Xiaochuan Feng

Genomic survey of the non-cultivatable opportunistic human pathogen, Enterocytozoon bieneusi (2009)

Akiyoshi, Donna E., Morrison, Hilary G., Lei, Shi, Feng, Xiaochuan, Zhang, Quanshun, Corradi, Nicolas, ...

© 2009 The Authors. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. The definitive version was published in PLoS Pathogens 5 (2009): e1000261,...

Protein Coding Gene Nucleotide Substitution Pattern in the Apicomplexan Protozoa Cryptosporidium parvum and Cryptosporidium hominis (2008)

Guangtao Ge, Lenore Cowen, Xiaochuan Feng, Giovanni Widmer

Cryptosporidium parvum and C. hominis are related protozoan pathogens which infect the intestinal epithelium of humans and other vertebrates. To explore the evolution of these parasites, and identify...

Protein Coding Gene Nucleotide Substitution Pattern in the Apicomplexan Protozoa Cryptosporidium parvum and Cryptosporidium hominis (2008)

Guangtao Ge, Lenore Cowen, Xiaochuan Feng, Giovanni Widmer

Cryptosporidium parvum and C. hominis are related protozoan pathogens which infect the intestinal epithelium of humans and other vertebrates. To explore the evolution of these parasites, and identify...

CHARACTERIZATION OF SUBTILASE PROTEASE IN CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM AND C. HOMINIS (2007)

Xiaochuan Feng, Donna E. Akiyoshi, Giovanni Widmer, Saul Tzipori

Cryptosporidium spp., enteropathogens of humans and other animals, are members of the Apicomplexa. In parasites belonging to this phylum, proteases have been shown to play a key role in the invasion...

Development of Patent Infection in Immunosuppressed C57BL/6 Mice with a Single Cryptosporidium meleagridis Oocyst (2003)

Kehe Huang, Donna E. Akiyoshi, Xiaochuan Feng, Saul Tzipori

The ability of Cryptosporidium meleagridis to produce patent infection was studied in adult C57BL/6 mice that were immunosuppressed with dexamethasone phosphate provided in the drinking water at a...

Extensive Polymorphism in Cryptosporidium parvum Identified by Multilocus Microsatellite Analysis

Feng, Xiaochuan, Rich, Stephen M., Akiyoshi, Donna, Tumwine, James K., Kekitiinwa, Addy, Nabukeera, Nicolette, ...

Restriction fragment length polymorphism and DNA sequence analysis discern two main types of Cryptosporidium parvum. We present a survey of length polymorphism at several microsatellite loci for type...

Detection and Genotyping of Oocysts of Cryptosporidium parvum by Real-Time PCR and Melting Curve Analysis

Tanrıverdi, Sultan, Tanyeli, Atila, Başlamışlı, Fikri, Köksal, Fatih, Kılınç, Yurdanur, Feng, Xiaochuan, ...

Several real-time PCR procedures for the detection and genotyping of oocysts of Cryptosporidium parvum were evaluated. A 40-cycle amplification of a 157-bp fragment from the C. parvum β-tubulin gene...

Purification of Enterocytozoon bieneusi from Stools and Production of Specific Antibodies

Sheoran, Abhineet S., Feng, Xiaochuan, Kitaka, Sabrina, Green, Linda, Pearson, Christine, Didier, Elizabeth S., ...

Enterocytozoon bieneusi is clinically the most significant of the microsporidia in humans, causing chronic diarrhea wasting and cholangitis in individuals with human immunodeficiency virus infection...

Production and Characterization of Monoclonal Antibodies against Enterocytozoon bieneusi Purified from Rhesus Macaques

Zhang, Quanshun, Singh, Inderpal, Sheoran, Abhineet, Feng, Xiaochuan, Nunnari, John, Carville, Angela, ...

Enterocytozoon bieneusi spores derived from rhesus macaque feces were purified by serial salt-Percoll-sucrose-iodixanol centrifugation, resulting in two bands with different specific densities of...

Monoclonal Antibodies against Enterocytozoon bieneusi of Human Origin

Sheoran, Abhineet S., Feng, Xiaochuan, Singh, Inderpal, Chapman-Bonofiglio, Susan, Kitaka, Sabrina, Hanawalt, Joel, ...

Enterocytozoon bieneusi is clinically the most significant among the microsporidia infecting humans, causing chronic diarrhea, wasting, and cholangitis in individuals with human immunodeficiency...

Serial Propagation of the Microsporidian Enterocytozoon bieneusi of Human Origin in Immunocompromised Rodents

Feng, Xiaochuan, Akiyoshi, Donna E., Sheoran, Abhineet, Singh, Inderpal, Hanawalt, Joel, Zhang, Quanshun, ...

Enterocytozoon bieneusi, a microsporidian, is clinically one of the most significant opportunistic causes of diarrhea and wasting associated with profound human immunodeficiencies. The lack of an...

Extensive Polymorphism in Cryptosporidium parvum Identified by Multilocus Microsatellite Analysis

Feng, Xiaochuan, Rich, Stephen M., Akiyoshi, Donna, Tumwine, James K., Kekitiinwa, Addy, Nabukeera, Nicolette, ...

Restriction fragment length polymorphism and DNA sequence analysis discern two main types of Cryptosporidium parvum. We present a survey of length polymorphism at several microsatellite loci for type...

Detection and Genotyping of Oocysts of Cryptosporidium parvum by Real-Time PCR and Melting Curve Analysis

Tanrıverdi, Sultan, Tanyeli, Atila, Başlamışlı, Fikri, Köksal, Fatih, Kılınç, Yurdanur, Feng, Xiaochuan, ...

Several real-time PCR procedures for the detection and genotyping of oocysts of Cryptosporidium parvum were evaluated. A 40-cycle amplification of a 157-bp fragment from the C. parvum β-tubulin gene...

Purification of Enterocytozoon bieneusi from Stools and Production of Specific Antibodies

Sheoran, Abhineet S., Feng, Xiaochuan, Kitaka, Sabrina, Green, Linda, Pearson, Christine, Didier, Elizabeth S., ...

Enterocytozoon bieneusi is clinically the most significant of the microsporidia in humans, causing chronic diarrhea wasting and cholangitis in individuals with human immunodeficiency virus infection...

Production and Characterization of Monoclonal Antibodies against Enterocytozoon bieneusi Purified from Rhesus Macaques

Zhang, Quanshun, Singh, Inderpal, Sheoran, Abhineet, Feng, Xiaochuan, Nunnari, John, Carville, Angela, ...

Enterocytozoon bieneusi spores derived from rhesus macaque feces were purified by serial salt-Percoll-sucrose-iodixanol centrifugation, resulting in two bands with different specific densities of...

Monoclonal Antibodies against Enterocytozoon bieneusi of Human Origin

Sheoran, Abhineet S., Feng, Xiaochuan, Singh, Inderpal, Chapman-Bonofiglio, Susan, Kitaka, Sabrina, Hanawalt, Joel, ...

Enterocytozoon bieneusi is clinically the most significant among the microsporidia infecting humans, causing chronic diarrhea, wasting, and cholangitis in individuals with human immunodeficiency...

Serial Propagation of the Microsporidian Enterocytozoon bieneusi of Human Origin in Immunocompromised Rodents

Feng, Xiaochuan, Akiyoshi, Donna E., Sheoran, Abhineet, Singh, Inderpal, Hanawalt, Joel, Zhang, Quanshun, ...

Enterocytozoon bieneusi, a microsporidian, is clinically one of the most significant opportunistic causes of diarrhea and wasting associated with profound human immunodeficiencies. The lack of an...

Protein Coding Gene Nucleotide Substitution Pattern in the Apicomplexan Protozoa Cryptosporidium parvum and Cryptosporidium hominis

Ge, Guangtao, Cowen, Lenore, Feng, Xiaochuan, Widmer, Giovanni

Cryptosporidium parvum and C. hominis are related protozoan pathogens which infect the intestinal epithelium of humans and other vertebrates. To explore the evolution of these parasites, and identify...

Genomic Survey of the Non-Cultivatable Opportunistic Human Pathogen, Enterocytozoon bieneusi

Akiyoshi, Donna E., Morrison, Hilary G., Lei, Shi, Feng, Xiaochuan, Zhang, Quanshun, Corradi, Nicolas, ...

Enterocytozoon bieneusi is the most common microsporidian associated with human disease, particularly in the immunocompromised population. In the setting of HIV infection, it is associated with...