Malin E.-L. Weiland

TL;DR: Results indicate that contact of Giardia with epithelial cells triggers metabolic enzyme release, which might facilitate effective colonization of the human small intestine.

TL;DR: Sixteen immunoreactive proteins were identified using mass spectrometry analysis, among them variable surface proteins, alpha-giardins, arginine deiminase, ornithine carbamoyl transferase, and fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase which may be important in the development of new diagnostic tools and vaccines.

TL;DR: The composition and structure of the disk throughout the life cycle of Giardia lamblia is determined and a new disk protein, SALP-1, is identified, an immunodominant protein related to striated fiber-assemblin (SFA) that is stored within the cyst.

TL;DR: It is shown that a monoclonal antibody that inhibits taglin recognises alpha-1 and alpha-2 giardin, which may play a key role in the parasite-host interaction and a conserved function of annexins from lower to higher eukaryotes.

TL;DR: A genome survey and phylogenetic analysis has identified and sequenced 14 new coding regions for alpha-giardins in Giardia lamblia and demonstrated that several of the genes localised to the same chromosomal fragment.