Wolbachia filarial interactions: Wolbachia filarial cellular and molecular interactions

Widespread Lateral Gene Transfer from Intracellular Bacteria to Multicellular Eukaryotes

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Lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis

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The Wolbachia genome of Brugia malayi: Endosymbiont evolution within a human pathogenic \nnematode

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Draft Genome of the Filarial Nematode Parasite Brugia malayi

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Phylogeny of Wolbachia in filarial nematodes

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Wolbachia.Bacterial Endosymbionts of Filarial Nematodes

Taylor, M. J., Bandi, C., & Hoerauf, A. M. (2005) · Advances in Parasitology/Advances in parasitology · doi:10.1016/s0065-308x(05)60004-8 · Cited by 425 · see citing works

Macrofilaricidal activity after doxycycline treatment of Wuchereria bancrofti: a double-blind, randomised placebo-controlled trial

Taylor, M. J., Makunde, W. H., McGarry, H. F., Turner, J. D., Mand, S., & Hoerauf, A. M. (2005) · The Lancet · doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(05)66591-9 · Cited by 289 · see citing works

Wolbachia endobacteria depletion by doxycycline as antifilarial therapy has macrofilaricidal activity in onchocerciasis: a randomized placebo-controlled study

Hoerauf, A. M., Specht, S., Büttner, M., Pfarr, K. M., Mand, S., Fimmers, R., Marfo‐Debrekyei, Y., Konadu, P., Debrah, A. Y., Bandi, C., et al. (2007) · Medical Microbiology and Immunology · doi:10.1007/s00430-007-0062-1 · Cited by 249 · see citing works

Doxycycline Reduces Plasma VEGF-C/sVEGFR-3 and Improves Pathology in Lymphatic Filariasis

Debrah, A. Y., Mand, S., Specht, S., Marfo‐Debrekyei, Y., Debrah, L. B., Pfarr, K. M., Larbi, J. A., Lawson, B., Taylor, M. J., Adjei, O., et al. (2006) · PLoS Pathogens · doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.0020092 · Cited by 203 · see citing works

Analysis of gene expression from theWolbachiagenome of a filarial nematode supports both metabolic and defensive roles within the symbiosisPreprint

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New Insights into the Evolution of Wolbachia Infections in Filarial Nematodes Inferred from a Large Range of Screened Species

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The Wolbachia endosymbiont as an anti-filarial nematode target

Slatko, B. E., Taylor, M. J., & Foster, J. M. (2010) · Symbiosis · doi:10.1007/s13199-010-0067-1 · Cited by 179 · see citing works

Macrofilaricidal Activity after Doxycycline Only Treatment of Onchocerca volvulus in an Area of Loa loa Co-Endemicity: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Turner, J. D., Tendongfor, N., Esum, M. E., Johnston, K. L., Langley, R. S., Ford, L., Faragher, B. E., Specht, S., Mand, S., Hoerauf, A. M., et al. (2010) · PLoS neglected tropical diseases · doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0000660 · Cited by 155 · see citing works

Population dynamics of Wolbachia bacterial endosymbionts in Brugia malayi

McGarry, H. F., Egerton, G. L., & Taylor, M. J. (2004) · Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology · doi:10.1016/j.molbiopara.2004.01.006 · Cited by 149 · see citing works

Wolbachia Lipoprotein Stimulates Innate and Adaptive Immunity through Toll-like Receptors 2 and 6 to Induce Disease Manifestations of Filariasis

Turner, J. D., Langley, R. S., Johnston, K. L., Gentil, K., Ford, L., Wu, B., Graham, M., Sharpley, F., Slatko, B., Pearlman, E., et al. (2009) · Journal of Biological Chemistry · doi:10.1074/jbc.m901528200 · Cited by 139 · see citing works

Anti-filarial Activity of Antibiotic Therapy Is Due to Extensive Apoptosis after Wolbachia Depletion from Filarial Nematodes

Landmann, F., Voronin, D., Sullivan, W., & Taylor, M. J. (2011) · PLoS Pathogens · doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1002351 · Cited by 134 · see citing works

Autophagy regulates Wolbachia populations across diverse symbiotic associations

Voronin, D., Cook, D. A. N., Steven, A., & Taylor, M. J. (2012) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.1203519109 · Cited by 133 · see citing works

Computational prediction of essential genes in an unculturable endosymbiotic bacterium, Wolbachia of Brugia malayi

Holman, A. G., Davis, P. J., Foster, J. M., et al. (2009) · BMC Microbiology · doi:10.1186/1471-2180-9-243 · Cited by 131 · see citing works

Transovarially-Transmitted Intracellular Microorganisms in Adult and Larval Stages of Brugia malayi

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Endosymbiont DNA in Endobacteria-Free Filarial Nematodes Indicates Ancient Horizontal Genetic Transfer

McNulty, S. N., Foster, J. M., Mitreva, M., Hotopp, J. C. D., Martin, J. C., Fischer, K., Wu, B., Davis, P. J., Kumar, S., Brattig, N. W., et al. (2010) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0011029 · Cited by 121 · see citing works

Macrofilaricidal effect of 4 weeks of treatment with doxycycline on Wuchereria bancrofti

Debrah, A. Y., Mand, S., Marfo‐Debrekyei, Y., Debrah, L. B., Pfarr, K. M., Büttner, M., Adjei, O., Büttner, D. W., & Hoerauf, A. M. (2007) · Tropical Medicine & International Health · doi:10.1111/j.1365-3156.2007.01949.x · Cited by 111 · see citing works

A new approach to the treatment of filariasis

Taylor, M. J., & Hoerauf, A. M. (2001) · Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases · doi:10.1097/00001432-200112000-00011 · Cited by 110 · see citing works

16S rDNA Phylogeny and Ultrastructural Characterization ofWolbachiaIntracellular Bacteria of the Filarial NematodesBrugia malayi,B. pahangi, andWuchereria bancrofti

Taylor, M. J., Bilo, K., Cross, H. F., Archer, J. P., & Underwood, A. P. (1999) · Experimental Parasitology · doi:10.1006/expr.1998.4383 · Cited by 106 · see citing works

Efficacy of 5-week doxycycline treatment on adult Onchocerca volvulus

Hoerauf, A. M., Specht, S., Marfo‐Debrekyei, Y., Büttner, M., Debrah, A. Y., Mand, S., Debrah, L. B., Brattig, N. W., Konadu, P., Bandi, C., et al. (2008) · Parasitology Research · doi:10.1007/s00436-008-1217-8 · Cited by 101 · see citing works

Doxycycline Treatment of Brugia malayi –Infected Persons Reduces Microfilaremia and Adverse Reactions after Diethylcarbamazine and Albendazole Treatment

Supali, T., Djuardi, Y., Pfarr, K. M., Wibowo, H., Taylor, M. J., Hoerauf, A. M., Houwing‐Duistermaat, J. J., Yazdanbakhsh, M., & Sartono, E. (2008) · Clinical Infectious Diseases · doi:10.1086/586753 · Cited by 99 · see citing works

Asymmetric Wolbachia Segregation during Early Brugia malayi Embryogenesis Determines Its Distribution in Adult Host Tissues

Landmann, F., Foster, J. M., Slatko, B. E., & Sullivan, W. (2010) · PLoS neglected tropical diseases · doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0000758 · Cited by 95 · see citing works

Tissue and Stage-Specific Distribution of Wolbachia in Brugia malayi

Fischer, K., Beatty, W. L., Jiang, D., Weil, G. J., & Fischer, P. (2011) · PLoS neglected tropical diseases · doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0001174 · Cited by 84 · see citing works

Wolbachia Endosymbiotic Bacteria of Brugia malayi Mediate Macrophage Tolerance to TLR- and CD40-Specific Stimuli in a MyD88/TLR2-Dependent Manner

Turner, J. D., Langley, R. S., Johnston, K. L., Egerton, G., Wanji, S., & Taylor, M. J. (2006) · The Journal of Immunology · doi:10.4049/jimmunol.177.2.1240 · Cited by 83 · see citing works

Both asymmetric mitotic segregation and cell-to-cell invasion are required for stable germline transmission of Wolbachia in filarial nematodes

Landmann, F., Bain, O., Martin, C., Uni, S., Taylor, M. J., & Sullivan, W. (2012) · Biology Open · doi:10.1242/bio.2012737 · Cited by 81 · see citing works

Functional conservation of the lipid II biosynthesis pathway in the cell wall‐less bacteria Chlamydia and Wolbachia: why is lipid II needed?

Henrichfreise, B., Schiefer, A., Schneider, T., Nzukou, E., Poellinger, C., Hoffmann, T., Johnston, K. L., Mölleken, K., Wiedemann, I., Pfarr, K. M., et al. (2009) · Molecular Microbiology · doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.06815.x · Cited by 76 · see citing works

Macrofilaricidal Activity and Amelioration of Lymphatic Pathology in Bancroftian Filariasis after 3 Weeks of Doxycycline Followed by Single-Dose Diethylcarbamazine

Mand, S., Pfarr, K. M., Sahoo, P. K., Satapathy, A. K., Specht, S., Klarmann‐Schulz, U., Debrah, A. Y., Ravindran, B., & Hoerauf, A. M. (2009) · American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · doi:10.4269/ajtmh.2009.09-0155 · Cited by 75 · see citing works

Quantification of Wolbachia bacteria in Brugia malayi through the nematode lifecycle

Fenn, K., & Blaxter, M. (2004) · Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology · doi:10.1016/j.molbiopara.2004.06.012 · Cited by 56 · see citing works

Lipoprotein biosynthesis as a target for anti-Wolbachia treatment of filarial nematodes

Johnston, K. L., Wu, B., Guimaraes, A. F., Ford, L., Slatko, B. E., & Taylor, M. J. (2010) · Parasites & Vectors · doi:10.1186/1756-3305-3-99 · Cited by 54 · see citing works

Mitochondrial genes for heme-dependent respiratory chain complexes are up-regulated after depletion of Wolbachia from filarial nematodes

Strübing, U., Lucius, R., Hoerauf, A. M., & Pfarr, K. M. (2010) · International Journal for Parasitology · doi:10.1016/j.ijpara.2010.03.004 · Cited by 47 · see citing works

Brugia malayi Gene Expression in Response to the Targeting of the Wolbachia Endosymbiont by Tetracycline Treatment

Ghedin, E., Hailemariam, T. K., DePasse, J. V., Zhang, X., Oksov, Y., Unnasch, T. R., & Lustigman, S. (2009) · PLoS neglected tropical diseases · doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0000525 · Cited by 43 · see citing works

Retarded Onchocerca volvulus L1 to L3 larval development in the Simulium damnosum vector after anti-wolbachial treatment of the human host

Albers, A., Esum, M. E., Tendongfor, N., Enyong, P., Klarmann‐Schulz, U., Wanji, S., Hoerauf, A. M., & Pfarr, K. M. (2012) · Parasites & Vectors · doi:10.1186/1756-3305-5-12 · Cited by 42 · see citing works

Effects of Doxycycline on gene expression in Wolbachia and Brugia malayi adult female worms in vivo

Rao, R. U., Huang, Y., Abubucker, S., et al. (2012) · Journal of Biomedical Science · doi:10.1186/1423-0127-19-21 · Cited by 28 · see citing works

Differential display of genes expressed in the filarial nematode Litomosoides sigmodontis reveals a putative phosphate permease up-regulated after depletion of Wolbachia endobacteria

Heider, U., Blaxter, M., Hoerauf, A. M., & Pfarr, K. M. (2006) · International Journal of Medical Microbiology · doi:10.1016/j.ijmm.2005.12.019 · Cited by 19 · see citing works

The mitochondrial heat shock protein 60 (HSP60) is up-regulated inOnchocerca volvulusafter the depletion ofWolbachia

Pfarr, K. M., HEIDER, U., Schmetz, C., Büttner, D. W., & Hoerauf, A. M. (2008) · Parasitology · doi:10.1017/s003118200700409x · Cited by 14 · see citing works

Wolbachia Bacterial Endosymbionts

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Analysis of transcriptional regulation of tetracycline responsive genes in Brugia malayi

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Drugs and Targets to Perturb the Symbiosis of Wolbachia and Filarial Nematodes

Taylor, M. J., Ford, L., Hoerauf, A. M., Pfarr, K. M., Foster, J. M., Kumar, S., & Slatko, B. E. (2012) · doi:10.1002/9783527652969.ch15 · Cited by 4 · see citing works

<i>Dirofilaria</i> and <i>Wolbachia</i> in mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in central European Russia and on the Black Sea coast

Shaikevich, E., Bogacheva, A., & Ganushkina, L. (2019) · Parasite · doi:10.1051/parasite/2019002 · Cited by 47 · see citing works

Seroepidemiological survey of human exposure to Dirofilaria spp. in Romania and Moldova

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Detection of Wolbachia in Dirofilaria infected dogs in Portugal

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Unraveling cross-reactivity of anti-glycan IgG responses in filarial nematode infections

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Rapid Detection and Identification of Brugia malayi , B. pahangi , and Dirofilaria immitis by High-Resolution Melting Assay

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Comparative Analysis of Glycosylated and Nonglycosylated Filarial Homologues of the 20-Kilodalton Retinol Binding Protein fromOnchocerca volvulus(Ov20)

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Karyotypes of Brugia pahangi and Brugia malayi (Nematoda: Filarioidea)

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Secondary transmissions of filariasis caused by nonperiodic form of Brugia malayi among indigenous Dayak people in East Kalimantan

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