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Heat Shock Protein 90 regulates encystation in Entamoeba

Overview of attention for article published in Frontiers in Microbiology, October 2015
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Title
Heat Shock Protein 90 regulates encystation in Entamoeba
Published in
Frontiers in Microbiology, October 2015
DOI 10.3389/fmicb.2015.01125
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Authors

Meetali Singh, Shalini Sharma, Alok Bhattacharya, Utpal Tatu

Abstract

Enteric protozoan Entamoeba histolytica is a major cause of debilitating diarrheal infection worldwide with high morbidity and mortality. Even though the clinical burden of this parasite is very high, this infection is categorized as a neglected disease. Parasite is transmitted through feco-oral route and exhibit two distinct stages namely - trophozoites and cysts. Mechanism and regulation of encystation is not clearly understood. Previous studies have established the role of Heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) in regulating stage transition in various protozoan parasites like Giardia, Plasmodium, Leishmania, and Toxoplasma. Our study for the first time reports that Hsp90 plays a crucial role in life cycle of Entamoeba as well. We identify Hsp90 to be a negative regulator of encystation in Entamoeba. We also show that Hsp90 inhibition interferes with the process of phagocytosis in Entamoeba. Overall, we show that Hsp90 plays an important role in virulence and transmission of Entamoeba.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 37 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 9 24%
Researcher 5 14%
Student > Master 5 14%
Student > Doctoral Student 2 5%
Student > Bachelor 2 5%
Other 4 11%
Unknown 10 27%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 11 30%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 8 22%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 3 8%
Immunology and Microbiology 3 8%
Social Sciences 1 3%
Other 1 3%
Unknown 10 27%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 12 November 2015.
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#7,156,456
of 22,830,751 outputs
Outputs from Frontiers in Microbiology
#7,527
of 24,801 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#89,005
of 279,229 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Frontiers in Microbiology
#133
of 440 outputs
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