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ReviewTrends in parasitology2017

Translational Control in the Latency of Apicomplexan Parasites.

Michael J Holmes, Leonardo da Silva Augusto, Min Zhang, Ronald C Wek, William J Sullivan

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Review in Trends in parasitology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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31citing papers in PubMed
5.4field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed, 53 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Degradation of ribosomal RNA duringbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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  8. Proteomics Applications inPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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  10. Molecular therapy. Methods & clinical development · 2022
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  12. The determinants regulatingFrontiers in microbiology · 2022
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  18. The state of latency in microbial pathogenesis.The Journal of clinical investigation · 2020
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  19. Mastering Toxoplasma sex and sleep.Nature microbiology · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Michael J HolmesDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA; Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
Leonardo da Silva AugustoDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA; Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
Min ZhangDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA; Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
Ronald C WekDepartment of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
William J SullivanDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA; Departments of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA. Electronic address: wjsulliv@iu.edu.
Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis · USIndiana University School of Medicine

Funding

Translational control during stage conversion of Toxoplasma, an opportunistic infection of HIV/AIDSR01AI124723 · NIAID · INDIANA UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS · PI SULLIVAN, WILLIAM J, WEK, RONALD C · 2016 to 2020
$2.0M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI124723
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Apicomplexan parasites Toxoplasma gondii and Plasmodium spp. use latent stages to persist in the host, facilitate transmission, and thwart treatment of infected patients. Therefore, it is important to understand the processes driving parasite differentiation to and from quiescent stages. Here, we discuss how a family of protein kinases that phosphorylate the eukaryotic initiation factor-2 (eIF2) function in translational control and drive differentiation. This translational control culminates in reprogramming of the transcriptome to facilitate parasite transition towards latency. We also discuss how eIF2 phosphorylation contributes to the maintenance of latency and provides a crucial role in the timing of reactivation of latent parasites towards proliferative stages.

Indexed as

TranscriptomeApicomplexaEukaryotic Initiation Factor-2Host-Parasite InteractionsHumansLife Cycle StagesPhosphorylationProtozoan ProteinsEukaryotic Initiation Factor-2Protozoan ProteinseIF2latencyPlasmodiumToxoplasmatranslational control

Identifiers

PMID28942109
PMCPMC5705472
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Registered trials

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