Oxidative Stress in Parasites

• Other Authors: Ankri, Serge (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: Medicine; Epidemiology & medical statistics; Entamoeba histolytica; neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs); neutrophils; reactive oxygen species (ROS); myeloperoxidase; auranofin; drug resistance; transcriptomics; redoxomics; thioredoxin reductase; chronic Chagas disease; Trypanosoma cruzi; antioxidant; immunomodulation; immunohistochemistry; essential oils; Lippia alba; limonene; caryophyllene oxide; ROS; antimalarials; Plasmodium falciparum; malaria and oxidative stress; Leishmania braziliensis; nitric oxide resistance; American Tegumentary Leishmaniasis (ATL); nitrosative stress; reactive oxygen species; reactive nitrogen species; quantitative proteomics; FASP; mass spectrometry; glycolysis; glutathione metabolism; Lactobacillus acidophilus; probiotic; cysteine proteases; platyhelminthes; Cestoda; oxygen tension; anaerobic metabolism; tegument; mitochondria; ticks; mosquitoes; oxidative stress; microbiome; acaricide; insecticide resistance; antioxidants; excretory-secretory products; helminth; immune defence; oxidative burst; ruminants; trematode; parasite; worm; trypanosomatids; growth and differentiation; parasite oxidative stress; mitochondrial function; ATP synthesis; parasite lipid content; n/a
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Parasitic infections pose a significant public health challenge, particularly in developing countries, and can lead to long-term illness, disability, and even death. This reprint focuses on parasitic diseases and how parasites respond to the oxidative and nitrosative stress generated by the host...