Paul J. Brindley

Gene discovery for the carcinogenic human liver fluke, Opisthorchis viverrini (2007)

Laha, Thewarach, Pinlaor, Porntip, Mulvenna, Jason, Sripa, Banchob, Sripa, Manop, Smout, Michael J, ...

Abstract Background Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) – cancer of the bile ducts – is associated with chronic infection with the liver fluke, Opisthorchis viverrini . Despite being the only eukaryote that...

Aspartic protease activities of schistosomes cleave mammalian hemoglobins in a host-specific manner (2007)

Koehler, Jeffrey W, Morales, Maria E, Shelby, Bryan D, Brindley, Paul J

We examined the efficiency of digestion of hemoglobin from four mammalian species, human, cow, sheep, and horse by acidic extracts of mixed sex adults of Schistosoma japonicum   and S. mansoni....

Aspartic protease activities of schistosomes cleave mammalian hemoglobins in a host-specific manner (2007)

Koehler,Jeffrey W, Morales,Maria E, Shelby,Bryan D, Brindley,Paul J

We examined the efficiency of digestion of hemoglobin from four mammalian species, human, cow, sheep, and horse by acidic extracts of mixed sex adults of Schistosoma japonicum and S. mansoni....

Identification of the Boudicca and Sinbad retrotransposons in the genome of the human blood fluke Schistosoma haematobium   (2006)

Claudia S Copeland, Fred A Lewis, Paul J Brindley

Schistosomes have a comparatively large genome, estimated for Schistosoma mansoni   to be about 270 megabase pairs (haploid genome). Recent findings have shown that mobile genetic elements...

Identification of the Boudicca and Sinbad retrotransposons in the genome of the human blood fluke Schistosoma haematobium (2006)

Copeland,Claudia S, Lewis,Fred A, Brindley,Paul J

Schistosomes have a comparatively large genome, estimated for Schistosoma mansoni to be about 270 megabase pairs (haploid genome). Recent findings have shown that mobile genetic elements constitute...

New Perspectives on Host-Parasite Interplay by Comparative Transcriptomic and Proteomic Analyses of Schistosoma japonicum (2006)

Feng Liu, Jiong Lu, Wei Hu, Sheng-Yue Wang, Shu-Jian Cui, Ming Chi, ...

Schistosomiasis remains a serious public health problem with an estimated 200 million people infected in 76 countries. Here we isolated ~ 8,400 potential protein-encoding cDNA contigs from...

Recombinant tegumental protein Schistosoma japonicum   very lowdensity lipoprotein binding protein as a vaccine candidate against Schistosoma japonicum (2006)

Xiao-Xian Gan, Li-Ying Shen, Yue Wang, Jian-Zu Ding, Hui-Ying Shen, Xiao-Peng Zeng, ...

A polyhistidine-tagged recombinant tegumental protein Schistosoma japonicum   very lowdensity lipoprotein binding protein (SVLBP) from adult Schistosoma japonicum was expressed in Escherichia coli...

Recombinant tegumental protein Shistosoma japonicum very lowdensity lipoprotein binding protein as a vaccine candidate against Schistosoma japonicum (2006)

Gan,Xiao-Xian, Shen,Li-Ying, Wang,Yue, Ding,Jian-Zu, Shen,Hui-Ying, Zeng,Xiao-Peng, ...

A polyhistidine-tagged recombinant tegumental protein Schistosoma japonicum very lowdensity lipoprotein binding protein (SVLBP) from adult Schistosoma japonicum was expressed in Escherichia coli. The...

Reconstruction and in silico analysis of the MAPK signaling pathways in the human blood fluke, Schistosoma japonicum (2006)

Wang, Lili, Yang,Zhong, Li, Yuanyuan, Yu,Fudong, Brindley, Paul J., McManus, Donald P., ...

At present, little is known about signal transduction mechanisms in schistosomes, which cause the disease of schistosomiasis. The mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling pathways, which are...

Sequence Survey of the Genome of the Opportunistic Microsporidian Pathogen, Vittaforma corneae (2002)

DEREK MITTLEIDER, LINDA C. GREEN, VICTORIA H. MANN, SCOTT F. MICHAEL, ELIZABETH S. DIDIER, PAUL J. BRINDLEY

The microsporidian Vittaforma corneae has been reported as a pathogen of the human stratum corneum, where it can cause keratitis, and is associated with systemic infections. In addition to this...

GUT-ASSOCIATED IMMUNOLOCALIZATION OF THE SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI CYSTEINE PROTEASES, SmCL1 AND SmCL2 (2001)

Burton J. Bogitsh, John P. Dalton, Ciaran P. Brady, Paul J. Brindley

Transcripts encoding discrete, cathepsin L-like cysteine proteases, known as SmCL1 and SmCL2, have been reported from the adult stages of the human blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni. However, the...

Recombinant Expression and Localization of Schistosoma mansoni Cathepsin L1 Support Its Role in the Degradation of Host Hemoglobin

Brady, Ciaran P., Dowd, Andrew J., Brindley, Paul J., Ryan, Thecla, Day, Sharon R., Dalton, John P.

Cysteine proteinases expressed by schistosomes appear to play key roles in the digestion of host hemoglobin, the principal source of amino acid nutrients utilized by these parasites. We have shown...

Receptor for Fc on the Surfaces of Schistosomes

Loukas, Alex, Jones, Malcolm K., King, Lynette T., Brindley, Paul J., McManus, Donald P.

Schistosoma mansoni masks its surface with adsorbed host proteins including erythrocyte antigens, immunoglobulins, major histocompatibility complex class I, and β2-microglobulin (β2m), presumably...

Boudicca, a Retrovirus-Like Long Terminal Repeat Retrotransposon from the Genome of the Human Blood Fluke Schistosoma mansoni

Copeland, Claudia S., Brindley, Paul J., Heyers, Oliver, Michael, Scott F., Johnston, David A., Williams, David L., ...

The genome of Schistosoma mansoni contains a proviral form of a retrovirus-like long terminal repeat (LTR) retrotransposon, designated Boudicca. Sequence and structural characterization of the new...

New Perspectives on Host-Parasite Interplay by Comparative Transcriptomic and Proteomic Analyses of Schistosoma japonicum

Liu, Feng, Lu, Jiong, Hu, Wei, Wang, Sheng-Yue, Cui, Shu-Jian, Chi, Ming, ...

Schistosomiasis remains a serious public health problem with an estimated 200 million people infected in 76 countries. Here we isolated ~ 8,400 potential protein-encoding cDNA contigs from...

Antimicrosporidial Activities of Fumagillin, TNP-470, Ovalicin, and Ovalicin Derivatives In Vitro and In Vivo

Didier, Peter J., Phillips, Jennifer N., Kuebler, Dorothy J., Nasr, Mohamed, Brindley, Paul J., Stovall, Mary E., ...

Therapies for microsporidiosis in humans are limited, and fumagillin, which appears to be the most broadly effective antimicrosporidial drug, is considered to be moderately toxic. The purpose of this...

Liver Fluke Induces Cholangiocarcinoma

Sripa, Banchob, Kaewkes, Sasithorn, Sithithaworn, Paiboon, Mairiang, Eimorn, Laha, Thewarach, Smout, Michael, ...

The authors discuss the molecular pathogenesis of opisthorchiasis and associated cholangiocarcinogenesis, particularly nitrative and oxidative DNA damage and the clinical manifestations of...

The bandit, a New DNA Transposon from a Hookworm—Possible Horizontal Genetic Transfer between Host and Parasite

Laha, Thewarach, Loukas, Alex, Wattanasatitarpa, Supatra, Somprakhon, Jenjira, Kewgrai, Nonglack, Sithithaworn, Paiboon, ...

Because of its importance to public health, the hookworm parasite has become the focus of increased research over the past decade—research that will ultimately decipher its genetic code. We now...

Helminth infections: the great neglected tropical diseases

Hotez, Peter J., Brindley, Paul J., Bethony, Jeffrey M., King, Charles H., Pearce, Edward J., Jacobson, Julie

Helminths are parasitic worms. They are the most common infectious agents of humans in developing countries and produce a global burden of disease that exceeds better-known conditions, including...

Development of Functional Genomic Tools in Trematodes: RNA Interference and Luciferase Reporter Gene Activity in Fasciola hepatica

Rinaldi, Gabriel, Morales, Maria E., Cancela, Martín, Castillo, Estela, Brindley, Paul J., Tort, José F.

The growing availability of sequence information from diverse parasites through genomic and transcriptomic projects offer new opportunities for the identification of key mediators in the...