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ReviewCellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS2018

A latent ability to persist: differentiation in Toxoplasma gondii.

Victoria Jeffers, Zoi Tampaki, Kami Kim, William J Sullivan

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Review in Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 86 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

86 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Victoria JeffersDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA. jeffersv@iu.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1233-1088
Zoi TampakiDepartments of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology, and Pathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, 10461, USA.
Kami KimDepartments of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology, and Pathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, 10461, USA.
William J SullivanDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA.

Funding

A Systems Biology Approach to the Model Apicomplexan Toxoplasma gondiiRC4AI092801 · NIAID · ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI KIM, KAMI, SULLIVAN, WILLIAM J · 2010 to 2010
$5.6M
Toxoplasma Epigenomics and Gene ExpressionR01AI087625 · NIAID · ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, INC · PI KIM, KAMI · 2010 to 2014
$3.5M
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
The GCN5b acetylation complex in the AIDS pathogen ToxoplasmaR01AI116496 · NIAID · INDIANA UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS · PI SULLIVAN, WILLIAM J · 2015 to 2019
$1.9M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI087625NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI116496NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI124723NIAID NIH HHS RC4 AI092801NIH HHS AI087625NIH HHS AI092801NIH HHS AI116496NIH HHS AI124723
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A critical factor in the transmission and pathogenesis of Toxoplasma gondii is the ability to convert from an acute disease-causing, proliferative stage (tachyzoite), to a chronic, dormant stage (bradyzoite). The conversion of the tachyzoite-containing parasitophorous vacuole membrane into the less permeable bradyzoite cyst wall allows the parasite to persist for years within the host to maximize transmissibility to both primary (felids) and secondary (virtually all other warm-blooded vertebrates) hosts. This review presents our current understanding of the latent stage, including the factors that are important in bradyzoite induction and maintenance. Also discussed are the recent studies that have begun to unravel the mechanisms behind stage switching.

Indexed as

AnimalsCell DifferentiationHost-Parasite InteractionsHumansToxoplasmaToxoplasmosisBradyzoiteDifferentiationEncystationEpigeneticsGene regulationImmunityLatencyTachyzoiteToxoplasmaToxoplasmosis

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PMID29602951
PMCPMC5988958

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