A Loukas
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Recent Articles
1.
Quinzo M, Perteguer M, Brindley P, Loukas A, Sotillo J
Parasit Vectors
. 2022 Mar;
15(1):110.
PMID: 35346328
Helminth infections impact the health of hundreds of millions of persons globally and also cause important economic losses in livestock farming. Methodological limitations as well as the low attention given...
2.
Harrell M, Weaver S, Loukas A, Creamer M, Marti C, Jackson C, et al.
Prev Med Rep
. 2016 Nov;
5:33-40.
PMID: 27896041
The purpose of this study is to investigate how the use of flavored e-cigarettes varies between youth (12-17 years old), young adults (18-29 years old), and older adults (30 +...
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Shepherd C, Navarro S, Wangchuk P, Wilson D, Daly N, Loukas A
Parasite Immunol
. 2015 Apr;
37(6):293-303.
PMID: 25854639
Immunomodulatory components of helminths offer great promise as an entirely new class of biologics for the treatment of inflammatory diseases. Here, we discuss the emerging themes in helminth-driven immunomodulation in...
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Papatpremsiri A, Junpue P, Loukas A, Brindley P, Bethony J, Sripa B, et al.
J Helminthol
. 2014 Oct;
90(1):39-47.
PMID: 25315797
Here we report findings to optimize and standardize conditions to attenuate metacercariae of Opisthorchis viverrini by ionizing radiation to elicit protective immune responses to challenge infection. Metacercariae were gamma-irradiated and...
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Pinheiro C, Ribeiro A, Cardoso F, Martins V, Figueiredo B, Assis N, et al.
Parasite Immunol
. 2014 Apr;
36(7):303-12.
PMID: 24749785
Schistosoma mansoni is a blood fluke parasite responsible for schistosomiasis. The best long-term strategy to control schistosomiasis is through immunization combined with drug treatment. In this study, we cloned, expressed...
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McSorley H, Loukas A
Parasite Immunol
. 2010 Jul;
32(8):549-59.
PMID: 20626810
Hookworms are one of the most prevalent parasites of humans in developing countries, but we know relatively little about the immune response generated to hookworm infection. This can be attributed...
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Pinheiro C, Staub O, Mulvenna J, Loukas A, Jones M, Rabelo E
Mol Biochem Parasitol
. 2009 May;
165(2):95-102.
PMID: 19428656
Members of the leucine-rich repeat protein family are involved in diverse functions including protein phosphatase 2-inhibition, cell cycle regulation, gene regulation and signalling pathways. A novel Schistosoma mansoni gene, called...
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Cantacessi C, Campbell B, Visser A, Geldhof P, Nolan M, Nisbet A, et al.
Biotechnol Adv
. 2009 Feb;
27(4):376-88.
PMID: 19239923
A wide range of proteins belonging to the SCP/TAPS "family" has been described for various eukaryotic organisms, including plants and animals (vertebrates and invertebrates, such as helminths). Although SCP/TAPS proteins...
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Cantacessi C, Loukas A, Campbell B, Mulvenna J, Ong E, Zhong W, et al.
Mol Cell Probes
. 2008 Nov;
23(1):1-9.
PMID: 18977290
In this study, we identified, using an established oligonucleotide microarray platform for the parasitic nematode Haemonchus contortus, transcripts that are 'conserved' between serum-activated and non-activated L3s of Ancylostoma caninum (aL3...
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Campbell B, Nisbet A, Mulvenna J, Loukas A, Gasser R
Gene
. 2008 Aug;
424(1-2):121-9.
PMID: 18718861
Although cytochrome c genes (cyt c) and proteins (CYT C) have been relatively well studied in mammals, very little is known about them in parasitic helminths. In the present study,...