Host-Parasite Interactions

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A CRISPR Activation Screen Identifies a Pan-avian Influenza Virus Inhibitory Host Factor. 
  • A comparative study of leukocyte counts and disease risk in primates. 
  • A non-destructive sugar-feeding assay for parasite detection and estimating the extrinsic incubation period of Plasmodium falciparum in individual mosquito vectors. 
  • A two-phase innate host response to alphavirus infection identified by mRNP-tagging in vivo. 
  • An intrinsic oscillator drives the blood stage cycle of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. 
  • An siRNA Screen Identifies the U2 snRNP Spliceosome as a Host Restriction Factor for Recombinant Adeno-associated Viruses. 
  • Ancient co-speciation of simian foamy viruses and primates. 
  • Apoptosis as a host defense mechanism in Crassostrea virginica and its modulation by Perkinsus marinus. 
  • Behavioural ecology and infectious disease: implications for conservation of biodiversity. 
  • Biotic interactions. Genomics and coevolution. 
  • CD47 regulates the phagocytic clearance and replication of the Plasmodium yoelii malaria parasite. 
  • Cardiovascular molecular mechanisms of disease with COVID-19. 
  • Cell type- and species-specific host responses to Toxoplasma gondii and its near relatives. 
  • Challenging battles of plants with phloem-feeding insects and prokaryotic pathogens. 
  • Characterizing the phylogenetic specialism-generalism spectrum of mammal parasites. 
  • Copper exposure affects hemocyte apoptosis and Perkinsus marinus infection in eastern oysters Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin). 
  • Costs and drivers of helminth parasite infection in wild female baboons. 
  • Cryptococcemia. 
  • Do animals living in larger groups experience greater parasitism? A meta-analysis. 
  • Do threatened hosts have fewer parasites? A comparative study in primates. 
  • Does habitat disturbance increase infectious disease risk for primates? 
  • Ecological dynamics of mutualist/antagonist communities. 
  • Ecological networks and their fragility. 
  • Effect of urban habitat use on parasitism in mammals: a meta-analysis. 
  • Effects of Escherichia coli physiology on growth of phage T7 in vivo and in silico. 
  • Estimating parasite host range. 
  • Evolution, interactions, and biological networks. 
  • Exploring the Untapped Biosynthetic Potential of Apicomplexan Parasites. 
  • Extracellular Virions: The Advance Guard of Poxvirus Infections. 
  • Genetics of incipient speciation in Drosophila mojavensis. I. Male courtship song, mating success, and genotype x environment interactions. 
  • Global Mammal Parasite Database version 2.0. 
  • Glycocalyx Breakdown Is Associated With Severe Disease and Fatal Outcome in Plasmodium falciparum Malaria. 
  • Host density drives the postglacial migration of the tree parasite, Epifagus virginiana. 
  • Host longevity and parasite species richness in mammals. 
  • Hosts elevate either within-clutch consistency or between-clutch distinctiveness of egg phenotypes in defence against brood parasites. 
  • Increased resin flow in mature pine trees growing under elevated CO2 and moderate soil fertility. 
  • Interaction of Cryptococcus neoformans Rim101 and protein kinase A regulates capsule. 
  • Interactions between micro- and macroparasites predict microparasite species richness across primates. 
  • Live Imaging of Host-Parasite Interactions in a Zebrafish Infection Model Reveals Cryptococcal Determinants of Virulence and Central Nervous System Invasion. 
  • Malaria parasites and red cell variants: when a house is not a home. 
  • Malassezia fungi are specialized to live on skin and associated with dandruff, eczema, and other skin diseases. 
  • Mice deficient in LRG-47 display enhanced susceptibility to Trypanosoma cruzi infection associated with defective hemopoiesis and intracellular control of parasite growth. 
  • Mutualism or parasitism? Using a phylogenetic approach to characterize the oxpecker-ungulate relationship. 
  • New insights into the role of host cell proteins in antiviral vaccine protection. 
  • Nociceptive neurons protect Drosophila larvae from parasitoid wasps. 
  • Parasite resistance and the adaptive significance of sleep. 
  • Parasite-mediated evolution of the functional part of the MHC in primates. 
  • Parasites and the evolutionary diversification of primate clades. 
  • Parasitism in species of Bathymodiolus (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) mussels from deep-sea seep and hydrothermal vents. 
  • Patterns of host specificity and transmission among parasites of wild primates. 
  • Phylogenetic host specificity and understanding parasite sharing in primates. 
  • Phytochemical Shift from Condensed Tannins to Flavonoids in Transgenic Betula pendula Decreases Consumption and Growth but Improves Growth Efficiency of Epirrita autumnata Larvae. 
  • Population outbreaks in a discrete world. 
  • Potential parasite transmission in multi-host networks based on parasite sharing. 
  • Predictions of primate-parasite coextinction. 
  • Primate disease ecology in comparative and theoretical perspective. 
  • Protozoal agents: what are the dangers for the public water supply? 
  • RIPK1 and PGAM5 Control Leishmania Replication through Distinct Mechanisms. 
  • RNA-Seq Analysis Illuminates the Early Stages of Plasmodium Liver Infection. 
  • Rocky Mountain spotted fever in childhood. 
  • Schistosome-induced cholangiocyte proliferation and osteopontin secretion correlate with fibrosis and portal hypertension in human and murine schistosomiasis mansoni. 
  • Solution NMR studies of the plant peptide hormone CEP inform function. 
  • Targeting Viral Proteostasis Limits Influenza Virus, HIV, and Dengue Virus Infection. 
  • The Arabidopsis epithiospecifier protein promotes the hydrolysis of glucosinolates to nitriles and influences Trichoplusia ni herbivory. 
  • The Cryptococcus neoformans capsule: a sword and a shield. 
  • The changing ecology of primate parasites: Insights from wild-captive comparisons. 
  • The evolution of parasite manipulation of host dispersal. 
  • The extracellular vesicle generation paradox: a bacterial point of view. 
  • The sociality-health-fitness nexus: synthesis, conclusions and future directions. 
  • The spread of fecally transmitted parasites in socially-structured populations. 
  • The virulence of human pathogenic fungi: notes from the South of France. 
  • The yin yang of bacterial polysaccharides: lessons learned from B. fragilis PSA. 
  • Three-way coexistence in obligate mutualist-exploiter interactions: the potential role of competition. 
  • Toxoplasma gondii GRA28 Is Required for Placenta-Specific Induction of the Regulatory Chemokine CCL22 in Human and Mouse. 
  • Trans-kingdom small RNA transfer during host-pathogen interactions: The case of P. falciparum and erythrocytes. 
  • Variation in Leishmania chemokine suppression driven by diversification of the GP63 virulence factor. 
  • XRN1 stalling in the 5' UTR of Hepatitis C virus and Bovine Viral Diarrhea virus is associated with dysregulated host mRNA stability.