Differential responses of epithelial cells from urinary and biliary tract to eggs of Schistosoma haematobium and S. mansoni
Nacif-Pimenta R, da Silva Orfanó A, Mosley IA, Karinshak SE, Ishida K, Mann VH, Coelho PMZ, da Costa JMC, Hsieh MH, Brindley PJ, Rinaldi G. Differential responses of epithelial cells from urinary and biliary tract to eggs of Schistosoma haematobium and S. mansoni. Scientific Reports 2019, 9: 10731. PMID: 31341177, PMCID: PMC6656753, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-46917-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSchistosome eggsEpithelial cellsS. haematobiumS. mansoniUrothelial cellsS. mansoni eggsS. haematobium eggsSquamous cell carcinomaCell proliferative responsesGroup 1 carcinogenHepatointestinal schistosomiasisPeriportal fibrosisBiliary tractMansoni eggsCell carcinomaChronic infectionUrogenital schistosomiasisEstrogen receptorProliferative responseDefinitive causeSchistosoma haematobiumNormal urotheliumHuman epithelial cellsMesenchymal transitionS. japonicumVertical Transmission of Zika Virus (Flaviviridae, Flavivirus) in Amazonian Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) Delays Egg Hatching and Larval Development of Progeny
Chaves BA, Vieira A, Silveira KRD, da Costa Paz A, da Costa Vaz E, Araujo RGP, Rodrigues NB, Campolina TB, da Silva Orfano A, Nacif-Pimenta R, Villegas LEM, de Melo F, de Mello Silva B, Monteiro WM, Guerra M, de Lacerda M, Norris DE, Secundino NFC, Pimenta PFP. Vertical Transmission of Zika Virus (Flaviviridae, Flavivirus) in Amazonian Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) Delays Egg Hatching and Larval Development of Progeny. Journal Of Medical Entomology 2019, 56: 1739-1744. PMID: 31278737, PMCID: PMC6821368, DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjz110.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsZika virusQuantitative polymerase chain reactionEffects of ZIKVZIKV-infected mosquitoesVirus-free colonyZIKV infectionPolymerase chain reactionVirus exposureZIKV transmissionOral infectionZIKV strainsInfectious bloodmealAedes aegyptiControl mosquitoesC6/36 cellsVertical transmissionChain reactionVirusViable virusInfected eggsImportant arbovirusesInfectionEpidemiological roleMosquitoesVT