Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Original Research

Published on 18 Jun 2025

TIM4+macrophages suppress the proinflammatory response to maintain the chronic alveolar echinococcosis infection

in Parasite and Host

Liang Wang
Yumei Liu
Yuyu Ma
Xuan Zhou
Maidinaimu Aibibula
Xue Zhang
Hui Zhao
Jinping Zhou
Fengming Tian
Xiumin Ma

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fcimb.2025.1600686

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Original Research

Published on 18 Jun 2025

Oregano essential oil (Origanum vulgare) induces death in a resistant strain of Leishmania infantum isolated from a naturally infected dog through increased production of reactive oxygen species, mitochondrial damage and cell metabolic disruption

in Parasite and Host

Ana Carolina Jacob Rodrigues
Danielle Lazarin Bidoia
Amanda Cristina Machado Carloto
Virgínia Márcia Concato-Lopes
Mariana Barbosa Detoni
Ellen Mayara Souza Cruz
Sara Mayumi Suzuki
Fabricio Seidy Inoue
Taylon Felipe Silva
Fabiano Borges Figueiredo

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fcimb.2025.1601429

178 views

Editorial

Accepted on 12 Jun 2025

Editorial: Leishmaniasis: Control and Elimination

in Parasite and Host

Rajiv Kumar
Mary Wilson
Christian Engwerda

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fcimb.2025.1628558

140 views

Original Research

Published on 10 Jun 2025

Evaluation of Beauvericin’s activity and mode of action against all life stages of L. tropica for cutaneous Leishmaniasis therapy

in Parasite and Host

Lynn Al Samra
Mohamad El Nahas
Ilham Mneimneh
Aia Sinno
Sima Tokajian
Kelven Rahy
Sergio Thoumi
Lazo Ali
Wael Yammine
Charbel Al Khoury

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fcimb.2025.1599766

560 views

Original Research

Accepted on 05 Jun 2025

Better the devil you know: sympatric fish host copes better than allopatric with a myxozoan parasite

in Parasite and Host

Itziar Estensoro
Beatriz López Gurillo
Carolina Tafalla
Ryan Craig
Stephen Douglas Atkinson
Ariadna Sitjà-Bobadilla
Jerri Bartholomew

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fcimb.2025.1576014

Original Research

Published on 03 Jun 2025

Host-specific vascular endothelial cell responses to Angiostrongylus vasorum: a comparative in vitro study in red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) and domestic dogs

in Parasite and Host

Belinda Eisenhut
Aline Wittwer
Manuela Schnyder
Andreas W. Oehm

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fcimb.2025.1584663

430 views

Original Research

Accepted on 30 May 2025

CD8 + T cells promote tubule-interstitial damage in malariainduced acute kidney injury

in Parasite and Host

Douglas Esteves Teixeira
Sarah Aparecida dos Santos Alves
Alessandro Sá Pinheiro
Leandro Souza Silva
Rodrigo Pacheco Silva-Aguiar
Diogo Barros Peruchetti
Tatiana Almeida Pádua
Mariana Conceição de Souza
Celso Caruso-Neves
Ana Acacia Sá Pinheiro

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fcimb.2025.1561806

396 views

Original Research

Published on 30 May 2025

Ligand-lytic peptides for specific targeting of Leishmania major and Trypanosoma cruzi parasites

in Parasite and Host

Eva Iniguez
Felipe Rodriguez
Claudia Husseneder
Lane Foil
Rosa A. Maldonado

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fcimb.2025.1595333

516 views

Brief Research Report

Accepted on 28 May 2025

Majority of the erythrocyte binding proteins of Pvfam 'a' family of Plasmodium vivax interact with Basigin to assist parasite entry into host cell

in Parasite and Host

Manish Tripathi
Meghna Santoshi
Yagya Sharma
Sumit Rathore

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fcimb.2025.1592281

111 views

Editorial

Published on 28 May 2025

Editorial: Advancement in malaria treatment

in Parasite and Host

Sarika Gunjan
Manish Goyal

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fcimb.2025.1628923

554 views

Original Research

Published on 27 May 2025

Activation of the Wnt signaling pathway and its role in epithelial-mesenchymal transition and hepatic fibrosis in alveolar echinococcosis

in Parasite and Host

Binjie Wu
Yuxuan Yang
Shilei Cheng
Zhixin Wang
Haining Fan

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fcimb.2025.1583802

733 views

Original Research

Published on 26 May 2025

Stage-specific MCM protein expression in Trypanosoma cruzi: insights into metacyclogenesis and G1 arrested epimastigotes

in Parasite and Host

Bruno Alves Santarossa
Évelin Mariani
Artur da Paixão Corrêa
Fernanda C. Costa
Martin C. Taylor
John M. Kelly
Maria Carolina Elias
Simone Guedes Calderano

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fcimb.2025.1584812

745 views

Original Research

Published on 26 May 2025

Chloroquine induces eryptosis in P. falciparum-infected red blood cells and the release of extracellular vesicles with a unique protein profile

in Parasite and Host

Claudia Carrera-Bravo
Tianchi Zhou
Trang Chu
Jing Wen Hang
Harshvardhan Modh
Chenyuan Huang
Sitong Zhang
Haining Hao
María José Cabada-García
Benoit Malleret

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fcimb.2025.1553123

1,506 views

Original Research

Published on 20 May 2025

The interplay between species and locations shapes vector fleas microbial communities in plague foci: pathogens rather than symbionts?

in Parasite and Host

Shahin Seidi
Abbasali Raz
Naseh Maleki-Ravasan
Esmaeil Forouzan
Fateh Karimian
Florent Sebbane
Aria Sohrabi
Saber Esmaeili
Ehsan Mostafavi

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fcimb.2025.1568103

1,260 views

Review

Published on 16 May 2025

Research progress on diagnostic techniques for different Babesia species in persistent infections

in Parasite and Host

Zelin Jia
Yuliang Zhang
Donghui Zhao
Haifeng Wang
Ming Yu
Zhilin Liu
Xin Zhang
Jiayu Cui
Xueli Wang

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fcimb.2025.1575227

1,136 views

Original Research

Published on 13 May 2025

The role of periostin (OSF-2) in the cytoadherence phenomena mediated by malaria parasites

in Parasite and Host

Zhi-Ying Phong
Joo-Yie Chin
Yee Ling Ng
Nurul Izza Zakaria
Siti Nur Athirah-Azman
Varakorn Kosaisavee
Laurent Rénia
Wenn-Chyau Lee

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fcimb.2025.1599872

1,215 views