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List of works by Alvaro Acosta-Serrano

Alba-domain proteins of Trypanosoma brucei are cytoplasmic RNA-binding proteins that interact with the translation machinery

scientific article (publication date: 2011)

An investigation into the protein composition of the teneral Glossina morsitans morsitans peritrophic matrix

scientific article (publication date: April 2014)

An α-Gal-containing neoglycoprotein-based vaccine partially protects against murine cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania major

scientific article published on 25 October 2017

Anti-α-Gal antibodies detected by novel neoglycoproteins as a diagnostic tool for Old World cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania major

scientific article published on 14 June 2018

Characterization of a novel glycosylated glutathione transferase of Onchocerca ochengi, closest relative of the human river blindness parasite

scientific article published on 03 July 2019

Characterization of an African trypanosome mutant refractory to lectin-induced death

scientific article

Cleavage of trypanosome surface glycoproteins by alkaline trypsin-like enzyme(s) in the midgut of Glossina morsitans

scientific article published in October 2003

Comparative genomic analysis of six Glossina genomes, vectors of African trypanosomes

scientific article published on 02 September 2019

Cutaneous Leishmaniasis and Conflict in Syria

scientific article published on May 2016

Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: The Truth about the 'Flesh-Eating Disease' in Syria

scientific article

Cutaneous leishmaniasis in north Lebanon: re-emergence of an important neglected tropical disease

scientific article published on 01 August 2019

Defects in the N-linked oligosaccharide biosynthetic pathway in a Trypanosoma brucei glycosylation mutant

scientific article published on April 2004

Deletion of the TbALG3 gene demonstrates site-specific N-glycosylation and N-glycan processing in Trypanosoma brucei

scientific article

Detection of high levels of anti-α-galactosyl antibodies in sera of patients with Old World cutaneous leishmaniasis: a possible tool for diagnosis and biomarker for cure in an elimination setting

scientific article published on 9 October 2014

Developmental regulation and extracellular release of a VSG expression-site-associated gene product from Trypanosoma brucei bloodstream forms.

scientific article

Differential trypanosome surface coat regulation by a CCCH protein that co-associates with procyclin mRNA cis-elements.

scientific article published on 27 February 2009

Flying tryps: survival and maturation of trypanosomes in tsetse flies

scientific article published on 16 March 2013

GPI-anchored proteins and free GPI glycolipids of procyclic form Trypanosoma brucei are nonessential for growth, are required for colonization of the tsetse fly, and are not the only components of the surface coat.

scientific article

Glycoprotein biosynthesis in a eukaryote lacking the membrane protein Rft1.

scientific article published on 28 May 2013

Glycosyl Phosphatidylinositol Myristoylation in African Trypanosomes

scientific article published in Journal of Biological Chemistry

Identification and Characterization of Protozoan Products That Trigger the Synthesis of IL-12 by Inflammatory Macrophages

scientific article published on January 1, 1997

Identification of a glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchor-modifying β1-3 galactosyltransferase in Trypanosoma brucei

scientific article published on 2 December 2014

Identification of potential protein partners that bind to the variant surface glycoprotein in Trypanosoma equiperdum

scientific article

Independent pathways can transduce the life-cycle differentiation signal in Trypanosoma brucei.

scientific article

Killing of Trypanosoma brucei by concanavalin A: structural basis of resistance in glycosylation mutants.

scientific article

Kinetoplastid Phylogenomics Reveals the Evolutionary Innovations Associated with the Origins of Parasitism

scientific article

Life in cells, hosts, and vectors: parasite evolution across scales

scientific article published on 28 March 2012

Lipid remodelling of glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) glycoconjugates in procyclic-form trypanosomes: biosynthesis and processing of GPIs revisited

scientific article

Multiple procyclin isoforms are expressed differentially during the development of insect forms of Trypanosoma brucei.

scientific article published in September 2001

Old World Cutaneous Leishmaniasis and Refugee Crises in the Middle East and North Africa

scientific article

Old World cutaneous leishmaniasis treatment response varies depending on parasite species, geographical location and development of secondary infection

scientific article published on 02 May 2019

Oxidative Phosphorylation Is Required for Powering Motility and Development of the Sleeping Sickness Parasite Trypanosoma brucei in the Tsetse Fly Vector

scientific article published on 11 January 2022

Parasite Glycobiology: A Bittersweet Symphony

scientific article

Phosphorylation of GPEET procyclin is not necessary for survival of Trypanosoma brucei procyclic forms in culture and in the tsetse fly midgut

scientific article published in February 2003

Proline Metabolism is Essential for Trypanosoma brucei brucei Survival in the Tsetse Vector

scientific article published on 23 January 2017

Protein glycosylation mutants of procyclic Trypanosoma brucei: defects in the asparagine-glycosylation pathway

scientific article published on 01 February 1999

RFT1 Protein Affects Glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) Anchor Glycosylation

scientific article published on 7 December 2016

Removal of sialic acid from mucin-like surface molecules of Trypanosoma cruzi metacyclic trypomastigotes enhances parasite-host cell interaction

scientific article published on 01 January 1997

Repurposing the orphan drug nitisinone to control the transmission of African trypanosomiasis

scientific article published in 2021

Severity of old world cutaneous leishmaniasis is influenced by previous exposure to sandfly bites in Saudi Arabia

scientific article

Skin deep

scientific article published on 14 October 2016

Structural characterization of NETNES, a novel glycoconjugate in Trypanosoma cruzi epimastigotes.

scientific article published on 13 January 2005

Surface sialic acids taken from the host allow trypanosome survival in tsetse fly vectors

scientific article

The Glossina Genome Cluster: Comparative Genomic Analysis of the Vectors of African Trypanosomes

The crystal structure and localization of Trypanosoma brucei invariant surface glycoproteins suggest a more permissive VSG coat in the tsetse-transmitted metacyclic stage:

The mucin-like glycoprotein super-family of Trypanosoma cruzi: structure and biological roles.

scientific article published in May 2001

The procyclin repertoire of Trypanosoma brucei. Identification and structural characterization of the Glu-Pro-rich polypeptides

scientific article published in October 1999

The protease resistant surface (PRS) glycoconjugate from Trypanosoma congolense has an inositol-acylated glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchor, containing a significant proportion of myristate at the sn-2 position

scientific article published on 6 February 2010

The suppression of galactose metabolism in procylic form Trypanosoma brucei causes cessation of cell growth and alters procyclin glycoprotein structure and copy number.

scientific article

The surface coat of procyclic Trypanosoma brucei: Programmed expression and proteolytic cleavage of procyclin in the tsetse fly

scholarly article

Transposon mutagenesis of Trypanosoma brucei identifies glycosylation mutants resistant to concanavalin A.

scientific article published on 29 April 2004

Trichomonas vaginalis pathobiology new insights from the genome sequence.

scientific article published on January 2011

Trypanosoma brucei AMP-activated kinase subunit homologs influence surface molecule expression

scientific article published on 6 August 2009

Trypanosoma brucei colonises the tsetse gut via an immature peritrophic matrix in the proventriculus: Supplementary data

Trypanosoma brucei colonizes the tsetse gut via an immature peritrophic matrix in the proventriculus

scientific article published on 20 April 2020

Trypanosoma brucei: TbRAB4 regulates membrane recycling and expression of surface proteins in procyclic forms

scientific article published on 13 September 2005

Trypanosoma congolense procyclins: unmasking cryptic major surface glycoproteins in procyclic forms

scientific article published in August 2006

Tsetse GmmSRPN10 has anti-complement activity and is important for successful establishment of trypanosome infections in the fly midgut

scientific article

Tsetse flies ( <i>Glossina morsitans morsitans</i> ) choose birthing sites guided by substrate cues with no evidence for a role of pheromones

scientific article published in 2023

Tsetse salivary glycoproteins are modified with paucimannosidic N-glycans, are recognised by C-type lectins and bind to trypanosomes

scientific article published on 02 February 2021

Understanding the transmission dynamics of Leishmania donovani to provide robust evidence for interventions to eliminate visceral leishmaniasis in Bihar, India

scientific article published on 27 January 2016

Variant antigen repertoires in populations and experimental infections can be profiled from deep sequence data using universal protein motifs

scientific article published on 13 July 2018

Variant surface glycoproteins from Venezuelan trypanosome isolates are recognized by sera from animals infected with either Trypanosoma evansi or Trypanosoma vivax

scientific article

Variations in the Peritrophic Matrix Composition of Heparan Sulphate from the Tsetse Fly, Glossina morsitans morsitans.

scientific article published on 19 March 2018

Venezuela and its rising vector-borne neglected diseases

scientific article published on 29 June 2017

Venezuela's humanitarian crisis, resurgence of vector-borne diseases, and implications for spillover in the region

scientific article published on 21 February 2019

Virulence of Trypanosoma brucei strain 427 is not affected by the absence of glycosylphosphatidylinositol phospholipase C.

scientific article