Eimeria vermiformis Infection Model of Murine Small Intestine
[Abstract] Eimeria vermiformis is a tissue specific, intracellular protozoan that infects the murine small intestinal epithelia, which has been widely used as a coccidian model to study mucosal immunology. This mouse infection model is valuable to investigate the mechanisms of host protection against primary and secondary infection in the small ...
Analysis of DNA Exchange Using Thymidine Analogs (ADExTA) in Trypanosoma cruzi
[Abstract] Trypanosoma cruzi is a protozoan parasite belonging to the Trypanosomatidae family. Although the trypanosomatids multiply predominantly by clonal generation, the presence of DNA exchange in some of them has been puzzling researchers over the years, mainly because it may represent a novel form that these organisms use to gain variability. ...
Long-term in vitro Culture of Cryptosporidium parvum
Authors: Nigel Yarlett and
Mary Morada,
date: 08/05/2018,
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[Abstract] Continuous in vitro growth of Cryptosporidium parvum has proved difficult and conventional in vitro culture techniques result in short-term (2-5 days) growth of the parasite resulting in thin-walled oocysts that fail to propagate using in vitro cultures, and do not produce an active infection using ...
Drosophila Model of Leishmania amazonensis Infection
Authors: Kendi Okuda and
Neal Silverman,
date: 12/05/2017,
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[Abstract] This protocol describes how to generate and harvest antibody-free L. amazonensis amastigotes, and how to infect adult Drosophila melanogaster with these parasites. This model recapitulates key aspects of the interactions between Leishmania amastigotes and animal phagocytes.
Liposome Disruption Assay to Examine Lytic Properties of Biomolecules
[Abstract] Proteins may have three dimensional structural or amino acid features that suggest a role in targeting and disrupting lipids within cell membranes. It is often necessary to experimentally investigate if these proteins and biomolecules are able to disrupt membranes in order to conclusively characterize the function of these biomolecules. Here, we ...
Plasmodium Sporozoite Motility on Flat Substrates
[Abstract] Plasmodium sporozoites are the infectious, highly motile forms of the malaria parasite transmitted by Anopheles mosquitoes. Sporozoite motility can be assessed following the dissection of Anopheles salivary glands and isolation of sporozoites in vitro.