvulus, can directly bind and activate antigen-presenting cells

scientific article published in April 2009

Reduction of worm fecundity and canine host blood loss mediates protection against hookworm infection elicited by vaccination with recombinant Ac-16.

scientific article published on 31 January 2007

Repositioning of an existing drug for the neglected tropical disease Onchocerciasis

scientific article

Repurposing auranofin as a lead candidate for treatment of lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis

scientific article

Response to the Letter to the Editor by Eberhard et al.

scientific article published on 16 May 2017

Roadmap to developing a recombinant coronavirus S protein receptor-binding domain vaccine for severe acute respiratory syndrome

scientific article published on December 2012

Specificity and mechanism of immunoglobulin M (IgM)- and IgG-dependent protective immunity to larval Strongyloides stercoralis in mice

scientific article published on December 2003

Stage-Specific Transcriptome and Proteome Analyses of the Filarial Parasite Onchocerca volvulus and Its Wolbachia Endosymbiont

scientific article

The Caenorhabditis elegans CPI-2a cystatin-like inhibitor has an essential regulatory role during oogenesis and fertilization

scientific article published on 20 July 2006

The Caenorhabditis elegans cathepsin Z-like cysteine protease, Ce-CPZ-1, has a multifunctional role during the worms' development

scientific article published on 20 November 2003

The Immunomodulatory Role of Adjuvants in Vaccines Formulated with the Recombinant Antigens Ov-103 and Ov-RAL-2 against Onchocerca volvulus in Mice

scientific article

The Onchocerca volvulus Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitor, Ov-CPI-2, Is a Target of Protective Antibody Response That Increases with Age ⬇️

scientific article published on August 24, 2010

The Onchocerciasis Vaccine for Africa--TOVA--Initiative

scientific article

The adjuvanticity of an O. volvulus-derived rOv-ASP-1 protein in mice using sequential vaccinations and in non-human primates

scientific article (publication date: 2012)

The case for vaccine development in the strategy to eradicate river blindness (onchocerciasis) from Africa

scientific article published on 19 June 2015

The genome of Onchocerca volvulus, agent of river blindness

scientific article published on 21 November 2016

The role of 'omics' in the quest to eliminate human filariasis

scientific article

Towards a recombinant antigen vaccine against Onchocerca volvulus

scientific article

Tracking the odysseys of juvenile schistosomes to understand host interactions

scientific article

Vaccination of Gerbils with Bm-103 and Bm-RAL-2 Concurrently or as a Fusion Protein Confers Consistent and Improved Protection against Brugia malayi Infection

scientific article (publication date: April 2016)

Vaccination with a genetically modified Brugia malayi cysteine protease inhibitor-2 reduces adult parasite numbers and affects the fertility of female worms following a subcutaneous challenge of Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus) with B. mala

scientific article

Vaccination with recombinant Brugia malayi cystatin proteins alters worm migration, homing and final niche selection following a subcutaneous challenge of Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus) with B. malayi infective larvae

scientific article published on 22 January 2014

Vaccines to combat river blindness: expression, selection and formulation of vaccines against infection with Onchocerca volvulus in a mouse model

scientific article

Yeast-expressed recombinant protein of the receptor-binding domain in SARS-CoV spike protein with deglycosylated forms as a SARS vaccine candidate

scientific article

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