TY - JOUR A1 - Akhoundi, Mohammad A1 - Downing, Tim A1 - Votýpka, Jan A1 - Kuhls, Katrin A1 - Lukeš, Julius A1 - Cannet, Arnaud A1 - Ravel, Christophe A1 - Marty, Pierre A1 - Delaunay, Pascal A1 - Kasbari, Mohamed A1 - Granouillac, Bruno A1 - Gradoni, Luigi A1 - Sereno, Denis T1 - Leishmania infections: Molecular targets and diagnosis JF - Molecular Aspects of Medicine N2 - Progress in the diagnosis of leishmaniases depends on the development of effective methods and the discovery of suitable biomarkers. We propose firstly an update classification of Leishmania species and their synonymies. We demonstrate a global map highlighting the geography of known endemic Leishmania species pathogenic to humans. We summarize a complete list of techniques currently in use and discuss their advantages and limitations. The available data highlights the benefits of molecular markers in terms of their sensitivity and specificity to quantify variation from the subgeneric level to species complexes, (sub) species within complexes, and individual populations and infection foci. Each DNA-based detection method is supplied with a comprehensive description of markers and primers and proposal for a classification based on the role of each target and primer in the detection, identification and quantification of leishmaniasis infection. We outline a genome-wide map of genes informative for diagnosis that have been used for Leishmania genotyping. Furthermore, we propose a classification method based on the suitability of well-studied molecular markers for typing the 21 known Leishmania species pathogenic to humans. This can be applied to newly discovered species and to hybrid strains originating from inter-species crosses. Developing more effective and sensitive diagnostic methods and biomarkers is vital for enhancing Leishmania infection control programs. KW - molecular marker KW - diagnostic method KW - hybrid strain KW - sympatric species KW - genome-wide map Y1 - 2017 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:526-opus4-9908 SN - 0098-2997 VL - 57 SP - 1 EP - 29 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bay, Daniyah H. A1 - Busch, Annika A1 - Lisdat, Fred A1 - Iida, Keisuke A1 - Ikebukuro, Kazunori A1 - Nagasawa, Kazuo A1 - Karube, Isao A1 - Yoshida, Wataru T1 - Identification of G-quadruplex structures that possess transcriptional regulating functions in the Dele and Cdc6 CpG islands JF - BMC Molecular Biology N2 - G-quadruplex is a DNA secondary structure that has been shown to play an important role in biological systems. In a previous study, we identified 1998 G-quadruplex-forming sequences using a mouse CpG islands DNA microarray with a fluorescent-labeled G-quadruplex ligand. Among these putative G-quadruplex-forming sequences, G-quadruplex formation was verified for 10 randomly selected sequences by CD spectroscopy and DMS footprinting analysis. In this study, the biological function of the 10 G-quadruplex-forming sequences in the transcriptional regulation has been analyzed using a reporter assay. KW - Cdc6 KW - Dele KW - G-quadruplex KW - transcriptional regulation KW - 7OTD Y1 - 2017 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:526-opus4-9811 SN - 1471-2199 VL - 18 IS - 17 ER -