The myriad roles of cyclic AMP in microbial pathogens: from signal to sword

KA McDonough, A Rodriguez - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2012 - nature.com
All organisms must sense and respond to their external environments, and this signal
transduction often involves second messengers such as cyclic nucleotides. One such …

[HTML][HTML] A scoping review of intermittent fasting, chronobiology, and metabolism

HO Santos, R Genario, GM Tinsley, P Ribeiro… - The American journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Chronobiology plays a crucial role in modulating many physiologic systems in which there is
nutritional synergism with meal timing. Given that intermittent fasting (IF) has grown as a …

Translocation of sickle cell erythrocyte microRNAs into Plasmodium falciparum inhibits parasite translation and contributes to malaria resistance

G LaMonte, N Philip, J Reardon, JR Lacsina… - Cell host & …, 2012 - cell.com
Erythrocytes carrying a variant hemoglobin allele (HbS), which causes sickle cell disease
and resists infection by the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. The molecular basis of …

PfCDPK1 mediated signaling in erythrocytic stages of Plasmodium falciparum

S Kumar, M Kumar, R Ekka, JD Dvorin, AS Paul… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Abstract Calcium Dependent Protein Kinases are key effectors of calcium signaling in
malaria parasite. PfCDPK1 is critical for asexual development of Plasmodium falciparum, but …

Targeting malaria parasite invasion of red blood cells as an antimalarial strategy

AL Burns, MG Dans, JM Balbin… - FEMS microbiology …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Plasmodium spp. parasites that cause malaria disease remain a significant global-health
burden. With the spread of parasites resistant to artemisinin combination therapies in …

Cyclic AMP signalling controls key components of malaria parasite host cell invasion machinery

A Patel, AJ Perrin, HR Flynn, C Bisson… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Cyclic AMP (cAMP) is an important signalling molecule across evolution, but its role in
malaria parasites is poorly understood. We have investigated the role of cAMP in asexual …

Protein kinases of malaria parasites: an update

C Doerig, O Billker, T Haystead, P Sharma… - Trends in …, 2008 - cell.com
Protein kinases (PKs) play crucial roles in the control of proliferation and differentiation in
eukaryotic cells. Research on protein phosphorylation has expanded tremendously in the …

Host and symbiont cell cycle coordination is mediated by symbiotic state, nutrition, and partner identity in a model cnidarian-dinoflagellate symbiosis

TR Tivey, JE Parkinson, VM Weis - MBio, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
The cell cycle is a critical component of cellular proliferation, differentiation, and response to
stress, yet its role in the regulation of intracellular symbioses is not well understood. To …

Protein kinase a dependent phosphorylation of apical membrane antigen 1 plays an important role in erythrocyte invasion by the malaria parasite

K Leykauf, M Treeck, PR Gilson, T Nebl… - PLoS …, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Apicomplexan parasites are obligate intracellular parasites that infect a variety of hosts,
causing significant diseases in livestock and humans. The invasive forms of the parasites …

Functional analysis of the leading malaria vaccine candidate AMA-1 reveals an essential role for the cytoplasmic domain in the invasion process

M Treeck, S Zacherl, S Herrmann, A Cabrera… - PLoS …, 2009 - journals.plos.org
A key process in the lifecycle of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum is the fast
invasion of human erythrocytes. Entry into the host cell requires the apical membrane …