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    2024

  1. Grybchuk, D., Kostygov, A.Y., Yurchenko, V.* Analysis of Leishbuviridae from trypanosomatids. In: Bunyaviruses: Methods and Protocols (Ed. H. Boshra), 2024, (in press). (ISBN "Methods in Molecular Biology " Series xxx, ISBN xxx). * Correspondent author.
  2. Grybchuk, D., Galan, A., Klocek, D., Macedo, D.H., Wolf, Y.I., Votýpka, J., Butenko, A., Lukeš, J., Neri, U., Záhonová, K., Kostygov, A.Y., Koonin, E.V.*, Yurchenko, V.* Identification of diverse RNA viruses in Obscuromonas flagellates (Euglenozoa: Trypanosomatidae: Blastocrithidiinae). Virus Evol., 2024 (in press). * Co-correspondent authors. PMID:
  3. Chmelová, L′., Kraeva, N., Saura, A., Krayzel, A., Vieira, C.S., Ferreira, T.N., Soares, R.P., Bučková, B., Galan, A., Horáková, E., Vojtková, B., Sádlová, J., Malysheva, M.N., Butenko, A., Prokopchuk, G., Frolov, A.O., Lukeš, J., Horváth, A., Škodová-Sveráková, I., Feder, D., Kostygov, A.Y., Yurchenko, V.* Intricate balance of dually-localized catalase modulates infectivity of Leptomonas seymouri (Kinetoplastea: Trypanosomatidae). Int. J. Parasitol., 2024 (in press). * Correspondent author. PMID: . doi:10.1016/j.ijpara.2024.04.007
  4. Afonin, D.A., Gerasimov, E.S., Škodová-Sveráková, I., Záhonová, K., Gahura, O., Albanaz, A.T.S., Myšková, E., Bykova, A., Paris, Z., Lukeš, J., Opperdoes, F.R., Horváth, A., Zimmer, S.L.*, Yurchenko, V.* Blastocrithidia nonstop mitochondrial genome and its expression are remarkably insulated from nuclear codon reassignment. Nucl. Acids Res., 2024, 52: 3870–3885. * Co-correspondent authors. PMID: 38452217. PDF doi:10.1093/nar/gkae168
  5. Zavataro, A.L.E., Skýpalová, K., Vergara, P.O.T., Silva, F.M, Butenko, A., Yurchenko, V., Kostygov, A.Y., Alves, J.M.P. The genome of the endosymbiont-harboring trypanosomatid Kentomonas sorsogonicus. Protistology, 2024, 18(1): 72-81. PDF doi:10.21685/1680-0826-2024-18-1-7
  6. Rogozin, I.B., Saura, A., Poliakov, E., Bykova, A., Roche-Lima, A., Pavlov, Y.I., Yurchenko, V.* Properties and mechanisms of deletions, insertions, and substitutions in the evolutionary history of SARS-CoV-2. Int. J. Mol. Sci., 2024, 25: 3696. * Correspondent author. PMID: 38612505. PDF doi:10.3390/ijms25073696
  7. Usarov, G.X., Turitsin, V.S., Sattarova, X.G., Sádlová, J., ugli Mustanov, J.A., Saura, A., Yurchenko, V.* Phlebotomine sand fly (Diptera: Phlebotominae) diversity in the foci of cutaneous leishmaniasis in the Surxondaryo Region of Uzbekistan: 50 years on. Parasitol. Res., 2024, 123: 170. * Correspondent author. PMID: 38526739. PDF doi:10.1007/s00436-024-08191-4
  8. Chmelová, L′., Záhonová, K., Albanaz, A.T.S., Hrebenyk, L., Horváth, A., Yurchenko, V.*, Škodová-Sveráková, I.* Distribution and functional analysis of isocitrate dehydrogenases across kinetoplastids. Genome Biol. Evol., 2024, 16(3): evae042. * Co-correspondent authors. PMID: 38447055. PDF doi:10.1093/gbe/evae042
  9. Opperdoes, F.R., Záhonová, K., Škodová-Sveráková, I., Bučková, B., Chmelová, L′., Lukeš, J., Yurchenko, V.* In silico prediction of the metabolism of Blastocrithidia nonstop, a trypanosomatid with non-canonical genetic code. BMC Genomics, 2024, 25(1): 184. * Correspondent author. PMID: 38365628. PDF doi:10.1186/s12864-024-10094-8
  10. Kostygov, A.Y.*, Albanaz, A.T.S., Butenko, A., Gerasimov, E.S., Lukeš, J., Yurchenko, V.* Phylogenetic framework to explore trait evolution in Trypanosomatidae. Trends Parasitol., 2024, 40(2): 96-99. * Co-correspondent authors. PMID: 38065790. doi:10.1016/j.pt.2023.11.009
  11. Kostygov, A.Y.*, Chmelová, L′., Reichl, J., Jászayová, A., Votýpka, J., Fuehrer, H.-P., Yurchenko, V.* Parasites of firebugs in Austria with focus on the "micro"-diversity of the cosmopolitan trypanosomatid Leptomonas pyrrhocoris. Parasitol. Res., 2024, 123(1): 27. * Co-correspondent authors. PMID: 38072883. PDF doi:10.1007/s00436-023-08080-2

    12. 2023

  12. Klocek, D., Grybchuk, D., Macedo, D.H., Galan, A., Votýpka, J., Schmid-Hempel, R., Schmid-Hempel, P., Yurchenko, V.*, Kostygov, A.Y.* RNA viruses of Crithidia bombi, a parasite of bumblebees. J. Invertebr. Pathol., 2023, 201: 107991. * Co-correspondent authors. PMID: 37714407. PDF doi:10.1016/j.jip.2023.107991
  13. Dutra-Rêgo, F., da Silva, E.S., Lopes, V.V., Teixeira-Neto, R.G., Belo, V.S., Fonseca Júnior, A.A., Pereira, D.A., Pena, H.P., Laurenti, M.D., Flores, G.V.A., da Matta, V.L.R., Chouman, I.H., Burrin, T.B., Pacheco, C.M.S., Barrouin-Melo, S.M., de Pinho, F.A., de Andrade, H.A., Nunes, R.V., Gontijo, C.M.F., Soccol, V.T., Klocek, D., Grybchuk, D., Macedo, D.H., do Monte-Neto, R.L., Yurchenko, V., Soares, R.P. First report of putative Leishmania RNA virus 2 (LRV2) in Leishmania infantum strains from canine and human visceral leishmaniasis cases in the Southeast of Brazil. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz, 2023, 118: e230071. PMID: 37729273. PDF doi:10.1590/0074-02760230071
  14. Macedo, D.H., Grybchuk, D., Režnarová, J., Votýpka, J., Klocek, D., Yurchenko, T., Ševčík, J., Magri, A., Urda Dolinská, M., Záhonová, K., Lukeš, J., Servienė, E., Jászayová, A., Serva, S., Malysheva, M.N., Frolov, A.O., Yurchenko, V.*, Kostygov, A.Y.* Diversity of RNA viruses in the cosmopolitan monoxenous trypanosomatid Leptomonas pyrrhocoris. BMC Biol., 2023, 21(1): 191. * Co-correspondent authors. PMID: 37697369. PDF doi:10.1186/s12915-023-01687-y
  15. Albanaz, A.T.S., Carrington, M., Frolov, A.O., Ganyukova, A.I., Gerasimov, E.S., Kostygov, A.Y., Lukeš, J., Malysheva, M.N., Votýpka, J., Zakharova, A., Záhonová, K., Zimmer, S.L., Yurchenko, V.*, Butenko, A.* Shining the spotlight on the neglected: new high-quality genome assemblies as a gateway to understanding the evolution of Trypanosomatidae. BMC Genomics, 2023, 24: 471. * Co-correspondent authors. PMID: 37605127. PDF doi:10.1186/s12864-023-09591-z
  16. Gerasimov, E.S.*, Novozhilova, T.S., Zimmer, S.L., Yurchenko, V.* Kinetoplast genome of Leishmania spp. is under strong purifying selection. Trop. Med. Infect. Dis., 2023, 8(8): 384. * Co-correspondent authors. PMID: 37624322. PDF doi:10.3390/tropicalmed8080384
  17. Klocek, D., Grybchuk, D., Tichá, L., Votýpka, J., Volf, P., Kostygov, A.Y.*, Yurchenko, V.* Evolution of RNA viruses in trypanosomatids: new insights from the analysis of Sauroleishmania. Parasitol. Res., 2023, 122(10): 2279-2286. * Co-correspondent authors. PMID: 37490143. PDF doi:10.1007/s00436-023-07928-x
  18. Albanaz, A.T.S., Butenko, A., Kostygov, A.Y., Votýpka, J., Yurchenko, V. Transcriptome of Lafontella sp., an obscure relative of Phytomonas and Herpetomonas. Protistology, 2023, 17(2): 109-117. PDF doi:10.21685/1680-0826-2023-17-2-6
  19. Bykova, A., Saura, A., Glazko, G.V., Roche-Lima, A., Yurchenko, V.*, Rogozin, I.B. The 29-nucleotide deletion in SARS-CoV: truncated versions of ORF8 are under purifying selection. BMC Genomics, 2023, 24(1): 387. * Co-correspondent authors. PMID: 37430204. PDF doi:10.1186/s12864-023-09482-3
  20. Zakharova, A., Tashyreva, D., Butenko, A., Morales, J., Saura, A., Svobodová, M., Poschmann, G., Nandipati, S., Zakharova, A., Noyvert, D., Gahura, O., Týč, J., Stühler, K., Kostygov, A.Y.*, Nowack, E.C.M., Lukeš, J., Yurchenko, V.* A neo-functionalized homolog of host transmembrane protein controls localization of bacterial endosymbionts in the trypanosomatid Novymonas esmeraldas. Curr. Biol., 2023, 33(13): 2690-2701. * Co-correspondent authors. PMID: 37201521. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2023.04.060
  21. Jászayová, A., Režnarová, J., Chovancová, G., Kostygov, A.Y., Yurchenko, V., Antolová, D., Zwijacz-Kozica, T., Csanády, A., Hurníková, Z. A study of oribatid mites as potential intermediate hosts of anoplocephalid tapeworms of Tatra chamois and Tatra marmots from the Tatra Mountains, Central Europe, and report of a new intermediate host for Andrya cuniculi, the parasite of Leporidae. Life, 2023, 13(4): 955. PMID: 37109484. PDF doi:10.3390/life13040955
  22. Novozhilova, T.S., Chistyakov, D.S., Akhmadishina, L.V., Lukashev, A.N., Gerasimov, E.S.*, Yurchenko, V.* Genomic analysis of Leishmania turanica strains from different regions of Central Asia. PLoS Negl. Trop. Dis., 2023, 17(3): e0011145. * Co-correspondent authors. PMID: 36877735. PDF doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0011145
  23. Yurchenko, V.*, Chistyakov, D.S., Akhmadishina, L.V., Lukashev, A.N., Sádlová, J., Strelkova, M.V.* Revisiting epidemiology of leishmaniasis in Central Asia: lessons learnt. Parasitology, 2023, 150(2): 129-136. * Co-correspondent authors. PMID: 36453145. PDF doi:10.1017/S0031182022001640
  24. Kachale, A., Pavlíková, Z., Nenarokova, A., Roithová, A., Durante, I.M., Miletínová, P., Záhonová, K., Nenarokov, S., Votýpka, J., Horáková, E., Ross, R.L., Yurchenko, V., Beznosková, P., Paris, Z., Valášek, L.S., Lukeš, J. Short tRNA anticodon stem and mutant eRF1 allow stop codon reassignment. Nature, 2023, 613(7945): 751-758. (Cover paper). PMID: 36631608. PDF doi:10.1038/s41586-022-05584-2
  25. Rogozin, I.B.*, Saura, A., Bykova, A., Brover, V., Yurchenko, V.* Deletions across the SARS-CoV-2 genome: molecular mechanisms and putative functional consequences of deletions in accessory genes. Microorganisms, 2023, 11: 229. * Co-correspondent authors. PMID: 36677521. PDF doi:10.3390/microorganisms11010229

    26. 2022

  26. Magri, A.*, Bianchi, C., Chmelová, L′., Caffara, M., Galuppi, R., Fioravanti, M., Yurchenko, V.*, Kostygov, A.Y.* Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) are a novel potential reservoir for human visceral leishmaniasis in the Emilia-Romagna region of Northeastern Italy. Int. J. Parasitol., 2022, 52(12): 745-750. * Co-correspondent authors. (Cover paper). PMID: 36265672. PDF doi:10.1016/j.ijpara.2022.09.002
  27. Kostygov, A.Y., Malysheva, M.N., Ganyukova, A.I., Razygraev, A.V., Drachko, D.O., Yurchenko, V., Agasoi, V.V., Frolov, A.O. The roles of mosquitoes in the circulation of monoxenous trypanosomatids in temperate climates. Pathogens, 2022, 11: 1326. PMID: 36422578. PDF doi:10.3390/pathogens11111326
  28. Gerasimov, E.S., Afonin, D.A., Korzhavina, O.A., Lukeš, J., Low, R., Hall, N., Tyler, K., Yurchenko, V.*, Zimmer, S.* Mitochondrial RNA editing in Trypanoplasma borreli: new tools, new revelations. Comput. Struct. Biotechnol. J., 2022, 20: 6388-6402. * Co-correspondent authors. PMID: 36420151. PDF doi:10.1016/j.csbj.2022.11.023
  29. Procházková, M., Füzik, T., Grybchuk, D., Yurchenko, V., Plevka, P. Virion structure of Leishmania RNA virus 1. Virology, 2022, 577: 149-154. PMID: 36371873. PDF doi:10.1016/j.virol.2022.09.014
  30. Belinky, F., Bykova, A. , Yurchenko, V.*, Rogozin, I. B.* No evidence for widespread positive selection on double substitutions within codons in primates and yeasts. Front. Genetics, 2022, 13: 991249. * Co-correspondent authors. PMID: 36159983. PDF doi:10.3389/fgene.2022.991249
  31. Saura, A., Zakharova, A., Klocek, D., Gerasimov, E.S., Butenko, A., Macedo, D.H., Servienė, E., Zagirova, D., Meshcheryakova, A., Rogozin, I.B., Serva, S., Kostygov, A.Y.*, Yurchenko, V.* Elimination of LRVs elicits different responses in Leishmania spp. mSphere, 2022, 7(4): e00335-22. * Co-correspondent authors. PMID: 35943162. PDF doi:10.1128/msphere.00335-22
  32. Grybchuk, D., Procházková, M., Füzik, T., Konovalovas, A., Serva, S., Yurchenko, V., Plevka, P. Structures of L-BC virus and its open particle provide insight into Totivirus capsid assembly. Commun. Biol., 2022, 5(1): 847. PMID: 35986212. PDF doi:10.1038/s42003-022-03793-z
  33. Ennes-Vidal, V., Antunes, D., Poláková, E., Yurchenko, V., Oliveira, S.S.C., Faria da Mota, F., Guimaraes, A.C.R., Caffarena, E.R., Santos , A.L.S, Branquinha, M.H., d’Avila-Levy, C.M. Differences in charge distribution in Leishmania tarentolae leishmanolysin result in a reduced enzymatic activity. Int. J. Mol. Sci., 2022, 23: 7660. PMID: 35887004. PDF doi:10.3390/ijms23147660
  34. Zakharova, A., Albanaz, A.T.S., Opperdoes, F.R., Škodová-Sveráková, I., Zagirova, D., Saura, A., Chmelová, L’., Gerasimov, E.S., Leštinová, T., Bečvář, T., Sádlová, J., Volf, P., Lukeš, J., Horváth, A., Butenko, A., Yurchenko, V.* Leishmania guyanensis M4147 as a new LRV1-bearing model parasite: phosphatidate phosphatase 2-like protein controls cell cycle progression and intracellular lipid content. PLoS Negl. Trop. Dis., 2022, 16(6): e0010510. * Correspondent author. PMID: 35749562. PDF doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0010510
  35. Gerasimov, E.S., Ramirez-Barrios, R., Yurchenko, V., Zimmer, S.L. Trypanosoma cruzi strain and starvation-driven mitochondrial RNA editing and transcriptome variability. RNA, 2022, 28(7): 993-1012. PMID: 35470233. PDF doi:10.1261/rna.079088.121
  36. Kostygov, A.Y., Frolov, A.O., Malysheva, M.N., Ganyukova, A.I., Drachko, D., Yurchenko, V., Agasoy, V.V. Development of two species of the Trypanosoma theileri complex in tabanids. Parasit. Vectors, 2022, 15: 95. PMID: 35313955. PDF doi:10.1186/s13071-022-05212-y
  37. Chmelová, L’., Bianchi, C., Albanaz, A.T.S., Režnarová, J., Wheeler, R., Kostygov, A.Y., Kraeva, N., Yurchenko, V. Comparative analysis of three trypanosomatid catalases of different origin. Antioxidants, 2022, 11: 46. * Correspondent author. PMID: 35052550. PDF doi:10.3390/antiox11010046

    38. 2021

  38. Poláková, E., Albanaz, A.T.S., Zakharova, A., Novozhilova, T.S., Gerasimov, E.S., Yurchenko, V.* Ku80 is involved in telomere maintenance but dispensable for genomic stability in Leishmania mexicana. PLoS Negl. Trop. Dis., 2021, 15(12): e0010041. * Correspondent author. PMID: 34965251. PDF doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0010041
  39. Kostygov, A.Y.*; Grybchuk, D., Kleschenko, Y., Chistyakov, D.S., Lukashev, A.N., Gerasimov, E.S., Yurchenko, V.* Analyses of Leishmania-LRV co-phylogenetic patterns and evolutionary variability of viral proteins. Viruses, 2021, 13(11): 2305. * Co-correspondent authors. PMID: 34835111. PDF doi:10.3390/v13112305
  40. Yurchenko, V.*, Butenko, A., Kostygov, A.Y.* Genomics of Trypanosomatidae: where we stand and what needs to be done? Pathogens, 2021, 10: 1124. * Co-correspondent authors. PMID: 34578156. PDF doi:10.3390/pathogens10091124
  41. Zakharova, A., Saura, A., Butenko, A., Podešvová, L., Warmusová, S., Kostygov, A.Y., Nenarokova, A., Lukeš, J., Opperdoes, F.R., Yurchenko, V.* A new model trypanosomatid Novymonas esmeraldas: genomic perception of its "Candidatus Pandoraea novymonadis" endosymbiont. mBio, 2021, 12(4): e01606-21. * Correspondent author. PMID: 34399629. PDF doi:10.1128/mBio.01606-21
  42. Kostygov, A.Y.*, Alves, J.M.P.*, Yurchenko, V.* Editorial: symbioses between protists and bacteria/archaea. Front. Microbiol., 2021, 12: 709184. * Co-correspondent authors. PMID: 34394058. PDF doi:10.3389/fmicb.2021.709184
  43. Konorov, E.A., Yurchenko, V., Patraman, I.V., Lukashev, A.N., Oyun, N.Y. The effects of genetic drift and genomic selection on differentiation and local adaptation of the introduced populations of Aedes albopictus in southern Russia. Peer J., 2021, 9: e11776. PMID: 34327056. PDF doi:10.7717/peerj.11776
  44. Poláková, E., Záhonová, K., Albanaz, A.T.S., Butenko, A., Lukeš, J., Yurchenko, V.* Diverse telomeres in trypanosomatids. Parasitology, 2021, 148: 1254-1270. * Correspondent author. PMID: 33612129. PDF doi:10.1017/S0031182021000378
  45. Čermáková, P., Maďarová, A., Baráth, P., Bellová, J., Yurchenko, V., Horváth, A. Differences in mitochondrial NADH dehydrogenase activities in trypanosomatids. Parasitology, 2021, 148: 1161-1170. PMID: 33407966. PDF doi:10.1017/S0031182020002425
  46. Skalický, T., Alves, J.M.P., Morais, A.C., Režnarová, J., Butenko, A., Lukeš, J., Serrano, M.G., Buck, G.A., Teixeira, M.M.G., Camargo, E.P., Sanders, M., Cotton, J.A., Yurchenko, V., Kostygov,A.Y. Endosymbiont capture, a repeated process of endosymbiont transfer with replacement in trypanosomatids Angomonas spp. Pathogens, 2021, 10: 702. PMID: 34200026. PDF doi:10.3390/pathogens10060702
  47. Rogozin, I.B., Roche-Lima, A., Tyryshkin, K., Carrasquillo-Carrión, K., Lada, A.G., Poliakov, L.Y., Schwartz, E., Saura, A., Yurchenko, V.*, Cooper, D.N., Panchenko, A.R., Pavlov, Y.I.* DNA methylation, deamination and translesion synthesis combine to generate footprint mutations in cancer driver genes in B-cell derived lymphomas and other cancers. Front. Genetics, 2021, 12: 671866. * Co-correspondent authors. PMID: 34093666. PDF doi:10.3389/fgene.2021.671866
  48. Frolov, A.O.*, Kostygov,A.Y.*, Yurchenko, V.* Development of monoxenous trypanosomatids and phytomonads in insects. Trends Parasitol., 2021, 37(6): 538-551. * Co-correspondent authors. PMID: 33714646. PDF doi:10.1016/j.pt.2021.02.004
  49. Gerasimov, E.S., Gasparyan, A.A., Afonin, D.A., Zimmer, S.L., Kraeva, N., Lukeš, J., Yurchenko, V., Kolesnikov, A. Complete minicircle genome of Leptomonas pyrrhocoris reveals a source of its non-canonical mitochondrial RNA editing events. Nucl. Acids Res., 2021, 49(6): 3354-3370. PMID: 33660779. PDF doi:10.1093/nar/gkab114
  50. Albanaz, A.T.S.; Gerasimov, E.S.; Shaw, J.J.; Sádlová, J.; Lukeš, J.; Volf, P.; Opperdoes, F.R.; Kostygov, A.Y.; Butenko, A.*; Yurchenko, V.* Genome analysis of Endotrypanum and Porcisia spp., closest phylogenetic relatives of Leishmania, highlights the role of amastins in shaping pathogenicity. Genes. 2021, 12(3): 444. * Co-correspondent authors. PMID: 33804709. PDF doi:10.3390/genes12030444
  51. Charyyeva, A., Çetinkaya, Ü., Özkan. B., Şahin, S., Yaprak, N., Şahin, I., Yurchenko, V.*, Kostygov, A.Y.* Genetic diversity of Leishmania tropica: unexpectedly complex distribution pattern. Acta Trop., 2021, 218: 105888. * Co-correspondent authors. PMID: 33713626. PDF doi:10.1016/j.actatropica.2021.105888
  52. Sádlová, J., Podešvová, L., Bečvář, T., Bianchi, C., Gerasimov, E.S., Saura, A., Glanzová, K., Leštinová, T., Matveeva, N.S., Chmelová, L., Mlacovská, D., Spitzová, T., Vojtková, B., Volf, P., Yurchenko, V.*, Kraeva, N.* Catalase impairs Leishmania mexicana development and virulence. Virulence, 2021, 12(1): 852-867. * Co-correspondent authors. PMID: 33724149. PDF doi:10.1080/21505594.2021.1896830
  53. Kostygov, A.Y., Karnkowska, A., Votýpka, J., Tashyreva, D., Maciszewski, K., Yurchenko, V., Lukeš, J. Euglenozoa: taxonomy, diversity and ecology, symbioses and viruses. Open Bio., 2021, 11: 200407. PMID: 33715388. PDF doi:10.1098/rsob.200407
  54. Lukeš, J., Tesařová, M., Yurchenko, V., Votýpka, J. Characterization of a new cosmopolitan genus of trypanosomatid parasites, Obscuromonas gen. nov. (Blastocrithidiinae subfam. nov.). Eur. J. Protistol., 2021, 79: 125778. PMID: 33706204. PDF doi:10.1016/j.ejop.2021.125778
  55. Belinky, F., Ganguly, I., Poliakov, E., Yurchenko, V.*, Rogozin, I.B.* Analysis of stop codons within prokaryotic protein-coding genes suggests frequent readthrough events. Int. J. Mol. Sci., 2021, 22: 1876. * Co-correspondent authors. PMID: 33672790. PDF doi:10.3390/ijms22041876
  56. Opperdoes, F.R.*, Butenko, A., Zakharova, A., Gerasimov, E.S., Zimmer, S.L., Lukeš, J., Yurchenko, V.* The remarkable metabolism of Vickermania ingenoplastis: genomic predictions. Pathogens, 2021, 10: 68. * Co-correspondent authors. PMID: 33466586. PDF doi:10.3390/pathogens10010068
  57. Procházková, M., Füzik, T., Grybchuk, D., Falginella, F., Podešvová, L., Yurchenko, V., Vácha, R., Plevka, P. Capsid structure of Leishmania RNA virus 1. J. Virol., 2021, 95(3): e01957-20. PMID: 33208443. PDF doi:10.1128/JVI.01957-20
  58. Butenko, A., Hammond, M., Field, M., Ginger, M., Yurchenko, V., Lukeš, J. Reductionist pathways for parasitism in euglenozoans? Expanded datasets provide new insights. Trends Parasitol., 2021, 37(2): 100-116. PMID: 33127331. PDF doi:10.1016/j.pt.2020.10.001

    59. 2020

  59. Durante, I., Butenko, A., Rašková, V., Charyyeva, A., Svobodová, M., Yurchenko, V., Hashimi, H., Lukeš, J. Large-scale phylogenetic analysis of trypanosomatid adenylate cyclases reveals associations with extracellular lifestyle and host-pathogen interplay. Genome Biol. Evol., 2020, 12(12): 2403-2416. PMID: 33104188. PDF doi:10.1093/gbe/evaa226
  60. Kostygov, A.Y., Frolov, A.O., Malysheva, M.N., Ganyukova, A.I., Chistyakova, L.V., Tashyreva, D., Tesařová, M., Spodareva, V.V., Režnarová, J., Macedo, D., Butenko, A., d’Avila-Levy, C.M., Lukeš, J., Yurchenko, V. Vickermania gen. nov., trypanosomatids that use two joined flagella to resist midgut peristaltic flow within the fly host. BMC Biol., 2020, 18: 187. PMID: 33267865. PDF doi:10.1186/s12915-020-00916-y
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  123. Yurchenko, V.*, Kostygov, A.Y., Havlová, J., Grybchuk-Ieremenko, A., Ševčíková, T., Lukeš, J., Ševčík, J., Votýpka, J.* Diversity of trypanosomatids in cockroaches and the description of Herpetomonas tarakana sp. n. J. Euk. Microbiol., 2016, 63: 198-209. * Co-correspondent authors. PMID: 26352484. PDF doi:10.1111/jeu.12268
  124. Frolov, A., Malysheva, M., Yurchenko, V., Kostygov, A.Y. Back to monoxeny: Phytomonas nordicus descended from dixenous plant parasites. Eur. J. Protistol., 2016, 52 (1):1-10. PMID: 26555733. PDF doi:10.1016/j.ejop.2015.08.002

    125. 2015

  125. d'Avila-Levy, C., Boucinha, C., Kostygov, A.Y., Santos, H. L. C., Morelli, K. A., Grybchuk-Ieremenko, A., Duval, L., Votýpka, J., Yurchenko, V., Grellier, P., Lukeš, J. Exploring environmental diversity of kinetoplastid flagellates in the high-throughput DNA sequencing era. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz, 2015, 110(8): 956-965. PMID: 26602872. PDF doi:10.1590/0074-02760150253
  126. Kozminsky, E., Kraeva, N., Ishemgulova, A., Dobáková, E., Lukeš, J., Kment, P., Yurchenko, V., Votýpka, J., Maslov, D. Host-specificity of monoxenous trypanosomatids: statistical analysis of the distribution and transmission patterns of the parasites from Neotropical Heteroptera. Protist, 2015, 166(5): 551-568. PMID: 26466163. PDF doi:10.1016/j.protis.2015.08.004
  127. Kraeva, N., Butenko, A., Hlaváčová, J., Kostygov, A.Y., Myškova, J., Grybchuk, D., Leštinová, T., Votýpka, J., Volf, P., Opperdoes, F., Flegontov, P., Lukeš, J., Yurchenko, V.* Leptomonas seymouri: adaptations to the dixenous life cycle analyzed by genome sequencing, transcriptome profiling and co-infection with Leishmania donovani. PLoS Path., 2015, 11(8): e1005127. * Correspondent author. PMID: 226317207. PDF doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1005127
  128. Hamilton, P., Votýpka, J., Dostálová, A., Yurchenko, V., Bird, N., Lukeš, J., Lemaitre, B., Perlman, S. Infection dynamics and immune response in a newly described Drosophila-trypanosomatid association. mBio, 2015, 6(5): e01356-15. PMID: 26374124. PDF doi:10.1128/mBio.01356-15
  129. Votýpka, J., d'Avila-Levy, C., Grellier, P., Maslov, D., Lukeš, J., Yurchenko, V.* New approaches to systematics of Trypanosomatidae: criteria for taxonomic (re)description. Trends Parasitol., 2015, 31: 460-469. * Correspondent author. PMID: 26433249. PDF doi:10.1016/j.pt.2015.06.015
  130. Losev, A., Grybchuk-Ieremenko, A., Kostygov, A.Y., Lukeš, J., Yurchenko, V.* Host specificity, pathogenicity and mixed infections of trypanoplasms from freshwater fishes. Parasitol. Res., 2015, 114:1071–1078. * Correspondent author. PMID: 25544706. PDF doi:10.1007/s00436-014-4277-y

    131. 2014

  131. Kraeva, N., Ishemgulova, A., Lukeš, J., Yurchenko, V.* Tetracycline-inducible gene expression system in Leishmania mexicana. Mol. Biochem. Parasitol., 2014, 198: 11-13. * Correspondent author. PMID: 25461484. PDF doi:10.1016/j.molbiopara.2014.11.002
  132. Grybchuk-Ieremenko, A., Losev, A., Kostygov, A.Y., Lukeš, J., Yurchenko, V.* High prevalence of trypanosome co-infections in freshwater fishes. Folia Parasitol., 2014, 61: 495-504. * Correspondent author. PMID: 25651690. PDF doi:10.14411/fp.2014.064
  133. Votýpka, J., Kostygov, A.Y., Kraeva, N., Grybchuk-Ieremenko, A., Tesařová, M., Grybchuk, D., Lukeš, J., Yurchenko, V.* Kentomonas gen. n., a new genus of endosymbiont-containing trypanosomatids of Strigomonadinae subfam. n. Protist, 2014, 165: 825-838. * Correspondent author. PMID: 25460233. PDF doi:10.1016/j.protis.2014.09.002
  134. Chistyakova, L., Kostygov, A.Y., Kornilova, O., Yurchenko, V.* Reisolation and redescription of Balantidium duodeni Stein, 1867 (Litostomatea, Trichostomatia). Parasitol. Res., 2014, 113: 4207–4215. * Correspondent author. PMID: 25185665. PDF doi:10.1007/s00436-014-4096-1
  135. Kostygov, A.Y., Grybchuk-Ieremenko, A., Malysheva, M., Frolov, A., Yurchenko, V.* Molecular revision of the genus Wallaceina. Protist, 2014, 165: 594-604. * Correspondent author. PMID: 25113831. PDF doi:10.1016/j.protis.2014.07.001
  136. Lukeš, J., Skalický, T., Týč, J., Votýpka, J., Yurchenko, V. Evolution of parasitism in kinetoplastid flagellates. Mol. Biochem. Parasitol., 2014, 195: 115-122. PMID: 24893339. PDF doi:10.1016/j.molbiopara.2014.05.007
  137. Yurchenko, V.*, Votýpka, J., Tesařová, M., Klepetková, H., Kraeva, N., Jirků, M., Lukeš, J. Ultrastructure and molecular phylogeny of four new species of monoxenous trypanosomatids from flies (Diptera: Brachycera) with redefinition of the genus Wallaceina. Folia Parasitol., 2014, 61: 97-112. * Correspondent author. PMID: 24822316. PDF doi:10.14411/fp.2014.023
  138. Záhonová, K., Hadariová, L., Vacula, R., Yurchenko, V., Eliáš, M., Krajčovič, J., Vesteg, M. A small portion of plastid transcripts is polyadenylated in the flagellate Euglena gracilis. FEBS Lett., 2014, 588: 783-788. PMID: 24492004. PDF doi:10.1016/j.febslet.2014.01.034

    139. 2013

  139. Votýpka, J., Suková, E., Kraeva, N., Ishemgulova, A., Duží, I., Lukeš, J., Yurchenko, V.* Diversity of trypanosomatids (Kinetoplastea: Trypanosomatidae) parasitizing fleas (Insecta: Siphonaptera) and description of a new genus Blechomonas gen. n. Protist, 2013, 164: 763-781. * Correspondent author. PMID: 24113136. PDF doi:10.1016/j.protis.2013.08.002
  140. Maslov, D., Votýpka, J., Yurchenko, V., Lukeš, J. Diversity and evolution of insect trypanosomatids: all that is hidden shall be revealed. Trends Parasitol., 2013, 29: 43-52. PMID: 23246083. PDF doi:10.1016/j.pt.2012.11.001

    141. 2012

  141. Jirkú, M., Yurchenko, V., Lukeš, J., Maslov, D. New species of insect trypanosomatids from Costa Rica and the proposal for a new subfamily within the Trypanosomatidae. J. Euk. Microbiol., 2012, 59: 537-547. PMID: 22845426. PDF doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.2012.00636.x
  142. Votýpka, J., Klepetkova, H., Yurchenko, V., Horak, A., Lukeš, J., Maslov, D. Cosmopolitan distribution of a trypanosomatids Leptomonas pyrrhocoris. Protist, 2012, 163: 616–631. PMID: 22341645. PDF doi:10.1016/j.protis.2011.12.004

    143. 2010

  143. Maslov, D., Yurchenko, V., Jirkú, M., Lukeš, J. Two new species of trypanosomatid parasites isolated from Heteroptera in Costa Rica. J. Euk. Microbiol., 2010, 57(2): 177-188. PMID: 20113381. PDF doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.2009.00464.x
  144. Votýpka, J., Maslov, D.A., Yurchenko, V., Jirkú, M., Kment, P., Lun, Z.R., Lukeš, J. Probing into the diversity of trypanosomatid flagellates parasitizing insect hosts in South-West China reveals both endemism and global dispersal. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 2010, 54: 243-253. PMID: 19835965. PDF doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2009.10.014
  145. Yurchenko, V., Constant, S., Eisenmesser, E., Bukrinsky, M. Cyclophilin/CD147 interactions: a new target for anti-inflammatory therapeutics. Clin. Exp. Immunol., 2010, 160: 305–317. PMID: 20345978. PDF doi:10.1111/j.1365-2249.2010.04115.x

    146. 2009

  146. Yurchenko, V., Lukeš, J., Jirkú, M., Maslov, D. Selective recovery of the cultivation-prone components from mixed trypanosomatid infections: a case of several novel species isolated from Neotropical Heteroptera. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59(Pt 4): 893-909. (Cover paper). PMID: 19329626. PDF doi:10.1099/ijs.0.001149-0
  147. Schlegel, J., Redzic, J., Porter, C., Yurchenko, V., Bukrinsky, M., Labeikovsky, W., Armstrong, G., Zhang, F., Isern, N., De Gregori, J., Hodges, R., Eisenmesser, E. Solution characterization of the extracellular region of CD147 and its interaction with its enzyme ligand cyclophilin A. J. Mol. Biol, 2009, 391(3): 518-535. PMID: 19500591. PDF doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2009.05.080

    148. 2008

  148. Yurchenko, V., Lukeš, J., Tesařová, M., Jirkú, M., Maslov, D. Morphological discordance of the new trypanosomatid species phylogenetically associated with the genus Crithidia. Protist, 2008, 159: 99-114. PMID: 17931968. PDF doi:10.1016/j.protis.2007.07.003
  149. Bouzahzah, B., Yurchenko, V., Nagajyothi, F., Hulit, J., Sadofsky, M, Braunstein, V.L., Mukherjee, S., Weiss, H., Machado, F., Lisanti, M.P., Tanowitz, H.B., Albanese, C. Regulation of host cell cyclin D1 by Trypanosoma cruzi in myoblasts. Cell Cycle, 2008, 7(4): 500-503. PMID: 18239452. PDF doi:10.4161/cc.7.4.5327
  150. Yurchenko, V.*, Xue, Z., Sherry, B, Bukrinsky, M.* Functional analysis of Leishmania major cyclophilin. Int. J. Parasitol., 2008, 38(6): 633-639. * Co-correspondent authors. PMID: 17991468. PDF doi:10.1016/j.ijpara.2007.10.001
  151. Yurchenko, V.*; Xue, Z.; Gama, V.; Matsuyama; S., Sadofsky, M.* Ku70 is stabilized by increased cellular SUMO. Biochem. Biophys Res. Commun., 2008, 366: 263-268. * Co-correspondent authors. PMID: 18062920. PDF doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.11.136

    152. 2007

  152. Ivanov, A., Peng, H., Yurchenko, V., Yap, K., Negorev, D., Schultz, D., Psulkowsky, E., Fredericks, W., White, D., Maul, G., Sadofsky, M., Zhou, M.-M., Rauscher, 3rd, F. PHD domain-mediated E3 ligase activity directs intramolecular Sumoylation of an adjacent Bromodomain required for gene silencing. Mol. Cell, 2007, 28: 823-837. PMID: 18082607. PDF doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2007.11.012
  153. Pushkarsky, T., Yurchenko, V., Laborico, A., Bukrinsky, M. CD147 stimulates HIV-1 infection in a signal-independent fashion. Biochem. Biophys Res. Commun., 2007, 363(3): 495-499. PMID: 17888876. PDF doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.08.192

    154. 2006

  154. Yurchenko, V., Lukeš, J., Jirkú, M., Zeledon, R. and Maslov, D.A. Leptomonas costaricensis sp. n. (Kinetoplastea: Trypanosomatidae), a member of the novel phylogenetic group of insect trypanosomatids closely related to the genus Leishmania. Parasitology, 2006, 133: 537-546. (Cover paper). PMID: 16834819. PDF doi:10.1017/s0031182006000746
  155. Yurchenko, V., Lukeš, J., Xu, X. and Maslov, D.A. An integrated morphological and molecular approach to new species descriptions in Trypanosomatidae: the case of Leptomonas podlipaevi sp. n., a parasite of Boisea rubrolineata (Hemiptera: Rhopalidae). J. Euk. Microbiol., 2006, 53: 103-111. PMID: 16579812. PDF doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.2005.00078.x
  156. Yurchenko, V., Xue, Z. and Sadofsky, M. SUMO modification of human XRCC4 regulates its localization and function in DNA double-strand break repair. Mol. Cell Biol., 2006, 26(5): 1786-1794. PMID: 16478998. PDF doi:10.1128/mcb.26.5.1786-1794.2006
  157. Yurchenko, V., Constant, S., Bukrinsky, M. Dealing with the Family: CD147 interactions with cyclophilins. Immunology, 2006, 117(3): 301-309. PMID: 16476049. PDF doi:10.1111/j.1365-2567.2005.02316.x

    158. 2005

  158. Yurchenko V., Pushkarsky T., Li J.H., Dai W.W., Sherry B., Bukrinsky M. Regulation of CD147 cell surface expression: involvement of the proline residue in the CD147 transmembrane domain. J. Biol. Chem., 2005, 280(17): 17013-17019. PMID: 15671024. PDF doi:10.1074/jbc.m412851200
  159. Pushkarsky T., Yurchenko V., Vanpouille C., Brichacek B., Vaisman I., Hatakeyama S., Nakayama K., Sherry B., and Bukrinsky M. Cell surface expression of CD147/emmprin is regulated by cyclophilin 60. J. Biol. Chem., 2005, 280(30): 27866-27871. PMID: 15946952. PDF doi:10.1074/jbc.m503770200

    160. 2003

  160. Yurchenko V., Xue Z., Sadofsky M. The RAG1 N-terminal domain is an E3 ubiquitin ligase. Genes Dev., 2003, 17: 581-585. PMID: 12629039. PDF doi:10.1101/gad.1058103
  161. Klinov, D., Martynkina, L., Yurchenko, V., Demin, V., Streltsov, S., Gerasimov, Y., Vengerov, Y. Effect of supporting substrates on the structure of DNA and DNA-Trivaline complexes studied by Atomic Force Microscopy. J. Bioorg. Chem (Mosc), 2003, 29: 363-367. PMID: 12947761. PDF doi:10.1023/a:1024901318099
  162. Martinkina, L., Yurchenko, V., Vengerov, Y. Protein-free spreading method for electron microscopic studies of DNA compaction stimulated by interactions with histone H1 in surface films. In: Science, Technology and Education of Microscopy: an Overview (Ed. A. Mendez-Vilas). Microscopy Series, 2003, 1: 469-475 (ISBN "Microscopy" Series 84-607-6679-7, ISBN Vol. I: 84-607-6698-5). PDF

    163. 2002

  163. Yurchenko V., Zybarth G., O’Connor M., Dai W.W., Franchin G., Hao T., Guo H., Hung H.-C., Toole B., Gallay P., Sherry B., Bukrinsky M. Active-site residues of cyclophilin A are crucial for its signaling activity via CD147. J. Biol. Chem., 2002, 277(25): 22959-22965. PMID: 11943775. PDF doi:10.1074/jbc.m201593200

    164. 2001

  164. Merzlyak, E., Yurchenko, V., Kolesnikov, A., Alexandrov, K., Podlipaev, S., Maslov, D. Diversity and phylogeny of insect trypanosomatids based on small subunit rRNA genes: polyphyly of Leptomonas and Blastocrithidia. J. Euk. Microbiol., 2001, 48: 161-169. PMID: 12095103. PDF doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.2001.tb00298.x
  165. Yurchenko, V.*, Kolesnikov, A. Minicircular kinetoplast DNA of Trypanosomatidae. Mol. Biol. (Mosc), 2001, 35: 3-13. * Correspondent author. PMID: 11234380. PDF doi:10.1023/a:1004813414607
  166. Yurchenko V., O’Connor M., Dai W.W., Guo H., Toole B., Sherry B., Bukrinsky M. CD147 is a signaling receptor for Cyclophilin B. Biochem. Biophys Res. Commun., 2001, 288: 786-788. PMID: 11688976. PDF doi:10.1006/bbrc.2001.5847
  167. Pushkarsky T., Zybarth G., Dubrovsky L., Yurchenko V., Tang H., Guo H., Toole B., Sherry B., Bukrinsky M. CD147 facilitates HIV-1 infection by interacting with virus-associated cyclophilin A. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 2001, 98: 6360-6365. PMID: 11353871. PDF doi:10.1073/pnas.111583198

    168. 2000

  168. Yurchenko, V., Kolesnikov, A.A., Lukeš, J. Phylogenetic analysis of Trypanosomatina (Protozoa: Kinetoplastida) based on minicircle conserved regions. Folia Parasitol., 2000, 47: 1-5. PMID: 10833008. PDF doi:10.14411/fp.2000.001
  169. Martinkina, L., Klinov, D., Kolesnikov, A., Yurchenko V., Streltsov, S., Neretina, T., Demin, V., Vengerov, Y. Atomic force and electron microscopy of high molecular weight circular DNA complexes with synthetic oligopeptide trivaline. J. Biomol. Struct. Dynamics, 2000, 17: 687-695. PMID: 10698106. PDF doi:10.1080/07391102.2000.10506559

    170. 1999

  170. Yurchenko, V.*, Merzlyak, E., Kolesnikov, A., Martinkina, L., Vengerov, Y. Structure of Leishmania minicircle kinetoplast DNA classes. J. Clin. Microbiol., 1999, 35: 1656-1657. * Correspondent author. PMID: 10328690. PDF
  171. Yurchenko, V., Hobza, R., Benada, O., Lukeš, J. Trypanosoma avium: large minicircles in the kinetoplast DNA. Exp. Parasitol., 1999, 92: 215-218. (Cover paper). PMID: 10403763. PDF doi:10.1006/expr.1999.4418
  172. Alexandrov, K., Simon, I., Yurchenko, V., Iakovenko, A., Rostkova, E., Scheidig, A.J., Goody, R. S. Characterization of the ternary complex between Rab7, REP-1 and Rab geranylgeranyl transferase Eur. J. Biochem., 1999, 265: 160-170. PMID: 10491170. PDF doi:10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00699.x

    173. 1998

  173. Yurchenko, V.*, Martinkina, L., Merzlyak, E., Vengerov, Y., Kolesnikov, A.* Characteristics of Trypanosoma scelopori kinetoplast DNA: conserved region of minicircle as a molecular-taxonomic feature. Mol. Biol. (Mosc), 1998, 32: 998-1003. * Co-correspondent authors. PMID: 9929877. PDF
  174. Aravin, A., Yurchenko, V., Merzlyak, E., Kolesnikov, A. The mitochondrial ND8 gene from Crithidia oncopelti is not pan-edited. FEBS Lett., 1998, 431: 457-460. PMID: 9714563. PDF doi:10.1016/s0014-5793(98)00813-8
  175. Martinkina, L., Kolesnikov, A., Streltsov, S., Yurchenko, V., Vengerov, Yu.Yu. Electron microscopic studies of compactization of circular DNA in model systems. II. Complexes of the synthetic peptide trivaline with high molecular weight circular DNA. Mol. Biol. (Mosc), 1998, 32: 504-509. PMID: 9785564. PDF
  176. Martinkina, L., Kolesnikov, A., Streltsov, S., Yurchenko, V., Vengerov, Y. Circular superhelixal DNA complexes with synthetic oligopeptide: unusual compact structures and influence of bent sequences on the result of compaction. J. Biomol. Struct. Dynamics, 1998, 15: 949-957. PMID: 9619516. PDF doi:10.1080/07391102.1998.10508215

    177. 1997

  177. Kolesnikov, A., Yurchenko, V., Martinkina, L., Shoenian, G. A new class of minicircular mitochondrial DNA in Leishmania tropica. Mol. Biol. (Mosc), 1997, 31: 458-462. PMID: 9297089. PDF
  178. Vengerov, Y., Martinkina, L., Bespalov, M., Streltsov, S., Yurchenko, V., Kolesnikov, A. Electron microscopic studies of compactization of circular DNA in model systems. I. Compact structure of complexes of the synthetic peptide trivaline with circular DNA, containing a sequence, causing a stationary bend in DNA. Mol. Biol. (Mosc), 1997, 31: 232-239. PMID: 9213750. PDF

    179. 1995

  179. Baron, L., Yurchenko, V., Kolesnikov, A. Structure of minicircle kinetoplast DNA from a river perch trypanosome. Mol. Biol. (Mosc), 1995, 29: 1341-1348. PMID: 8592504. PDF