<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Abid Ali</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Shabir Ahmad</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">de Albuquerque, Pedro Machado Medeiros</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Atif Kamil</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fahdah Ayed Alshammari</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Abdulaziz Alouffi</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">da Silva_Vaz, Itabajara</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Prediction of Novel Drug Targets and Vaccine Candidates against Human Lice (Insecta), Acari (Arachnida), and Their Associated Pathogens</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Vaccines</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Acari</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">drug targets</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">essential gene</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">lice</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">subtractive analysis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">vaccine candidates</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2021</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Dec-22-2021</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/10/1/8</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">10</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">8</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;&lt;jats p=&quot;&quot;&gt;The emergence of drug-resistant lice, acari, and their associated pathogens (APs) is associated with economic losses; thus, it is essential to find new appropriate therapeutic approaches. In the present study, a subtractive proteomics approach was used to predict suitable therapeutics against these vectors and their infectious agents. We found 9701 proteins in the lice (Pediculus humanus var. corporis) and acari (Ixodes scapularis, Leptotrombidium deliense), and 4822 proteins in the proteomes of their APs (Babesia microti, Borreliella mayonii, Borrelia miyamotoi, Borrelia recurrentis, Rickettsia prowazekii, Orientia tsutsugamushi str. Boryong) that were non-homologous to host proteins. Among these non-homologous proteins, 365 proteins of lice and acari, and 630 proteins of APs, were predicted as essential proteins. Twelve unique essential proteins were predicted to be involved in four unique metabolic pathways of lice and acari, and 103 unique proteins were found to be involved in 75 unique metabolic pathways of APs. The sub cellular localization analysis of 115 unique essential proteins of lice and acari and their APs revealed that 61 proteins were cytoplasmic, 42 as membrane-bound proteins and 12 proteins with multiple localization. The druggability analysis of the identified 73 cytoplasmic and multiple localization essential proteins revealed 22 druggable targets and 51 novel drug targets that participate in unique pathways of lice and acari and their APs. Further, the predicted 42 membrane bound proteins could be potential vaccine candidates. Screening of useful inhibitors against these novel targets may result in finding novel compounds efficient for the control of these parasites.&lt;/jats&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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