Paola Pepe, Elena Ciccone, Nunzio Antonio Cacciola, Chiara Bazzocchi, Laura Rinaldi
{"title":"Unlocking the potential of miRNAs in cystic echinococcosis.","authors":"Paola Pepe, Elena Ciccone, Nunzio Antonio Cacciola, Chiara Bazzocchi, Laura Rinaldi","doi":"10.1016/j.pt.2025.06.004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2025.06.004","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This review explores the potential of microRNAs (miRNAs) as diagnostic and therapeutic targets to enhance control programs for cystic echinococcosis (CE), a zoonotic parasitic disease posing significant threats to global human and animal health. Scientific evidence has demonstrated that Echinococcus-derived miRNAs are present in the biofluids of infected hosts, underscoring their potential for CE diagnosis. Additionally, specific miRNAs from Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato have been shown to influence host-parasite interactions, making them promising therapeutic targets for CE. In conclusion, further investigation into the role of miRNAs in CE could lead to significant breakthroughs in the fight against this neglected disease.</p>","PeriodicalId":23327,"journal":{"name":"Trends in parasitology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144650619","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Barbara C Weck, Álvaro A Faccini-Martínez, Marcelo B Labruna, Sebastián Muñoz-Leal
{"title":"Amblyomma ovale.","authors":"Barbara C Weck, Álvaro A Faccini-Martínez, Marcelo B Labruna, Sebastián Muñoz-Leal","doi":"10.1016/j.pt.2025.06.012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2025.06.012","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23327,"journal":{"name":"Trends in parasitology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144620663","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mary-Louise Wilde, Sarah N Farrell, Christopher D Goodman, Geoffrey I McFadden
{"title":"Novel techniques for disrupting malaria transmission.","authors":"Mary-Louise Wilde, Sarah N Farrell, Christopher D Goodman, Geoffrey I McFadden","doi":"10.1016/j.pt.2025.06.005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2025.06.005","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Despite significant progress in malaria control over the past two decades, the disease remains a major challenge. This review explores novel mosquito-targeting and transmission-blocking solutions to combat the growing concerns of antimalarial and insecticide resistance. The emergence of drug-resistant Plasmodium spp. parasites and insecticide-resistant mosquitoes, coupled with changes in vector behaviour and the spread of invasive species, necessitates the development of new control strategies. We examine a range of approaches ranging from low-tech repurposing of existing technologies to high-tech genetic engineering solutions. These interventions aim to exploit the parasite population bottleneck in mosquitoes to potentially reduce selective pressure and the risk of resistance development. Although each approach has its advantages and limitations, an integrated strategy that combines current tools with novel technologies may be crucial for malaria eradication.</p>","PeriodicalId":23327,"journal":{"name":"Trends in parasitology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144620665","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"East Coast fever mRNA vaccines - sweetening the promise.","authors":"Vishvanath Nene","doi":"10.1016/j.pt.2025.06.008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2025.06.008","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The mRNA vaccine platform should help research on East Coast fever subunit vaccines, but it remains unexplored. A theoretical strength of this platform, namely its capacity to prime cytotoxic T lymphocyte responses, is appealing as these, rather than antibodies, are the major mediators of immunity induced by a live parasite-based vaccine. Here, I highlight knowledge on functionally relevant bovine adaptive cellular and antibody immune responses to Theileria parva and antigens targeted by them that could help to assess this vaccine platform, and in the design of a broad-spectrum subunit vaccine. The view that N-glycosylated parasite antigens may exist is unlikely as the pathogen does not encode genomic capacity to catalyze this post-translational modification.</p>","PeriodicalId":23327,"journal":{"name":"Trends in parasitology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144620664","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sezayi Ozubek, Munir Aktas, Carlos E Suarez, Reginaldo G Bastos
{"title":"Babesia ovis.","authors":"Sezayi Ozubek, Munir Aktas, Carlos E Suarez, Reginaldo G Bastos","doi":"10.1016/j.pt.2025.06.009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2025.06.009","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23327,"journal":{"name":"Trends in parasitology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144601712","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hyalomma marginatum (the Mediterranean Hyalomma).","authors":"Agustín Estrada-Peña","doi":"10.1016/j.pt.2025.06.007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2025.06.007","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23327,"journal":{"name":"Trends in parasitology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144567874","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alec L Hochstrasser, Eva Veronesi, Niels O Verhulst
{"title":"Culicoides obsoletus (biting midge).","authors":"Alec L Hochstrasser, Eva Veronesi, Niels O Verhulst","doi":"10.1016/j.pt.2025.06.006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2025.06.006","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23327,"journal":{"name":"Trends in parasitology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144567873","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Toxoplasma gondii: a parasite pollutant in the Arctic.","authors":"Emily Jenkins, Émilie Bouchard, Adrián Hernández-Ortiz","doi":"10.1016/j.pt.2025.05.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pt.2025.05.003","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>It is enigmatic, but important, to understand how Toxoplasma gondii, with felids as the ultimate source, enters and circulates among wildlife, people, and the environment of the Arctic, where felids are rare. Informed by studies in the last 15 years, we opine that: (i) marked regional differences in human seroprevalence across the North American Arctic are supported by more numerous animal sentinel studies; (ii) tissue cysts in migratory geese and oocysts shed by felids travel north as 'parasite pollutants' into Arctic ecosystems, moving from land to sea and back again; and (iii) exposure to T. gondii is increasing in polar bears, linked to increased time on land and climate change in the most rapidly warming region of the globe.</p>","PeriodicalId":23327,"journal":{"name":"Trends in parasitology","volume":" ","pages":"525-535"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144235346","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Trends in parasitologyPub Date : 2025-07-01Epub Date: 2025-06-16DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2025.06.002
Honorine D Ward
{"title":"Cryptosporidium MVP1, modulates intestinal microvilli by interacting with host EBP50 and CDC42.","authors":"Honorine D Ward","doi":"10.1016/j.pt.2025.06.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pt.2025.06.002","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Cryptosporidium causes diarrhea globally, with limited treatment options. Host-parasite interactions are incompletely understood. Rodrigues et al. identified MVP1, one of a family of six exported microvilli proteins, and a new Cryptosporidium virulence determinant which interacts with host cell MBP50 and CDC42 to induce elongation of intestinal epithelial cell microvilli.</p>","PeriodicalId":23327,"journal":{"name":"Trends in parasitology","volume":" ","pages":"516-517"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144318027","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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