Abstract
OPINION article Front. Pharmacol., 05 August 2014Sec. Experimental Pharmacology and Drug Discovery Volume 5 - 2014 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2014.00180
Highlights
Parasitic organisms establish a symbiotic association with individuals of a different species—the host—to obtain the metabolic resources needed for their survival and reproduction
We focus on a comparative analysis of a peculiar strategy of host physiological regulation, targeting the redox homeostasis, which appears to modulate parasitic interactions both at the organism and cellular level
Insect studies, dealing with parasitism of aphids, have shown that the disruption of host GSH pool and metabolisms significantly contributes to its physiological regulation and castration (Pennacchio and Mancini, 2012)
Summary
Parasitic organisms establish a symbiotic association with individuals of a different species—the host—to obtain the metabolic resources needed for their survival and reproduction. We focus on a comparative analysis of a peculiar strategy of host physiological regulation, targeting the redox homeostasis, which appears to modulate parasitic interactions both at the organism and cellular level.
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