Alex Loukas
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Lennox-Bulow D, Seymour J, Loukas A, Smout M
Toxins (Basel)
. 2025 Feb;
17(2).
PMID: 39998083
Parasitic gastrointestinal worms (i.e., helminths) remain a significant global health and economic burden. The increasing inefficacy of current anthelmintic drugs against parasitic diseases necessitates the discovery of novel therapeutic options....
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Luzon-Garcia M, Navarro L, Rodriguez E, Soriano-Perez M, Vazquez-Villegas J, Cabeza-Barrera M, et al.
Parasitology
. 2025 Jan;
1-10.
PMID: 39838901
Different agencies have emphasized the need to evaluate current serological methods for screening patients with suspected urogenital schistosomiasis. However, there is still a lack of evidence regarding the most appropriate...
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Wong Y, Rosa B, Becker L, Camberis M, LeGros G, Zhan B, et al.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis
. 2025 Jan;
19(1):e0012780.
PMID: 39832284
More than 470 million people globally are infected with the hookworms Ancylostoma ceylanicum and Necator americanus, resulting in an annual loss of 2.1 to 4 million disability-adjusted-life-years. Current infection management...
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Lennox-Bulow D, Becker L, Loukas A, Seymour J, Smout M
Front Parasitol
. 2025 Jan;
2():1189872.
PMID: 39816842
Parasitic worms (helminths) infect almost all taxa across the animal kingdom, and pose significant challenges to public health and economies, particularly in developing countries. To address this problem, researchers have...
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Wong Y, Pearson M, Fedorova O, Ivanov V, Khmelevskaya E, Tedla B, et al.
Front Parasitol
. 2025 Jan;
2():1195457.
PMID: 39816815
Introduction: , , and are the most medically important species of fish-borne zoonotic trematodes. is endemic to the river plains of Western Siberia and Eastern Europe, and it is estimated...
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Kenney E, Mann V, Ittiprasert W, Rosa B, Mitreva M, Bracken B, et al.
Front Parasitol
. 2025 Jan;
1():950744.
PMID: 39816473
Intricate molecular communication between schistosome flatworms and their mammalian host, as well as between paired male and female schistosomes has shaped the secreted proteome of these flatworms. Whereas the schistosome...
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Yeshi K, Ruscher R, Loukas A, Wangchuk P
Front Parasitol
. 2025 Jan;
1():984152.
PMID: 39816468
Parasitic helminths secrete and excrete a vast array of molecules known to help skew or suppress the host's immune response, thereby establishing a niche for sustained parasite maintenance. Indeed, the...
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Borup A, Sharifpour M, Rossen L, Whitehead B, Boysen A, Olesen R, et al.
J Extracell Vesicles
. 2025 Jan;
14(1):e70027.
PMID: 39815783
Parasitic helminths secrete extracellular vesicles (EVs) into their host tissues to modulate immune responses, but the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. We demonstrate that Ascaris EVs are efficiently internalised by...
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Sharifpour M, Sikder S, Wong Y, Koifman N, Thomas T, Courtney R, et al.
J Extracell Biol
. 2024 Dec;
3(12):e70025.
PMID: 39676887
Spirulina is an edible cyanobacterium that increasingly gaining recognition for it untapped potential in the biomanufacturing of pharmaceuticals. Despite the rapidly accumulating information on extracellular vesicles (EVs) from most other...