Protocol for laboratory rearing and infection tracking of Rhodnius prolixus using 3D-printable designs Harrison RE, Etheridge RD. STAR Protoc. 2025 Sep 19;6(3):103894. doi: 10.1016/j.xpro.2025.103894. Epub 2025 Jun 13.PMID: 40516057 Lysosome and plasma membrane Piezo channels of Trypanosoma cruzi are essential for proliferation, differentiation and infectivity Huang G, Bertolini MS, Wiedeman J, Etheridge RD, Cruz-Bustos T, Docampo R.PLoS Pathog. 2025 Apr 23;21(4):e1013105. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1013105. eCollection 2025 Apr.PMID: 40267157 Stable colonization of the kissing bug Rhodnius prolixus by Trypanosoma cruzi Y strain Harrison RE, Vogel KJ, Etheridge RD.PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2025 Mar 12;19(3):e0012906. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0012906. eCollection 2025 Mar.PMID: 40073048 A limitation lifted: A conditional knockdown system reveals essential roles for Polo-like kinase and Aurora kinase 1 in Trypanosoma cruzi cell division Wiedeman J, Harrison R, Etheridge RD.Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2025 Feb 25;122(8):e2416009122. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2416009122. Epub 2025 Feb 18.PMID: 40106484 Trypanosoma cruzi heme responsive gene (TcHRG) plays a central role in orchestrating heme uptake in epimastigotes Tevere E, Di Capua CB, Chasen NM, Etheridge RD, Cricco JA.FEBS J. 2024 Mar;291(6):1186-1198. doi: 10.1111/febs.17030. Epub 2023 Dec 21.PMID: 38087972 Massive invasion of organellar DNA drives nuclear genome evolution in Toxoplasma Namasivayam S, Sun C, Bah AB, Oberstaller J, Pierre-Louis E, Etheridge RD, Feschotte C, Pritham EJ, Kissinger JC.Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2023 Nov 7;120(45):e2308569120. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2308569120. Epub 2023 Nov 2.PMID: 37917792 Tc HRG plays a central role in orchestrating heme uptake in Trypanosoma cruzi epimastigotes Tevere E, Di Capua CB, Chasen NM, Etheridge RD, Cricco JA.bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2023 Apr 5:2023.04.05.535753. doi: 10.1101/2023.04.05.535753.Update in: FEBS J. 2024 Mar;291(6):1186-1198. doi: 10.1111/febs.17030.PMID: 37066141 Disruption of Toxoplasma gondii-Induced Host Cell DNA Replication Is Dependent on Contact Inhibition and Host Cell Type Pierre-Louis E, Etheridge MG, de Paula Baptista R, Khan A, Chasen NM, Etheridge RD.mSphere. 2022 Jun 29;7(3):e0016022. doi: 10.1128/msphere.00160-22. Epub 2022 May 19.PMID: 35587658 Protozoan phagotrophy from predators to parasites: An overview of the enigmatic cytostome-cytopharynx complex of Trypanosoma cruzi. Etheridge RD.J Eukaryot Microbiol. 2022 Feb 17:e12896. doi: 10.1111/jeu.12896. Online ahead of print.PMID: 35175673 The Functional Characterization of TcMyoF Implicates a Family of Cytostome-Cytopharynx Targeted Myosins as Integral to the Endocytic Machinery of Trypanosoma cruzi. Chasen NM, Etheridge MG, Etheridge RD.mSphere. 2020 Jun 17;5(3):e00313-20. doi: 10.1128/mSphere.00313-20. Identification and Localization of the First Known Proteins of the Trypanosoma cruzi Cytostome Cytopharynx Endocytic Complex. Chasen NM, Coppens I, Etheridge RD.Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2020 Jan 17;9:445. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2019.00445. eCollection 2019. Toxoplasma Effector Recruits the Mi-2/NuRD Complex to Repress STAT1 Transcription and Block IFN-γ-Dependent Gene Expression. Olias P, Etheridge RD, Zhang Y, Holtzman MJ, Sibley LD. Cell Host Microbe. 2016 Jul 13;20(1):72-82. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2016.06.006. The Toxoplasma pseudokinase ROP5 forms complexes with ROP18 and ROP17 kinases that synergize to control acute virulence in mice. Etheridge RD, Alaganan A, Tang K, Lou HJ, Turk BE, Sibley LD. Cell Host Microbe. 2014 May 14;15(5):537-50. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2014.04.002. Identification and characterization of nuclear non-canonical poly(A) polymerases from Trypanosoma brucei. Etheridge RD, Clemens DM, Gershon PD, Aphasizhev R. Mol Biochem Parasitol. 2009 Mar;164(1):66-73. doi: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2008.11.004. Epub 2008 Nov 25. Guide RNA-binding complex from mitochondria of trypanosomatids. Weng J, Aphasizheva I, Etheridge RD, Huang L, Wang X, Falick AM, Aphasizhev R. Mol Cell. 2008 Oct 24;32(2):198-209. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2008.08.023. High throughput selection of effective serodiagnostics for Trypanosoma cruzi infection. Cooley G, Etheridge RD, Boehlke C, Bundy B, Weatherly DB, Minning T, Haney M, Postan M, Laucella S, Tarleton RL. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2008 Oct 8;2(10):e316. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000316. 3' adenylation determines mRNA abundance and monitors completion of RNA editing in T. brucei mitochondria. Etheridge RD, Aphasizheva I, Gershon PD, Aphasizhev R. EMBO J. 2008 Jun 4;27(11):1596-608. doi: 10.1038/emboj.2008.87. Epub 2008 May 8. UGA Courses CBIO 4500 Medical Parasitology, Fall Semester CBIO(BIOL) 3400, Spring Semester
