"Brugia malayi" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A species of parasitic nematode causing Malayan filariasis and having a distribution centering roughly on the Malay peninsula. The life cycle of B. malayi is similar to that of WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI, except that in most areas the principal mosquito vectors belong to the genus Mansonia.
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D017178
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.500.294.400.937.463.088.500
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| 1995 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Brugia malayi" by people in Profiles.
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Matthews SP, McMillan SJ, Colbert JD, Lawrence RA, Watts C. Cystatin F Ensures Eosinophil Survival by Regulating Granule Biogenesis. Immunity. 2016 Apr 19; 44(4):795-806.
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Hise AG, Daehnel K, Gillette-Ferguson I, Cho E, McGarry HF, Taylor MJ, Golenbock DT, Fitzgerald KA, Kazura JW, Pearlman E. Innate immune responses to endosymbiotic Wolbachia bacteria in Brugia malayi and Onchocerca volvulus are dependent on TLR2, TLR6, MyD88, and Mal, but not TLR4, TRIF, or TRAM. J Immunol. 2007 Jan 15; 178(2):1068-76.
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Spencer L, Shultz L, Rajan TV. T cells are required for host protection against Brugia malayi but need not produce or respond to interleukin-4. Infect Immun. 2003 Jun; 71(6):3097-106.
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Rajan TV, Ganley L, Paciorkowski N, Spencer L, Klei TR, Shultz LD. Brugian infections in the peritoneal cavities of laboratory mice: kinetics of infection and cellular responses. Exp Parasitol. 2002 Apr; 100(4):235-47.
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Spencer L, Shultz L, Rajan TV. Interleukin-4 receptor-Stat6 signaling in murine infections with a tissue-dwelling nematode parasite. Infect Immun. 2001 Dec; 69(12):7743-52.
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Smith HL, Rajan TV. Inhibitors of the lipoxygenase pathway block development of Brugia malayi L3 in vitro. J Parasitol. 2001 Apr; 87(2):242-9.
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Smith HL. Investigating development of infective stage larvae of filarial nematodes. Front Biosci. 2000 Sep 01; 5:E95-E102.
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Smith HL, Paciorkowski N, Babu S, Rajan TV. Development of a serum-free system for the in vitro cultivation of Brugia malayi infective-stage larvae. Exp Parasitol. 2000 Aug; 95(4):253-64.
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Smith HL, Rajan TV. Tetracycline inhibits development of the infective-stage larvae of filarial nematodes in vitro. Exp Parasitol. 2000 Aug; 95(4):265-70.
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Babu S, Ganley LM, Klei TR, Shultz LD, Rajan TV. Role of gamma interferon and interleukin-4 in host defense against the human filarial parasite Brugia malayi. Infect Immun. 2000 May; 68(5):3034-5.