"Giardia lamblia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A species of parasitic EUKARYOTES that attaches itself to the intestinal mucosa and feeds on mucous secretions. The organism is roughly pear-shaped and motility is somewhat erratic, with a slow oscillation about the long axis.
| Descriptor ID |
D016829
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.237.385.400
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| Concept/Terms |
Giardia lamblia- Giardia lamblia
- Giardia lamblias
- Lamblia intestinalis
- Giardia duodenalis
- Giardia intestinalis
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Giardia lamblia" by people in Profiles.
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VanKoten HW, Pence BC, Klinkenberg JR, Das S, Patterson SE. Synthesis and evaluation of anti-Giardia activity of oseltamivir analogs. Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2025 Feb 01; 116:130035.
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Manciu FS, Guerrero J, Pence BC, Martinez Lopez LV, Das S. Assessment of Drug Activities against Giardia Using Hyperspectral Raman Microscopy. Pathogens. 2024 Apr 27; 13(5).
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Pogula PK, De Chatterjee A, Chi M, VanKoten HW, Das S, Patterson SE. Triazoxins: Novel nucleosides with anti-Giardia activity. Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2020 06 15; 30(12):127175.
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Duarte TT, Ellis CC, Grajeda BI, De Chatterjee A, Almeida IC, Das S. A Targeted Mass Spectrometric Analysis Reveals the Presence of a Reduced but Dynamic Sphingolipid Metabolic Pathway in an Ancient Protozoan, Giardia lamblia. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2019; 9:245.
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Mart?nez-Bastidas T, Castro-del Campo N, Mena KD, Castro-del Campo N, Le?n-F?lix J, Gerba CP, Chaidez C. Detection of pathogenic micro-organisms on children's hands and toys during play. J Appl Microbiol. 2014 Jun; 116(6):1668-75.
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Mendez TL, De Chatterjee A, Duarte TT, Gazos-Lopes F, Robles-Martinez L, Roy D, Sun J, Maldonado RA, Roychowdhury S, Almeida IC, Das S. Glucosylceramide transferase activity is critical for encystation and viable cyst production by an intestinal protozoan, Giardia lamblia. J Biol Chem. 2013 Jun 07; 288(23):16747-16760.
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Staake M, Chauhan J, Zhou D, Shanker A, De Chatterjee A, Das S, Patterson SE. Phosphonoxins III: synthesis of a-aminophosphonate analogs of antifungal polyoxins with anti-Giardia activity. Org Lett. 2010 Oct 15; 12(20):4596-9.
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Yichoy M, Duarte TT, De Chatterjee A, Mendez TL, Aguilera KY, Roy D, Roychowdhury S, Aley SB, Das S. Lipid metabolism in Giardia: a post-genomic perspective. Parasitology. 2011 Mar; 138(3):267-78.
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Yichoy M, Nakayasu ES, Shpak M, Aguilar C, Aley SB, Almeida IC, Das S. Lipidomic analysis reveals that phosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylethanolamine are newly generated phospholipids in an early-divergent protozoan, Giardia lamblia. Mol Biochem Parasitol. 2009 May; 165(1):67-78.
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Hernandez Y, Shpak M, Duarte TT, Mendez TL, Maldonado RA, Roychowdhury S, Rodrigues ML, Das S. Novel role of sphingolipid synthesis genes in regulating giardial encystation. Infect Immun. 2008 Jul; 76(7):2939-49.