Transcriptomic responses of Biomphalaria pfeifferi to Schistosoma mansoni: Investigation of a neglected African snail that supports more S. mansoni transmission than any other snail species

Changes in the neuropeptide content of Biomphalaria ganglia nervous system following Schistosoma infection

(2017) Tianfang Wang et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Real-time PCR detection and phylogenetic relationships of Neorickettsia spp. in digeneans from Egypt, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and the United States

(2017) Stephen E. Greiman et al.   PARASITOLOGY INTERNATIONAL

A multistrain approach to studying the mechanisms underlying compatibility in the interaction between Biomphalaria glabrata and Schistosoma mansoni

(2017) Richard Galinier et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Schistosome infectivity in the snail, Biomphalaria glabrata, is partially dependent on the expression of Grctm6, a Guadeloupe Resistance Complex protein.

(2017) Euan R. O. Allan et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Identification of the Molecular Clockwork of the Oyster Crassostrea gigas

(2017) Mickael Perrigault et al.   PLoS One

Pathogen-associated molecular patterns activate expression of genes involved in cell proliferation, immunity and detoxification in the amebocyte-producing organ of the snail Biomphalaria glabrata

(2016) Si-Ming Zhang et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Multi-species protein similarity clustering reveals novel expanded immune gene families in the eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica

(2016) Ian C. McDowell et al.   FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY

Genotypic variation in host response to infection affects parasite reproductive rate

(2016) Hannah F. Tavalire et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY

Molecular phylogeny and systematics of the Echinostomatoidea Looss, 1899 (Platyhelminthes: Digenea)

(2016) Vasyl V. Tkach et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY

Epigenetic modulation, stress and plasticity in susceptibility of the snail host, Biomphalaria glabrata, to Schistosoma mansoni infection

(2016) Matty Knight et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY

Characterization of hemolymph phenoloxidase activity in two Biomphalaria snail species and impact of Schistosoma mansoni infection

(2016) Winka Le Clec’h et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Loads of trematodes: discovering hidden diversity of paramphistomoids in Kenyan ruminants

(2016) MARTINA R. LAIDEMITT et al.   PARASITOLOGY

Endogenous growth factor stimulation of hemocyte proliferation induces resistance toSchistosoma mansonichallenge in the snail host

(2016) Emmanuel A. Pila et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Global Assessment of Schistosomiasis Control Over the Past Century Shows Targeting the Snail Intermediate Host Works Best

(2016) Susanne H. Sokolow et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

A Novel Toll-Like Receptor (TLR) Influences Compatibility between the Gastropod Biomphalaria glabrata, and the Digenean Trematode Schistosoma mansoni

(2016) Emmanuel A. Pila et al.   PLoS Pathogens

A Shift from Cellular to Humoral Responses Contributes to Innate Immune Memory in the Vector Snail Biomphalaria glabrata

(2016) Silvain Pinaud et al.   PLoS Pathogens

A family of variable immunoglobulin and lectin domain containing molecules in the snail Biomphalaria glabrata

(2015) Nolwenn M. Dheilly et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Advances in gastropod immunity from the study of the interaction between the snail Biomphalaria glabrata and its parasites: A review of research progress over the last decade

(2015) C. Coustau et al.   FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY

The octopus genome and the evolution of cephalopod neural and morphological novelties

(2015) Caroline B. Albertin et al.   NATURE

Cryptic infection of a broad taxonomic and geographic diversity of tadpoles by Perkinsea protists

(2015) Aurélie Chambouvet et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Contrasting host–pathogen interactions and genome evolution in two generalist and specialist microsporidian pathogens of mosquitoes

(2015) Christopher A. Desjardins et al.   Nature Communications

Hyperdiverse Gene Cluster in Snail Host Conveys Resistance to Human Schistosome Parasites

(2015) Jacob A. Tennessen et al.   PLoS Genetics

Genome-Wide Scan and Test of Candidate Genes in the Snail Biomphalaria glabrata Reveal New Locus Influencing Resistance to Schistosoma mansoni

(2015) Jacob A. Tennessen et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Altered Gene Expression in the Schistosome-Transmitting Snail Biomphalaria glabrata following Exposure to Niclosamide, the Active Ingredient in the Widely Used Molluscicide Bayluscide

(2015) Si-Ming Zhang et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

A Novel Bacterial Pathogen of Biomphalaria glabrata: A Potential Weapon for Schistosomiasis Control?

(2015) David Duval et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Historical Perspective: Snail Control to Prevent Schistosomiasis

(2015) Charles H. King et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

De Novo Transcriptome Analysis of Oncomelania hupensis after Molluscicide Treatment by Next-Generation Sequencing: Implications for Biology and Future Snail Interventions

(2015) Qin Ping Zhao et al.   PLoS One

Human copper-dependent amine oxidases

(2014) Joel Finney et al.   ARCHIVES OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS

Trimmomatic: a flexible trimmer for Illumina sequence data

(2014) Anthony M. Bolger et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

InterProScan 5: genome-scale protein function classification

(2014) P. Jones et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Antibacterial activity and immune responses of a molluscan macrophage expressed gene-1 from disk abalone, Haliotis discus discus

(2014) S.D.N.K. Bathige et al.   FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY

Heterogeneous hosts: how variation in host size, behaviour and immunity affects parasite aggregation

(2014) Pieter T. J. Johnson et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Immunohistochemical Analysis of the Role of Hemocytin in Nodule Formation in the Larvae of the Silkworm,Bombyx mori

(2014) Ikuyo Arai et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT SCIENCE

Human schistosomiasis

(2014) Daniel G Colley et al.   LANCET

Field-derived Schistosoma mansoni and Biomphalaria pfeifferi in Kenya: a compatible association characterized by lack of strong local adaptation, and presence of some snails able to persistently produce cercariae for over a year

(2014) Martin W Mutuku et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Differential Spatial Repositioning of Activated Genes in Biomphalaria glabrata Snails Infected with Schistosoma mansoni

(2014) Halime D. Arican-Goktas et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

No Apparent Reduction in Schistosome Burden or Genetic Diversity Following Four Years of School-Based Mass Drug Administration in Mwea, Central Kenya, a Heavy Transmission Area

(2014) Agola E. Lelo et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Schistosomes and snails: a molecular encounter

(2014) Matty Knight et al.   Frontiers in Genetics

EBSeq: an empirical Bayes hierarchical model for inference in RNA-seq experiments

(2013) Ning Leng et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Complete Genome Sequences from Three Genetically Distinct Strains Reveal High Intraspecies Genetic Diversity in the Microsporidian Encephalitozoon cuniculi

(2013) Jean-François Pombert et al.   EUKARYOTIC CELL

Genetic diversity, fixation and differentiation of the freshwater snail Biomphalaria pfeifferi (Gastropoda, Planorbidae) in arid lands

(2013) Rodrigue Mintsa Nguema et al.   GENETICA

Characterization of the bacterial microbiota ofBiomphalaria glabrata (Say, 1818) (Mollusca: Gastropoda)from Brazil

(2013) T.M. Silva et al.   LETTERS IN APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

De novo transcript sequence reconstruction from RNA-seq using the Trinity platform for reference generation and analysis

(2013) Brian J Haas et al.   Nature Protocols

Climate Change and Infectious Diseases: From Evidence to a Predictive Framework

(2013) S. Altizer et al.   SCIENCE

The Capsaspora genome reveals a complex unicellular prehistory of animals

(2013) Hiroshi Suga et al.   Nature Communications

TopHat2: accurate alignment of transcriptomes in the presence of insertions, deletions and gene fusions

(2013) Daehwan Kim et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

STAR: ultrafast universal RNA-seq aligner

(2012) Alexander Dobin et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Draft Genome of the Pearl Oyster Pinctada fucata: A Platform for Understanding Bivalve Biology

(2012) T. Takeuchi et al.   DNA RESEARCH

Identification of differentially expressed genes in Oncomelania hupensis chronically infected with Schistosoma japonicum

(2012) Hao Wang et al.   EXPERIMENTAL PARASITOLOGY

Life-history traits indicate local adaptation of the schistosome parasite, Schistosoma mansoni, to its snail host, Biomphalaria pfeifferi

(2012) M. Ibikounlé et al.   EXPERIMENTAL PARASITOLOGY

Microsporidian genome analysis reveals evolutionary strategies for obligate intracellular growth

(2012) C. A. Cuomo et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Three genes involved in the oxidative burst are closely linked in the genome of the snail, Biomphalaria glabrata

(2012) Michael S. Blouin et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY

The oyster genome reveals stress adaptation and complexity of shell formation

(2012) Guofan Zhang et al.   NATURE

Insights into bilaterian evolution from three spiralian genomes

(2012) Oleg Simakov et al.   NATURE

Fast gapped-read alignment with Bowtie 2

(2012) Ben Langmead et al.   NATURE METHODS

Specific versus Non-Specific Immune Responses in an Invertebrate Species Evidenced by a Comparative de novo Sequencing Study

(2012) Emeline Deleury et al.   PLoS One

A Somatically Diversified Defense Factor, FREP3, Is a Determinant of Snail Resistance to Schistosome Infection

(2012) Patrick C. Hanington et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Large-scale determinants of intestinal schistosomiasis and intermediate host snail distribution across Africa: does climate matter?

(2011) Anna-Sofie Stensgaard et al.   ACTA TROPICA

RSEM: accurate transcript quantification from RNA-Seq data with or without a reference genome

(2011) Bo Li et al.   BMC BIOINFORMATICS

Complex intestinal bacterial communities in three species of planorbid snails

(2011) D. J. Van Horn et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLLUSCAN STUDIES

Complex Interactions Among a Nematode Parasite (Daubaylia potomaca), a Commensalistic Annelid (Chaetogaster limnaei limnaei), and Trematode Parasites in a Snail Host (Helisoma anceps)

(2011) Michael R. Zimmermann et al.   JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY

Phylogenomics reveals deep molluscan relationships

(2011) Kevin M. Kocot et al.   NATURE

Full-length transcriptome assembly from RNA-Seq data without a reference genome

(2011) Manfred G Grabherr et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Time series analysis of the transcriptional responses of Biomphalaria glabrata throughout the course of intramolluscan development of Schistosoma mansoni and Echinostoma paraensei

(2010) Patrick C. Hanington et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY

Freshwater Perkinsea and marine-freshwater colonizations revealed by pyrosequencing and phylogeny of environmental rDNA

(2010) Jon Bråte et al.   ISME Journal

The Primary Role of Fibrinogen-Related Proteins in Invertebrates Is Defense, Not Coagulation

(2010) Patrick C. Hanington et al.   Journal of Innate Immunity

Identification of protein components of egg masses indicates parental investment in immunoprotection of offspring by Biomphalaria glabrata (Gastropoda, Mollusca)

(2009) Jennifer J.M. Hathaway et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Schistosoma mansoni infection of juvenile Biomphalaria glabrata induces a differential stress response between resistant and susceptible snails

(2009) Wannaporn Ittiprasert et al.   EXPERIMENTAL PARASITOLOGY

Schistosomin from the snail Biomphalaria glabrata: Expression studies suggest no involvement in trematode-mediated castration

(2009) Si-Ming Zhang et al.   MOLECULAR AND BIOCHEMICAL PARASITOLOGY

Successful parasitism of vector snail Biomphalaria glabrata by the human blood fluke (trematode) Schistosoma mansoni: A 2009 assessment

(2009) Christopher J. Bayne   MOLECULAR AND BIOCHEMICAL PARASITOLOGY

Identification of immediate response genes dominantly expressed in juvenile resistant and susceptible Biomphalaria glabrata snails upon exposure to Schistosoma mansoni

(2009) Wannaporn Ittiprasert et al.   MOLECULAR AND BIOCHEMICAL PARASITOLOGY

Low genetic diversity in a snail intermediate host (Biomphalaria pfeifferi Krass, 1848) and schistosomiasis transmission in the Senegal River Basin

(2009) G. CAMPBELL et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Differential transcriptomic responses of Biomphalaria glabrata (Gastropoda, Mollusca) to bacteria and metazoan parasites, Schistosoma mansoni and Echinostoma paraensei (Digenea, Platyhelminthes)

(2009) Coen M. Adema et al.   MOLECULAR IMMUNOLOGY

The genome of the blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni

(2009) Matthew Berriman et al.   NATURE

Transcriptome analysis of Schistosoma mansoni larval development using serial analysis of gene expression (SAGE)

(2009) A. S. TAFT et al.   PARASITOLOGY

Biomphalaria glabrata transcriptome: cDNA microarray profiling identifies resistant- and susceptible-specific gene expression in haemocytes from snail strains exposed to Schistosoma mansoni

(2008) Anne E Lockyer et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Molecular and functional characterization of a tandem-repeat galectin from the freshwater snail Biomphalaria glabrata, intermediate host of the human blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni

(2008) Timothy P. Yoshino et al.   GENE

Comparative ORESTES-sampling of transcriptomes of immune-challenged Biomphalaria glabrata snails

(2008) Ben Hanelt et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Introgressive hybridization of human and rodent schistosome parasites in western Kenya

(2008) MICHELLE L. STEINAUER et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

The influence of mating system, demography, parasites and colonization on the population structure of Biomphalaria pfeifferi in Madagascar

(2003) N. Charbonnel et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY