{"title":"IMC1g knockdowns reveal malaria blood-stage alveolin functions.","authors":"Annie Z Tremp, Sadia Saeed, Johannes T Dessens","doi":"10.1016/j.pt.2024.11.012","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Plasmodium alveolins are cytoskeletal proteins with important roles in cell shape, tensile strength, and motility of mosquito-stage ookinetes and sporozoites. Two recent studies by Cepeda Diaz et al. and Liu et al. employ inducible knockdown of the essential blood-stage-expressed alveolin IMC1g to identify new roles in merozoite intracellular survival, schizogonic cell division, and male gametogenesis.</p>","PeriodicalId":23327,"journal":{"name":"Trends in parasitology","volume":" ","pages":"16-18"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0000,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Trends in parasitology","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2024.11.012","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2024/12/11 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"PARASITOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Plasmodium alveolins are cytoskeletal proteins with important roles in cell shape, tensile strength, and motility of mosquito-stage ookinetes and sporozoites. Two recent studies by Cepeda Diaz et al. and Liu et al. employ inducible knockdown of the essential blood-stage-expressed alveolin IMC1g to identify new roles in merozoite intracellular survival, schizogonic cell division, and male gametogenesis.
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Since its inception as Parasitology Today in 1985, Trends in Parasitology has evolved into a highly esteemed review journal of global significance, reflecting the importance of medical and veterinary parasites worldwide. The journal serves as a hub for communication among researchers across all disciplines of parasitology, encompassing endoparasites, ectoparasites, transmission vectors, and susceptible hosts.
Each monthly issue of Trends in Parasitology offers authoritative, cutting-edge, and yet accessible review articles, providing a balanced and comprehensive overview, along with opinion pieces offering personal and novel perspectives. Additionally, the journal publishes a variety of short articles designed to inform and stimulate thoughts in a lively and widely-accessible manner. These include Science & Society (discussing the interface between parasitology and the general public), Spotlight (highlighting recently published research articles), Forum (presenting single-point hypotheses), Parasite/Vector of the Month (featuring a modular display of the selected species), Letter (providing responses to recent articles in Trends in Parasitology), and Trendstalk (conducting interviews). Please note that the journal exclusively publishes literature reviews based on published data, with systematic reviews, meta-analysis, and unpublished primary research falling outside our scope.