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A Targeted Mass Spectrometric Analysis Reveals the Presence of a Reduced but Dynamic Sphingolipid Metabolic Pathway in an Ancient Protozoan, Giardia lamblia

scientific article published on 24 July 2019

A Trypanosoma cruzi small surface molecule provides the first immunological evidence that Chagas' disease is due to a single parasite lineage

scientific article

A heme-degradation pathway in a blood-sucking insect

scholarly article

A new intracellular pathway of haem detoxification in the midgut of the cattle tick Boophilus microplus: aggregation inside a specialized organelle, the hemosome

scientific article published in May 2003

A novel approach for the characterisation of proteoglycans and biosynthetic enzymes in a snail model

article

A prophylactic α-Gal-based glycovaccine effectively protects against murine acute Chagas disease

scientific article published on 22 March 2019

A synthetic peptide from Trypanosoma cruzi mucin-like associated surface protein as candidate for a vaccine against Chagas disease

scientific article

ATP Binding Cassette Transporter Mediates Both Heme and Pesticide Detoxification in Tick Midgut Cells

scientific article

Absence of nitric-oxide synthase in sequentially purified rat liver mitochondria.

scientific article published on 16 April 2009

Amblyomma sculptum tick saliva: α-Gal identification, antibody response and possible association with red meat allergy in Brazil

scientific article

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

Arginase activity in mitochondria--An interfering factor in nitric oxide synthase activity assays

scientific article

Arrest of oogenesis in the bug Rhodnius prolixus challenged with the fungus Aspergillus niger is mediated by immune response-derived PGE2.

scientific article published on 25 December 2008

Biglutaminyl-biliverdin IX alpha as a heme degradation product in the dengue fever insect-vector Aedes aegypti

scientific article published on 18 May 2007

Biogenesis of extracellular vesicles in yeast: Many questions with few answers.

scientific article published on November 2010

Biomarkers of therapeutic responses in chronic Chagas disease: state of the art and future perspectives

scientific article published on 28 April 2015

C-Npys (S-3-nitro-2-pyridinesulfenyl) and peptide derivatives can inhibit a serine-thiol proteinase activity from Paracoccidioides brasiliensis.

scientific article

Characterization of Lipids and Proteins Associated to the Cell Wall of the Acapsular Mutant Cryptococcus neoformans Cap 67.

scientific article

Characterization of cell wall lipids from the pathogenic phase of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis cultivated in the presence or absence of human plasma

scientific article

Characterization of proteinases from the midgut of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus involved in the generation of antimicrobial peptides

scientific article

Characterization of the small RNA content of Trypanosoma cruzi extracellular vesicles.

scientific article

Characterization of yeast extracellular vesicles: evidence for the participation of different pathways of cellular traffic in vesicle biogenesis

scientific article

Compositional and immunobiological analyses of extracellular vesicles released by Candida albicans

scientific article published on 22 November 2014

Computational tool for large-scale GPIomic analysis

article published in 2012

Cooperative activation of TLR2 and bradykinin B2 receptor is required for induction of type 1 immunity in a mouse model of subcutaneous infection by Trypanosoma cruzi.

scientific article published in November 2006

Correction: Lipidomic Analysis of Extracellular Vesicles from the PathogenicPhase of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis.

scientific article published on 12 October 2012

Corrigendum to “Trypanosoma cruzi histone H1 is phosphorylated in a typical cyclin dependent kinase site accordingly to the cell cycle” [Mol. Biochem. Parasitol. 140 (2005) 75–86]

scholarly article published in Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Creation of a Proteomics and Informatics Collaborative Group to Enhance Biomedical Research at Ethnically Diverse Institutions

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

Different proteomic strategies to identify genuine Small Ubiquitin-like MOdifier targets and their modification sites in Trypanosoma brucei procyclic forms

scientific article

Differential Antitumor Effects of IgG and IgM Monoclonal Antibodies and Their Synthetic Complementarity-Determining Regions Directed to New Targets of B16F10-Nex2 Melanoma Cells

scientific article

Differential regulation of circulating and renal ACE2 and ACE in hypertensive mRen2.Lewis rats with early-onset diabetes.

scientific article

Diversity of anti-haemostatic proteins in the salivary glands of Rhodnius species transmitters of Chagas disease in the greater Amazon.

scientific article published in July 2011

Dynamic flux of microvesicles modulate parasite-host cell interaction of Trypanosoma cruzi in eukaryotic cells

scientific article published on 25 September 2016

Enhancing glycan isomer separations with metal ions and positive and negative polarity ion mobility spectrometry-mass spectrometry analyses

scientific article

Environmental Effects of Nanoceria on Seed Production of Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris): A Proteomic Analysis

scientific article published on 21 October 2015

Ether phospholipids and glycosylinositolphospholipids are not required for amastigote virulence or for inhibition of macrophage activation by Leishmania major.

scientific article published on 27 August 2003

Evaluation of a chemiluminescent enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the diagnosis of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in a nonendemic setting

scientific article

Evaluation of a chemiluminescent enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the diagnosis of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in a nonendemic setting

article

Evaluation of a recombinant Trypanosoma cruzi mucin-like antigen for serodiagnosis of Chagas' disease

scientific article published on 31 August 2011

Evidence for glycosylation on a DNA-binding protein of Salmonella enterica.

scientific article published on 02 April 2007

Exosomes from Plasmodium yoelii-infected reticulocytes protect mice from lethal infections.

scientific article

Extracellular Vesicles from Trypanosoma brucei Mediate Virulence Factor Transfer and Cause Host Anemia

scientific article

Extracellular vesicles in parasitic diseases

scientific article

Extracellular vesicles produced by Cryptococcus neoformans contain protein components associated with virulence.

scientific article published on 26 November 2007

Flight-oogenesis syndrome in a blood-sucking bug: biochemical aspects of lipid metabolism

scientific article published in August 2006

GPIomics: global analysis of glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored molecules of Trypanosoma cruzi.

scientific article published on 07 April 2009

Global analysis of protein palmitoylation in African trypanosomes.

scientific article

Glucosylceramide transferase activity is critical for encystation and viable cyst production by an intestinal protozoan, Giardia lamblia

scientific article published on 14 April 2013

Glucosylceramides in Colletotrichum gloeosporioides are involved in the differentiation of conidia into mycelial cells

scientific article published in March 2004

Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored mucin-like glycoproteins from Trypanosoma cruzi bind to CD1d but do not elicit dominant innate or adaptive immune responses via the CD1d/NKT cell pathway

article

High-content imaging for automated determination of host-cell infection rate by the intracellular parasite Trypanosoma cruzi ⬇️

scientific article published on August 3, 2010

Histoplasma capsulatum heat-shock 60 orchestrates the adaptation of the fungus to temperature stress

scientific article

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 human plasma proteins associated with the cell wall of the pathogenic fungus Paracoccidioides brasiliensis.

scientific article published on April 2013

Identification of iGb3 and iGb4 in melanoma B16F10-Nex2 cells and the iNKT cell-mediated antitumor effect of dendritic cells primed with iGb3

scientific article published on 07 December 2009

Immunologic mapping of glycomes: implications for cancer diagnosis and therapy ⬇️

scientific article published on June 1, 2011

Immunomodulatory and antibacterial effects of cystatin 9 against Francisella tularensis

scientific article

Immunomodulatory effects of serotype B glucuronoxylomannan from Cryptococcus gattii correlate with polysaccharide diameter

scientific article published on 14 June 2010

Improved proteomic approach for the discovery of potential vaccine targets in Trypanosoma cruzi

scientific article published on 8 December 2011

Inconclusive results in conventional serological screening for Chagas' disease in blood banks: evaluation of cellular and humoral response

article

Intraspecies variation in Trypanosoma cruzi GPI-mucins: biological activities and differential expression of α-galactosyl residues.

scientific article

Introduction: innate recognition of bacteria and protozoan parasites

scientific article

Ixodidin, a novel antimicrobial peptide from the hemocytes of the cattle tick Boophilus microplus with inhibitory activity against serine proteinases

scientific article

Kinetics of cytokine gene expression in experimental chagasic cardiomyopathy: tissue parasitism and endogenous IFN-gamma as important determinants of chemokine mRNA expression during infection with Trypanosoma cruzi

article

Label-free quantitative proteomics reveals differentially regulated proteins in the latex of sticky diseased Carica papaya L. plants.

scientific article

Lack of iGb3 and Isoglobo-Series Glycosphingolipids in Pig Organs Used for Xenotransplantation: Implications for Natural Killer T-Cell Biology

scientific article published on 11 January 2013

Leishmania chagasi: lipophosphoglycan characterization and binding to the midgut of the sand fly vector Lutzomyia longipalpis

scientific article

Lipidomic analysis of extracellular vesicles from the pathogenic phase of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis.

scientific article

Lipidomic analysis reveals that phosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylethanolamine are newly generated phospholipids in an early-divergent protozoan, Giardia lamblia

scientific article published on 22 January 2009

Lysophosphatidylcholine triggers TLR2- and TLR4-mediated signaling pathways but counteracts LPS-induced NO synthesis in peritoneal macrophages by inhibiting NF-κB translocation and MAPK/ERK phosphorylation

scientific article

MUC1 glycopeptide epitopes predicted by computational glycomics

scientific article

Macrophage signaling by glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored mucin-like glycoproteins derived from Trypanosoma cruzi trypomastigotes.

scientific article

Molecular Characterization of a Novel Family of Trypanosoma cruzi Surface Membrane Proteins (TcSMP) Involved in Mammalian Host Cell Invasion. ⬇️

scientific article published on 13 November 2015

Molecular characterization of Trypanosoma cruzi SAP proteins with host-cell lysosome exocytosis-inducing activity required for parasite invasion ⬇️

scientific article

Multiserotype protection of mice against pneumococcal colonization of the nasopharynx and middle ear by killed nonencapsulated cells given intranasally with a nontoxic adjuvant

scientific article

Paracoccidioides brasiliensis lipids modulate macrophage activity via Toll-dependent or independent mechanisms

scientific article published on 30 May 2012

Phosphoproteomic analysis of the human pathogen Trypanosoma cruzi at the epimastigote stage

scientific article published on July 2009

Plasma-Derived Extracellular Vesicles as Potential Biomarkers in Heart Transplant Patient with Chronic Chagas Disease

scientific article published on 01 August 2020

Plasma-derived extracellular vesicles from Plasmodium vivax patients signal spleen fibroblasts via NF-kB facilitating parasite cytoadherence

scientific article published on 02 June 2020

Platelet-activating factor-like activity isolated from Trypanosoma cruzi

scientific article published on 26 October 2005

Potential use of synthetic α-galactosyl-containing glycotopes of the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi as diagnostic antigens for Chagas disease

scientific article published on 01 September 2013

Proteomic analysis of Trypanosoma cruzi secretome: characterization of two populations of extracellular vesicles and soluble proteins.

scientific article published on 4 January 2013

Proteomic analysis of detergent-solubilized membrane proteins from insect-developmental forms of Trypanosoma cruzi.

scientific article published on July 2009

Proteomic analysis of papaya (Carica papaya L.) displaying typical sticky disease symptoms

scientific article

Purification of Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-Anchored Mucins from Trypanosoma cruzi Trypomastigotes and Synthesis of α-Gal-Containing Neoglycoproteins: Application as Biomarkers for Reliable Diagnosis and Early Assessment of Chemotherapeutic Outcome

scientific article published on 01 January 2019

Receptor Heterodimerization and Co-Receptor Engagement in TLR2 Activation Induced by MIC1 and MIC4 from Toxoplasma gondii

scientific article published on 10 October 2019

Recognition of TLR2 N-glycans: critical role in ArtinM immunomodulatory activity

scientific article

Redundancy of proteins in the salivary glands of Panstrongylus megistus secures prolonged procurement for blood meals

scientific article published on 11 May 2011

Role of Toll-like receptor 4 in induction of cell-mediated immunity and resistance to Brucella abortus infection in mice

scientific article

Role of the Apt1 protein in polysaccharide secretion by Cryptococcus neoformans

scientific article

SUMOylation pathway in Trypanosoma cruzi: functional characterization and proteomic analysis of target proteins

scientific article published on 10 August 2011

Short report: benznidazole efficacy among Trypanosoma cruzi-infected adolescents after a six-year follow-up

scientific article published on November 2004

Short-Term E-Cigarette Exposure Increases the Risk of Thrombogenesis and Enhances Platelet Function in Mice

scientific article published on 18 July 2018

Sphingolipid synthesis is necessary for kinetoplast segregation and cytokinesis in Trypanosoma brucei.

scientific article published on 29 January 2008

Sterol targeting drugs reveal life cycle stage-specific differences in trypanosome lipid rafts

scientific article published on 22 August 2017

Stimulation of toll-like receptor 2 by Coxiella burnetii is required for macrophage production of pro-inflammatory cytokines and resistance to infection.

scientific article

Structural and biological characterization of one antibacterial acylpolyamine isolated from the hemocytes of the spider Acanthocurria gomesiana

scientific article published in 2007

Structural and functional analysis of a platelet-activating lysophosphatidylcholine of Trypanosoma cruzi

scientific article (publication date: August 2014)

Structure, cellular distribution, antigenicity, and biological functions of Fonsecaea pedrosoi ceramide monohexosides

scientific article

Subcellular Proteomics and Global Analysis of Posttranslational Modifications to Study Functional Roles of Trypanosoma cruzi Molecules

Subcellular proteomics of Trypanosoma cruzi reservosomes.

scientific article published on April 2009

Synthesis of Galα(1,3)Galβ(1,4)GlcNAcα-, Galβ(1,4)GlcNAcα- and GlcNAc-containing neoglycoproteins and their immunological evaluation in the context of Chagas disease.

scientific article

Target product profile for a test for the early assessment of treatment efficacy in Chagas disease patients: An expert consensus

scientific article published on 23 April 2020

The Disulfide Bond Cys255-Cys279 in the Immunoglobulin-Like Domain of Anthrax Toxin Receptor 2 Is Required for Membrane Insertion of Anthrax Protective Antigen Pore

scientific article

The Surface Coat of the Mammal-dwelling Infective Trypomastigote Stage ofTrypanosoma cruziIs Formed by Highly Diverse Immunogenic Mucins

scientific article published in Journal of Biological Chemistry

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

The impact of acute brain dysfunction in the outcomes of mechanically ventilated cancer patients.

scientific article published on 22 January 2014

The impact of proteomics on the understanding of functions and biogenesis of fungal extracellular vesicles ⬇️

scientific article published on April 10, 2013

The methylerythritol phosphate pathway is functionally active in all intraerythrocytic stages of Plasmodium falciparum

scientific article published on 27 September 2004

The pathogenic fungus Paracoccidioides brasiliensis exports extracellular vesicles containing highly immunogenic α-Galactosyl epitopes.

scientific article published on 7 January 2011

The surface coat of the mammal-dwelling infective trypomastigote stage of Trypanosoma cruzi is formed by highly diverse immunogenic mucins

scientific article published in Journal of Biological Chemistry

Therapeutic administration of recombinant Paracoccin confers protection against paracoccidioides brasiliensis infection: involvement of TLRs.

scientific article

Treatment of adult chronic indeterminate Chagas disease with benznidazole and three E1224 dosing regimens: a proof-of-concept, randomised, placebo-controlled trial

scientific article published on 15 January 2018

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

scientific article published in August 2006

Trypanosoma cruzi epimastigotes are able to store and mobilize high amounts of cholesterol in reservosome lipid inclusions.

scientific article

Trypanosoma cruzi histone H1 is phosphorylated in a typical cyclin dependent kinase site accordingly to the cell cycle.

scientific article published on March 2005

Trypanosoma cruzi infection is enhanced by vector saliva through immunosuppressant mechanisms mediated by lysophosphatidylcholine

scientific article published on 15 September 2008

Trypanosoma cruzi mucins: potential functions of a complex structure

scientific article published in 1999

Trypanosoma cruzi oleate desaturase: molecular characterization and comparative analysis in other trypanosomatids

article

Trypanosoma cruzi: involvement of glycoinositolphospholipids in the attachment to the luminal midgut surface of Rhodnius prolixus

scientific article published on 13 January 2007

Using immunoproteomics to identify alpha-enolase as an autoantigen in liver fibrosis

scientific article published on 15 March 2013

Using proteomic approach to identify tumor-associated antigens as markers in hepatocellular carcinoma

scientific article published on 02 August 2008

Validation of N-myristoyltransferase as Potential Chemotherapeutic Target in Mammal-Dwelling Stages of Trypanosoma cruzi

scientific article

Vesicle and vesicle-free extracellular proteome of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis: comparative analysis with other pathogenic fungi.

scientific article published on 14 February 2012

Vesicular transport in Histoplasma capsulatum: an effective mechanism for trans-cell wall transfer of proteins and lipids in ascomycetes

scientific article published on 17 April 2008

Virus-like Particle Display of the α-Gal Epitope for the Diagnostic Assessment of Chagas Disease

scientific article published on 4 October 2016

Visual genome-wide RNAi screening to identify human host factors required for Trypanosoma cruzi infection

scientific article

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