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Gene silencing by RNA interference in Sarcoptes scabiei: a molecular tool to identify novel therapeutic targets
Fernando, Deepani D.; Marr, Edward J.; Zakrzewski, Martha; Reynolds, Simone L.; Burgess, Stewart T. G.; Fischer, Katja
PARASITES & VECTORS - 1/06/2017
Australian Government National Health and Medical Research Council - 1067192
Complement inhibition by Sarcoptes scabiei protects Streptococcus pyogenes - An in vitro study to unravel the molecular mechanisms behind the poorly understood predilection of S. pyogenes to infect mite-induced skin lesions.
Swe, Pearl M.; Christian, Lindsay D; Lu, Hieng C; Sriprakash, Kabada S.; Fischer, Katja
PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES - 1/03/2017
National Health and Medical Research Council - 1067192
Preclinical Study of Single-DoseMoxidectin, a New Oral Treatment for Scabies: Efficacy, Safety, and Pharmacokinetics Compared to Two-Dose Ivermectin in a Porcine Model
Bernigaud, Charlotte; Fang, Fang; Fischer, Katja; Lespine, Anne; Aho, Ludwig Serge; Dreau, Dominique; Kelly, Andrew; Sutra, Jean-Francois; Moreau, Francis; Lilin, Thomas; Botterel, Francoise; Guillot, Jacques; Chosidow, Olivier
PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES - 1/10/2016
Genomic resources and draft assemblies of the human and porcine varieties of scabies mites, Sarcoptes scabiei var. hominis and var. suis
Mofiz, Ehtesham; Holt, Deborah C.; Seemann, Torsten; Currie, Bart J.; Fischer, Katja; Papenfuss, Anthony T.
GIGASCIENCE - 1/06/2016
Mitochondrial Genome Sequence of the Scabies Mite Provides Insight into the Genetic Diversity of Individual Scabies Infections.
Mofiz, Ehtesham; Seemann, Torsten; Bahlo, Melanie; Holt, Deborah; Currie, Bart J.; Fischer, Katja; Papenfuss, Anthony T.
PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES - 1/02/2016
Cloning and Characterization of Two Potent Kunitz Type Protease Inhibitors from Echinococcus granulosus
Ranasinghe, Shiwanthi L.; Fischer, Katja; Zhang, Wenbao; Gobert, Geoffrey N.; McManus, Donald P.
PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES - 1/12/2015
Functional expression of a novel Kunitz type protease inhibitor from the human blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni
Ranasinghe, Shiwanthi L.; Fischer, Katja; Gobert, Geoffrey N.; McManus, Donald P.
PARASITES & VECTORS - 1/08/2015
Pseudo-proteases - Mechanisms and Function.
Reynolds, Simone; Fischer, Katja
BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL - 1/07/2015
Parasitic mites of medical and veterinary importance – is there a common research agenda?
Fischer, Katja; Walton, SF
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY - 1/09/2014
Parasitic scabies mites and associated bacteria joining forces against host complement defence
Swe, Pearl M.; Reynolds, Simone; Fischer, Katja
PARASITE IMMUNOLOGY - 1/07/2014
Autoantibodies to iron-binding proteins in pigs infested with Sarcoptes scabiei
Toet, Hayley M.; Fischer, Katja; Mounsey, Kate E.; Sandeman, R. Mark
VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY - 1/07/2014
Scabies mite inactive serine proteases are potent inhibitors of the human complement lectin pathway
Reynolds, Simone; Pike, Robert N.; Mika, Angela; Blom, Anna M.; Hofmann, A.; Wijeyewickrema, Lakshmi C.; Kemp, David J.; Fischer, Katja
PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES - 1/05/2014
Scabies mites alter the skin microbiome and promote growth of opportunistic pathogens in a porcine model
Swe, Pearl M.; Zakrzewski, Martha; Kelly, Andrew; Krause, Lutz; Fischer, Katja
PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES - 1/05/2014
An aspartic protease of the scabies mite Sarcoptes scabiei is involved in the digestion of host skin and blood macromolecules
Mahmood, Wajahat; Viberg, Linda; Fischer, Katja; Walton, SF; Holt, DC
PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES - 1/11/2013
Novel insights into an old disease: recent developments in scabies mite biology
Holt, DC; Fischer, Katja
CURRENT OPINION IN INFECTIOUS DISEASES - 1/04/2013
Intestinal proteases of free-living and parasitic astigmatid mites
Holt, DC; Burgess, Stewart T. G.; Reynolds, Simone; Mahmood, Wajahat; Fischer, Katja
CELL TISSUE RES - 1/02/2013
Malaria infection alters the expression of B-cell activating factor resulting in diminished memory antibody responses and survival.
Liu, Xue Q.; Stacey, Katryn J.; Horne-Debets, Joshua M.; Cridland, J. A.; Fischer, Katja; Narum, David; Mackay, Fabienne; Pierce, Susan K.; Wykes, M
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY - 1/09/2012
Complement inhibitors from scabies mites promote streptococcal growth--a novel mechanism in infected epidermis?
Mika, Angela; Reynolds, Simone; Pickering, Darren; McMillan, David; Sriprakash, Kabada S.; Kemp, David J.; Fischer, Katja
PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES - 17/07/2012
Scabies: important clinical consequences explained by new molecular studies.
Fischer, Katja; Holtr, Deborah; Currie, BJ; Kemp, David J.
ADVANCES IN PARASITOLOGY - 26/06/2012