256 Conclusion and Future Directions TMAO may drive the cross-talk between inflammatory response and oxidative stress by mediating cell death (including apoptosis, pyroptosis, autophagy, and ferroptosis, etc) and then induce pathological processes such as foam cell activation, massive secretion of cytokines and adhesion molecules, overaccumulation of ROS, enhanced platelet reactivity and abnormal vascular tone regulation
But it does it at an accelerated rate
Given this situation it is particularly concerning that MDA campaigns show that PZQ cure rates are often less than 50% and modeling studies demonstrating that these campaigns with PZQ alone are unlikely to interrupt transmission, and once MDA is suspended, the prevalence of infection is likely to rebound to pre-MDA levels 9,10,11
Antioxidants 14 , 802 (2025)