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ArticleScientific reports2019

The transcriptome of Cryptosporidium oocysts and intracellular stages.

Lucas V S Matos, John McEvoy, Saul Tzipori, Katia D S Bresciani, Giovanni Widmer

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Article in Scientific reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Lucas V S MatosDepartment of Infectious Disease & Global Health, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, North Grafton, Massachusetts, 01536, USA.
John McEvoyDepartment of Microbiological Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6843-5551
Saul TziporiDepartment of Infectious Disease & Global Health, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, North Grafton, Massachusetts, 01536, USA.
Katia D S BrescianiUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Jaboticabal, São Paulo, Brazil.
Giovanni WidmerDepartment of Infectious Disease & Global Health, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, North Grafton, Massachusetts, 01536, USA. giovanni.widmer@tufts.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7255-3761
Tufts University · USNorth Dakota State University · USUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) · BR

Funding

The role of host glycans in Cryptosporidium developmentR15AI122152 · NIAID · NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY · PI MCEVOY, JOHN M · 2016 to 2016
$483k
Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (Division of Intramural Research of the NIAID) U19 AI09776NIAID NIH HHS R15 AI122152
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human cryptosporidiosis is caused primarily by two species of apicomplexan parasites, Cryptosporidium parvum and C. hominis. Although infection of cell monolayers with sporozoites does not support the complete parasite life cycle, the in vitro system is used to study the asexual phase of multiplication, which consists of two generations of merogony. To better understand host-parasite interaction and to gain insight into gene regulatory processes driving the complex life cycle of Cryptosporidium parasites, we analyzed the transcriptome of C. parvum in oocysts, sporozoites and infected cell monolayers 2-48 h post-infection. Analysis of RNA-Seq data from replicate oocyst, sporozoite and intracellular samples revealed significant differences between transcriptomes expressed outside and inside the host cell. Compared to the transcriptome found in the host cell, the oocyst transcriptome is less diverse. Biological processes significantly over-represented intracellularly relate to biosynthetic processes. Genes significantly overexpressed in oocysts show evidence of specialized functions not found in other Apicomplexa. A more comprehensive view of gene regulation during the Cryptosporidium life cycle will require the analysis of later time points during the infection, particularly of the poorly studied sexual phase of the life cycle.

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TranscriptomeAnimalsCattleCell LineCryptosporidiosisCryptosporidiumGene ExpressionHumansOocystsProtozoan ProteinsProtozoan Proteins

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