Taenia solium neurocysticercosis (NCC) is endemic in most of the world and contributes
significantly to the burden of epilepsy and other neurological morbidity. Also present in …

The sex of a host affects the intensity, prevalence, and severity of helminth infection. In many
cases, one sex has been found to be more susceptible than the other, with the prevalence …

Trichinella spiralis (T. spiralis), a nematode parasite, is the major cause of Trichinellosis, a
zoonotic disease. A key role of MAPR in the reproductive system is to maintain pregnancy …

We previously reported that the Trichinella nematode showed higher parasite loads in one
gender than another, but also the parasite molting rate decreased when it was cultivated in …

Trichinellosis is a foodborne zoonotic disease caused by Trichinella spp., including
Trichinella spiralis. In the present study, T. spiralis membrane-associated progesterone …

Infection with the protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica is much more likely to cause
severe, focal liver damage in males than females, although the infection rate is the same in …

Background: Hormone receptors exert their function through binding with their ligands,
which results in cellular signaling activation mediated by genomic or non-genomic …

Thanks to the increasing availability of the parasitic Platyhelminthes genomes in recent
years, several studies have been directed to the identification of the nuclear receptors set …

Androgens have been shown to exert a cysticidal effect upon Taenia crassiceps, an
experimental model of cysticercosis. To further inquire into this matter, the Taenia crassiceps …

Parasitic infection research, performed on both humans and domestic animals, has been
mostly focused on vaccines, diagnostic methods, epidemiology, and the evolutionary origins …