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Immunology and Cell Biology of Parasitic Diseases
Guest Editors: Luis I. Terrazas, Abhay R. Satoskar, and Jorge Morales-Montor- Immunology and Cell Biology of Parasitic Diseases, Luis I. Terrazas, Abhay R. Satoskar, and Jorge Morales-Montor
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 419849, 5 pages - The Role of Lipopeptidophosphoglycan in the Immune Response to Entamoeba histolytica, Isabel Wong-Baeza, Marcela Alcántara-Hernández, Ismael Mancilla-Herrera, Itzmel Ramírez-Saldívar, Lourdes Arriaga-Pizano, Eduardo Ferat-Osorio, Constantino López-Macías, and Armando Isibasi
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 254521, 12 pages - Detection of the Endosomal Sorting Complex Required for Transport in Entamoeba histolytica and Characterization of the EhVps4 Protein, Israel López-Reyes, Guillermina García-Rivera, Cecilia Bañuelos, Silvia Herranz, Olivier Vincent, César López-Camarillo, Laurence A. Marchat, and Esther Orozco
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 890674, 15 pages - Toll-Like Receptor Initiated Host Defense against Toxoplasma gondii, Eric Y. Denkers
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 737125, 7 pages - Reduction of Foxp Cells by Depletion with the PC61 mAb Induces Mortality in Resistant BALB/c Mice Infected with Toxoplasma gondii
, Eda Patricia Tenorio, Jonadab Efraín Olguín, Jacquelina Fernández, Pablo Vieyra, and Rafael Saavedra
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 786078, 9 pages - The Unexpected Role for the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor on Susceptibility to Experimental Toxoplasmosis, Yuriko Sanchez, Juan de Dios Rosado, Libia Vega, Guillermo Elizondo, Elizabeth Estrada-Muñiz, Rafael Saavedra, Imelda Juárez, and Miriam Rodríguez-Sosa
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 505694, 15 pages - The Prominent Role of Neutrophils during the Initial Phase of Infection by Leishmania Parasites, Mélanie Charmoy, Floriane Auderset, Cindy Allenbach, and Fabienne Tacchini-Cottier
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 719361, 8 pages - Cytokines and Their STATs in Cutaneous and Visceral Leishmaniasis, Hannah E. Cummings, Rashmi Tuladhar, and Abhay R. Satoskar
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 294389, 6 pages - Leishmania Interferes with Host Cell Signaling to Devise a Survival Strategy, Suvercha Bhardwaj, Neetu Srivastava, Raki Sudan, and Bhaskar Saha
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 109189, 13 pages - BALB/c Mice Vaccinated with Leishmania major Ribosomal Proteins Extracts Combined with CpG Oligodeoxynucleotides Become Resistant to Disease Caused by a Secondary Parasite Challenge, Laura Ramírez, Salvador Iborra, Jimena Cortés, Pedro Bonay, Carlos Alonso, Manoel Barral-Netto, and Manuel Soto
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 181690, 9 pages - Drug Resistance in Visceral Leishmaniasis, Helena C. Maltezou
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 617521, 8 pages - A Multifactorial Mechanism in the Superior Antimalarial Activity of -C-GalCer, John Schmieg, Guangli Yang, Richard W. Franck, and Moriya Tsuji
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 283612, 11 pages - The Coming-Out of Malaria Gametocytes, Andrea Kuehn and Gabriele Pradel
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 976827, 11 pages - Telomeric Heterochromatin in Plasmodium falciparum, Rosaura Hernandez-Rivas, Karla Pérez-Toledo, Abril-Marcela Herrera Solorio, Dulce María Delgadillo, and Miguel Vargas
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 290501, 11 pages - The Lipid Moiety of Haemozoin (Malaria Pigment) and P. falciparum Parasitised Red Blood Cells Bind Synthetic and Native Endothelin-1, Nicoletta Basilico, Silvia Parapini, Francesca Sisto, Fausta Omodeo-Salè, Paolo Coghi, Fernando Ravagnani, Piero Olliaro, and Donatella Taramelli
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 854927, 9 pages - Tomatine Adjuvantation of Protective Immunity to a Major Pre-erythrocytic Vaccine Candidate of Malaria is Mediated via T Cell Release of IFN- , Karen G. Heal and Andrew W. Taylor-Robinson
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 834326, 7 pages - Pretreatment with Cry1Ac Protoxin Modulates the Immune Response, and Increases the Survival of Plasmodium-Infected CBA/Ca Mice, Martha Legorreta-Herrera, Rodrigo Oviedo Meza, and Leticia Moreno-Fierros
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 198921, 11 pages - Excreted/Secreted Proteins from Trypanosome Procyclic Strains, Celestine Michelle Atyame Nten, Nicolas Sommerer, Valerie Rofidal, Christophe Hirtz, Michel Rossignol, Gerard Cuny, Jean-Benoit Peltier, and Anne Geiger
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 212817, 8 pages - An Experimental Approach for the Identification of Conserved Secreted Proteins in Trypanosomatids, Rosa M. Corrales, Françoise Mathieu-Daudé, Déborah Garcia, Simone F. Brenière, and Denis Sereno
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 752698, 13 pages - Characterization of Major Surface Protease Homologues of Trypanosoma congolense, Veronica Marcoux, Guojian Wei, Henry Tabel, and Harold J. Bull
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 418157, 14 pages - Gene Expression in Trypanosomatid Parasites, Santiago Martínez-Calvillo, Juan C. Vizuet-de-Rueda, Luis E. Florencio-Martínez, Rebeca G. Manning-Cela, and Elisa E. Figueroa-Angulo
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 525241, 15 pages - Regulation of Gene Expression in Protozoa Parasites, Consuelo Gomez, M. Esther Ramirez, Mercedes Calixto-Galvez, Olivia Medel, and Mario A. Rodríguez
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 726045, 24 pages - Improved Method for In Vitro Secondary Amastigogenesis of Trypanosoma cruzi: Morphometrical and Molecular Analysis of Intermediate Developmental Forms, L. A. Hernández-Osorio, C. Márquez-Dueñas, L. E. Florencio-Martínez, G. Ballesteros-Rodea, S. Martínez-Calvillo, and R. G. Manning-Cela
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 283842, 10 pages - Immunobiology of African Trypanosomes: Need of Alternative Interventions, Toya Nath Baral
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 389153, 24 pages - Mexican Trypanosoma cruzi (TCI) Strains with Different Degrees of Virulence Induce Diverse Humoral and Cellular Immune Responses in a Murine Experimental Infection Model, B. Espinoza, T. Rico, S. Sosa, E. Oaxaca, A. Vizcaino-Castillo, M. L. Caballero, and I. Martínez
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 890672, 10 pages - Cysteine-Free Proteins in the Immunobiology of Arthropod-Borne Diseases, J. Santiago Mejia, Erik N. Arthun, and Richard G. Titus
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 171537, 10 pages - Differential Midgut Attachment of Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis in the Sand Flies Lutzomyia (Nyssomyia) whitmani and Lutzomyia (Nyssomyia) intermedia, Rodrigo P. Soares, Carina Margonari, Nágila C. Secundino, Maria E. Macêdo, Simone M. da Costa, Elizabeth F. Rangel, Paulo F. Pimenta, and Salvatore J. Turco
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 439174, 7 pages - The Vectorial Potential of Lutzomyia (Nyssomyia) intermedia and Lutzomyia (N.) whitmani in the Transmission of Leishmania (V.) braziliensis Can Also Be Related to Proteins Attaching, Carlos R. Alves, Luzia M. C. Côrtes, and Reginaldo P. Brazil
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 827851, 2 pages - Echinococcus multilocularis and Its Intermediate Host: A Model of Parasite-Host Interplay, Dominique Angèle Vuitton and Bruno Gottstein
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 923193, 14 pages - Release of Glycoprotein (GP1) from the Tegumental Surface of Taenia solium by Phospholipase C from Clostridium perfringens Suggests a Novel Protein-Anchor to Membranes, Abraham Landa, Kaethe Willms, and Juan Pedro Laclette
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 910375, 6 pages - Progesterone Induces Scolex Evagination of the Human Parasite Taenia solium: Evolutionary Implications to the Host-Parasite Relationship, Galileo Escobedo, Ignacio Camacho-Arroyo, Olivia Tania Hernández-Hernández, Pedro Ostoa-Saloma, Martín García-Varela, and Jorge Morales-Montor
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 591079, 10 pages - Budding of Taenia crassiceps Cysticerci In Vitro Is Promoted by Crowding in Addition to Hormonal, Stress, and Energy-Related Signals, Pedro Ostoa-Saloma, Pedro Ostoa-Jacobo, Marcela Esquivel-Velázquez, Silvana Bazúa, and Carlos Larralde
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 510978, 5 pages - A New MAP Kinase Protein Involved in Estradiol-Stimulated Reproduction of the Helminth Parasite Taenia crassiceps, Galileo Escobedo, Gloria Soldevila, Guadalupe Ortega-Pierres, Jesús Ramsés Chávez-Ríos, Karen Nava, Rocío Fonseca-Liñán, Lorena López-Griego, Claudia Hallal-Calleros, Pedro Ostoa-Saloma, and Jorge Morales-Montor
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 747121, 11 pages - Substance P Signaling Contributes to Granuloma Formation in Taenia crassiceps Infection, a Murine Model of Cysticercosis, Armandina Garza, David J. Tweardy, Joel Weinstock, Balaji Viswanathan, and Prema Robinson
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 597086, 6 pages - Activation-Induced T Helper Cell Death Contributes to Th1/Th2 Polarization following Murine Schistosoma japonicum Infection, Xinyu Xu, Xiaoyun Wen, Ying Chi, Lei He, Sha Zhou, Xuefeng Wang, Jiaqing Zhao, Feng Liu, and Chuan Su
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 202397, 12 pages - Anti-Inflammatory Protein of Schistosoma japonicum Directs the Differentiation of the WEHI-3B JCS Cells and Mouse Bone Marrow Cells to Macrophages, Shaomin Hu, Linlin Yang, Zhongdao Wu, Nai Ki Mak, Kwok Nam Leung, and Ming Chiu Fung
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 867368, 13 pages - Immunity against Helminths: Interactions with the Host and the Intercurrent Infections, Emmanuelle Moreau and Alain Chauvin
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 428593, 9 pages - Are the Immunocompetence and the Presence of Metazoan Parasites in Cyprinid Fish Affected by Reproductive Efforts of Cyprinid Fish?, Karolína Rohlenová and Andrea Šimková
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 418382, 14 pages - Immunological and Therapeutic Strategies against Salmonid Cryptobiosis, Patrick T. K. Woo
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 341783, 9 pages - Dendritic Cells in the Gut: Interaction with Intestinal Helminths, Fela Mendlovic and Ana Flisser
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 250563, 10 pages - Modulation of Dendritic Cell Responses by Parasites: A Common Strategy to Survive, César A. Terrazas, Luis I. Terrazas, and Lorena Gómez-García
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 357106, 19 pages - Similarity and Diversity in Macrophage Activation by Nematodes, Trematodes, and Cestodes, Stephen J. Jenkins and Judith E. Allen
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 262609, 14 pages - Nitric Oxide and Respiratory Helminthic Diseases, Antonio Muro and José-Luís Pérez-Arellano
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 958108, 8 pages - Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor (PPAR): Balance for Survival in Parasitic Infections, Marion M. Chan, Kyle W. Evans, Andrea R. Moore, and Dunne Fong
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 828951, 9 pages - Arginase in Parasitic Infections: Macrophage Activation, Immunosuppression, and Intracellular Signals, Cinthia C. Stempin, Laura R. Dulgerian, Vanina V. Garrido, and Fabio M. Cerban
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 683485, 10 pages - Parasitic Helminths: New Weapons against Immunological Disorders, Yoshio Osada and Tamotsu Kanazawa
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 743758, 9 pages - Infection with Hymenolepis diminuta Is More Effective than Daily Corticosteroids in Blocking Chemically Induced Colitis in Mice, Alexandra Melon, Arthur Wang, Van Phan, and Derek M. McKay
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 384523, 7 pages - Taenia crassiceps Infection Attenuates Multiple Low-Dose Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetes, Arlett Espinoza-Jiménez, Irma Rivera-Montoya, Roberto Cárdenas-Arreola, Liborio Morán, and Luis I. Terrazas
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 850541, 11 pages - Immune Modulation by Schistosoma mansoni Antigens in NOD Mice: Effects on Both Innate and Adaptive Immune Systems, Paola Zaccone, Oliver T. Burton, Sarah Gibbs, Nigel Miller, Frances M. Jones, David W. Dunne, and Anne Cooke
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 795210, 11 pages