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  1. Nitric oxide debilitates the neuropathogenic schistosome Trichobilharzia regenti in mice, partly by inhibiting its vital peptidases

    Article • Parasites & Vectors, August 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Petr Horák

  2. The chemotactic swimming behavior of bird schistosome miracidia in the presence of compatible and incompatible snail hosts

    Article • PeerJ, July 2020, PeerJ

    Professor Petr Horák, Anna Cichy

  3. The peripheral immune response of mice infected with a neuropathogenic schistosome

    Article • Parasite Immunology, March 2020, Wiley

    Professor Petr Horák

  4. Isoforms of Cathepsin B1 in Neurotropic Schistosomula of Trichobilharzia regenti Differ in Substrate Preferences and a Highly Expressed Catalytically Inactive Paralog Binds Cystatin

    Article • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, February 2020, Frontiers

    Professor Petr Horák

  5. Snail defence responses to parasite infection: The Lymnaea stagnalis-Trichobilharzia szidati model

    Article • Developmental & Comparative Immunology, January 2020, Elsevier

    Professor Petr Horák

  6. Morphological comparison of genetically differentiated Polymorphus cf. minutus types

    Article • Parasitology Research, November 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Petr Horák

  7. Secreted cathepsin L-like peptidases are involved in the degradation of trapped antibodies on the surface of Echinostoma caproni

    Article • Parasitology Research, November 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Petr Horák

  8. Molecular evidence for distinct modes of nutrient acquisition between visceral and neurotropic schistosomes of birds

    Article • Scientific Reports, February 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Petr Horák

  9. Schistosomatoidea and Diplostomoidea

    Article • January 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Petr Horák

  10. Comparative genomics of the major parasitic worms

    Article • Nature Genetics, November 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Petr Horák, Dr Sujai Kumar

  11. Cercarial dermatitis: a systematic follow-up study of human cases with implications for diagnostics

    Article • Parasitology Research, October 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Petr Horák

  12. Impact of trematode infections on periphyton grazing rates of freshwater snails

    Article • Parasitology Research, September 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Petr Horák

  13. Potamopyrgus antipodarum as a potential defender against swimmer’s itch in European recreational water bodies—experimental study

    Article • PeerJ, June 2018, PeerJ

    Professor Petr Horák, Anna Cichy

  14. Extracellular trap-like fiber release may not be a prominent defence response in snails: evidence from three species of freshwater gastropod molluscs

    Article • Developmental & Comparative Immunology, February 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Petr Horák

  15. Changes in surface glycosylation and glycocalyx shedding in Trichobilharzia regenti (Schistosomatidae) during the transformation of cercaria to schistosomulum

    Article • PLoS ONE, March 2017, PLOS

    Professor Petr Horák

  16. Humoral response of mice infected with Toxocara canis following different infection schemes

    Article • Acta Parasitologica, January 2017, De Gruyter

    Jan Novák, Professor Petr Horák

  17. Nitric oxide and cytokine production by glial cells exposed in vitro to neuropathogenic schistosome Trichobilharzia regenti

    Article • Parasites & Vectors, November 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Petr Horák

  18. Effect of Fascioloides magna (Digenea) on fecundity, shell height, and survival rate of Pseudosuccinea columella (Lymnaeidae)

    Article • Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde Parasitology Research, April 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Petr Horák

  19. Trichobilharzia regenti (Schistosomatidae): 3D imaging techniques in characterization of larval migration through the CNS of vertebrates

    Article • Micron, April 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Petr Horák

  20. Comparative Transcriptomic Exploration Reveals Unique Molecular Adaptations of Neuropathogenic Trichobilharzia to Invade and Parasitize Its Avian Definitive Host

    Article • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, February 2016, PLOS

    Professor Petr Horák

  21. Antibody response of definitive hosts against antigens of two life stages of the neuropathogenic schistosome Trichobilharzia regenti

    Article • Parasites & Vectors, July 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Petr Horák

  22. Avian Schistosomes and Outbreaks of Cercarial Dermatitis

    Article • Clinical Microbiology Reviews, January 2015, ASM Journals

    Professor Petr Horák

  23. Influence of Trichobilharzia regenti (Digenea: Schistosomatidae) on the Defence Activity of Radix lagotis (Lymnaeidae) Haemocytes

    Article • PLoS ONE, November 2014, PLOS

    Professor Petr Horák

  24. Insights into the development of Notocotylus attenuatus (Digenea: Notocotylidae) in Lymnaea stagnalis: from mother sporocyst to cercariae

    Article • Parasitology International, February 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Petr Horák

  25. Schistosomatoidea and Diplostomoidea

    Article • January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Petr Horák

  26. Highland cattle and Radix labiata, the hosts of Fascioloides magna

    Article • BMC Veterinary Research, January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Petr Horák

  27. Erratum to “Pathogenicity ofTrichobilharziaspp. for Vertebrates”

    Article • Journal of Parasitology Research, January 2013, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Professor Petr Horák

  28. Cercarial Dermatitis, a Neglected Allergic Disease

    Article • Clinical Reviews in Allergy & Immunology, August 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Petr Horák

  29. A Deep Exploration of the Transcriptome and "Excretory/Secretory" Proteome of Adult Fascioloides magna

    Article • Molecular & Cellular Proteomics, August 2012, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Professor Petr Horák

  30. Bird schistosomes in planorbid snails in the Czech Republic

    Article • Parasitology International, June 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Petr Horák

  31. Trichobilharzia regenti: Antigenic structures of intravertebrate stages

    Article • Open Life Sciences, February 2012, De Gruyter

    Professor Petr Horák

  32. Radix spp.: Identification of trematode intermediate hosts in the Czech Republic

    Article • Acta Parasitologica, January 2012, De Gruyter

    Professor Petr Horák

  33. Pathogenicity ofTrichobilharziaspp. for Vertebrates

    Article • Journal of Parasitology Research, January 2012, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Professor Petr Horák

  34. Morphological features of the nasal blood fluke Trichobilharzia regenti (Schistosomatidae, Digenea) from naturally infected hosts

    Article • Parasitology Research, December 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Petr Horák

  35. Trichobilharzia regenti: Host immune response in the pathogenesis of neuroinfection in mice

    Article • Experimental Parasitology, August 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Petr Horák

  36. Trichobilharzia regenti (Digenea: Schistosomatidae): Changes of body wall musculature during the development from miracidium to adult worm

    Article • Micron, January 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Petr Horák

  37. Cathepsins B1 and B2 of Trichobilharzia SPP., Bird Schistosomes Causing Cercarial Dermatitis

    Article • January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Petr Horák

  38. Snails, waterfowl and cercarial dermatitis

    Article • Freshwater Biology, December 2010, Wiley

    Professor Petr Horák

  39. Cathepsins B1 and B2 in the neuropathogenic schistosome Trichobilharzia regenti: distinct gene expression profiles and presumptive roles throughout the life cycle

    Article • Parasitology Research, June 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Petr Horák

  40. Methodical approaches in the identification of areas with a potential risk of infection by bird schistosomes causing cercarial dermatitis

    Article • Journal of Helminthology, January 2010, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Petr Horák

  41. Schistosomes in the North: A unique finding from a prosobranch snail using molecular tools

    Article • Parasitology International, September 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Petr Horák

  42. Bird schistosome diversity in Iceland: molecular evidence

    Article • Journal of Helminthology, June 2009, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Petr Horák

  43. In vitro cultivation of early schistosomula of nasal and visceral bird schistosomes (Trichobilharzia spp., Schistosomatidae)

    Article • Parasitology Research, February 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Petr Horák

  44. The functional expression and characterisation of a cysteine peptidase from the invasive stage of the neuropathogenic schistosome Trichobilharzia regenti

    Article • International Journal for Parasitology, January 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Petr Horák

  45. Chapter 4 Peptidases of Trematodes

    Article • January 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Petr Horák

  46. Cercarial dimensions and surface structures as a tool for species determination of Trichobilharzia spp.

    Article • Acta Parasitologica, January 2009, De Gruyter

    Professor Petr Horák

  47. Antibody responses induced byTrichobilharzia regentiantigens in murine and human hosts exhibiting cercarial dermatitis.

    Article • Parasite Immunology, August 2008, Wiley

    Professor Petr Horák

  48. Bird schistosomes of wildfowl in the Czech Republic and Poland

    Article • Folia Parasitologica, June 2007, Biology Centre, AS CR

    Professor Petr Horák

  49. Terminal phase of bird schistosomiasis caused by Trichobilharzia regenti (Schistosomatidae) in ducks (Anas platyrhynchos f. domestica)

    Article • Folia Parasitologica, June 2007, Biology Centre, AS CR

    Professor Petr Horák

  50. Peptidases of Trichobilharzia regenti (Schistosomatidae) and its molluscan host Radix peregra s. lat. (Lymnaeidae): construction and screening of cDNA library from intramolluscan stages of the parasite

    Article • Folia Parasitologica, June 2007, Biology Centre, AS CR

    Professor Petr Horák

  51. THE COMPLETE MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME OF THE BIRD SCHISTOSOME TRICHOBILHARZIA REGENTI (PLATYHELMINTHES: DIGENEA), CAUSATIVE AGENT OF CERCARIAL DERMATITIS

    Article • Journal of Parasitology, June 2007, American Society of Parasitologists

    Professor Petr Horák

  52. Comparison of cysteine peptidase activities in Trichobilharzia regenti and Schistosoma mansoni cercariae

    Article • Parasitology, May 2007, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Petr Horák

  53. Trichobilharzia szidati: the lung phase of migration within avian and mammalian hosts

    Article • Parasitology Research, December 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Petr Horák

  54. Seasonal morphological variations in bird schistosomes

    Article • Parasite, September 2006, EDP Sciences

    Professor Petr Horák

  55. Unusual finding of Trichobilharzia sp. in Motacilla alba in the Czech Republic

    Article • Journal of Helminthology, March 2006, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Petr Horák

  56. Trichobilharzia regenti: The developmental differences in natural and abnormal hosts

    Article • Parasitology International, September 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Petr Horák

  57. A. Jones, R.A. Bray, D.I. Gibson (Eds.): Keys to the Trematoda. Volume 2.

    Article • Folia Parasitologica, September 2005, Biology Centre, AS CR

    Professor Petr Horák

  58. Multiple cathepsin B isoforms in schistosomula of Trichobilharzia regenti: identification, characterisation and putative role in migration and nutrition

    Article • International Journal for Parasitology, July 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Petr Horák

  59. Molluscan and vertebrate immune responses to bird schistosomes

    Article • Parasite Immunology, July 2005, Wiley

    Professor Petr Horák

  60. In vitro stimulation of penetration gland emptying by Trichobilharzia szidati and T. regenti (Schistosomatidae) cercariae. Quantitative collection and partial characterization of the products

    Article • Parasitology Research, May 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Petr Horák

  61. Validity reassessment of Trichobilharzia species using Lymnaea stagnalis as the intermediate host

    Article • Parasitology Research, December 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Petr Horák

  62. Surface carbohydrates of Eudiplozoon nipponicum pre- and post-fusion

    Article • Journal of Helminthology, March 2004, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Petr Horák

  63. The phylogeny of the Schistosomatidae based on three genes with emphasis on the interrelationships of Schistosoma Weinland, 1858

    Article • Parasitology, March 2003, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Petr Horák

  64. D.I. Gibson, A. Jones, R.A. Bray (Eds.): Keys to the Trematoda. Volume I.

    Article • Folia Parasitologica, March 2003, Biology Centre, AS CR

    Professor Petr Horák

  65. Nasal schistosomes of wildfowl in the Czech Republic

    Article • Parasitology Research, December 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Petr Horák

  66. Neurotropic behaviour of Trichobilharzia regenti in ducks and mice

    Article • Journal of Helminthology, June 2002, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Petr Horák

  67. Comparison of European Trichobilharzia species based on ITS1 and ITS2 sequences

    Article • Parasitology, March 2002, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Petr Horák

  68. European Lymnaeidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda), intermediate hosts of trematodiases, based on nuclear ribosomal DNA ITS-2 sequences

    Article • Infection Genetics and Evolution, December 2001, Elsevier

    Professor Petr Horák

  69. A protein with lectin activity in penetration glands of Diplostomum pseudospathaceum cercariae

    Article • International Journal for Parasitology, March 2001, Elsevier

    Professor Petr Horák

  70. Bird schistosomes: do they die in mammalian skin?

    Article • Trends in Parasitology, February 2001, Elsevier

    Professor Petr Horák

  71. B. Fried, T.K. Graczyk (Eds.): Advances in Trematode Biology.

    Article • Folia Parasitologica, December 2000, Biology Centre, AS CR

    Professor Petr Horák

  72. Survival of bird schistosomes in mammalian lungs

    Article • International Journal for Parasitology, January 2000, Elsevier

    Professor Petr Horák

  73. Trichobilharzia regenti, a pathogen of the avian and mammalian central nervous systems

    Article • Parasitology, December 1999, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Petr Horák

  74. Schistosome cercariae as the causative agent of swimmer's itch in Iceland

    Article • Journal of Helminthology, September 1999, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Petr Horák

  75. Lectins and saccharides inLymnaea stagnalis haemocyte recognition

    Article • Comparative Clinical Pathology, December 1998, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Petr Horák

  76. Cercaria–schistosomulum surface transformation of Trichobilharzia szidati and its putative immunological impact

    Article • Parasitology, February 1998, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Petr Horák

  77. AP 3 Lectin binding to larvae of four trematode species

    Article • Developmental & Comparative Immunology, March 1997, Elsevier

    Professor Petr Horák

  78. T5 11:15 Dual recognition system of Lymnaea stagnalis hemocytes

    Article • Developmental & Comparative Immunology, March 1997, Elsevier

    Professor Petr Horák

  79. A3 10:45 A survey of trematode lectins and their putative functions

    Article • Developmental & Comparative Immunology, March 1997, Elsevier

    Professor Petr Horák

  80. The Effect ofBacillus thuringiensisM-exotoxin on Trematode Cercariae

    Article • Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, September 1996, Elsevier

    Professor Petr Horák

  81. The Effect ofBacillus thuringiensisM-exotoxin on Trematode Cercariae

    Article • Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, July 1996, Elsevier

    Professor Petr Horák

  82. Karyotype of an avian schistosome Trichobilharzia szidati (Digenea: Schistosomatidae)

    Article • International Journal for Parasitology, July 1996, Elsevier

    Professor Petr Horák