Kazuhisa Yamada, Akira Tazaki, Nanako Ushio-Watanabe, Yoshihiko Usui, Atsunobu Takeda, Masaaki Matsunaga, Ayana Suzumura, Hideyuki Shimizu, Hao Zheng, Nanang R Ariefta, Masahiro Yamamoto, Hideaki Hara, Hiroshi Goto, Koh-Hei Sonoda, Koji M Nishiguchi, Masashi Kato, Yoshifumi Nishikawa, Shinya Toyokuni, Hiroki Kaneko
Toxoplasmosis is a major infectious disease, affecting approximately one-third of the world's population; its main clinical manifestation, ocular toxoplasmosis (OT), is a severe sight-threatening disease. Nevertheless, the diagnosis of OT is based on clinical findings, which needs improvement, even with biochemical tests, such as polymerase chain reaction and antibody detections. Furthermore, the efficacy of OT-targeted treatment is limited; thus, additional measures for diagnosis and treatments are needed...
September 17, 2023: Redox Biology