ReviewSexually transmitted infections2013
Trichomonas vaginalis virulence factors: an integrative overview.
Review in Sexually transmitted infections, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.
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- Impact of pH andProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026Article
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- Trichomonas vaginalis Drug Targets and Their Role in Drug Discovery and Development.Pharmaceutical research · 2026Review
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- Recent Advances in Biology, Host and Microbe Interactions of the Human Sexually Transmitted ParasiteInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- An Evolutionarily Conserved Laterally Acquired Toolkit Enables Microbiota Targeting by Trichomonas.Molecular biology and evolution · 2025Article
- Presence of Protozoan Viruses in Vaginal Samples from Pregnant Women and Their Association with Trichomoniasis.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Comparative genomics betweenFrontiers in microbiology · 2024Article
- Genetic Variability of the Internal Transcribed Spacer and Pyruvate:Ferredoxin Oxidoreductase Partial Gene ofMicroorganisms · 2023Article
- In-depth comparative analysis of Tritrichomonas foetus transcriptomics reveals novel genes linked with adaptation to feline host.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Different Drugs, Same End: Ultrastructural Hallmarks of Autophagy in Pathogenic Protozoa.Frontiers in microbiology · 2022Review
- SARS-CoV-2 and superimposed infection by trichomonads.The Journal of infection · 2021Article
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- Molecular Targets Implicated in the Antiparasitic and Anti-Inflammatory Activity of the Phytochemical Curcumin in Trichomoniasis.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Adenine DNA methylation, 3D genome organization, and gene expression in the parasiteProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2020Article
- Characterization of the BspA and Pmp protein family of trichomonads.Parasites & vectors · 2019Article
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- Demonstration and Characterization of Cyst-Like Structures in the Life Cycle ofFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2019Article
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- Proteomic profile approach of effect of putrescine depletion over Trichomonas vaginalis.Parasitology research · 2018Article
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Abstract
The elusive nature of Trichomonas vaginalis, the most common, non-viral, sexually transmitted pathogen has hampered our knowledge of its significance for human health for over 150 years. The combination of epidemiology, molecular cell biology, immunology and more recently genomics and other allied omics data, are all contributing at shedding new light onto what is increasingly recognised as a significant human pathogen leading to important health sequelae due to multifaceted interactions with its human host, the human microbiota, bacterial pathogens and viruses. The integrations of these various data are contributing in important ways to refining our understanding of the parasite pathobiology and virulent factors. Indeed, it is increasingly recognised that to rationalise the development of effective prophylactic and therapeutic treatments for human pathogens it is important to integrate the broadest possible spectrum of human-microbial-parasite-virus interactions in relation to qualitative and quantitative variations in the human innate and adaptive defence responses. This short review aims at providing an integrative overview of T vaginalis virulent factors by taking into account the importance of the human-microbiota-parasite-virus interplay in human health. It also highlights selected cellular characteristics of the parasite often overlooked in the biological and medical literature.
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