# The origin, deployment, and evolution of a plant-parasitic nematode effectorome

*PRI Rank #9 · Topics and Trends in Most Cited Nematode management and characterization studies Papers, Class of 2026*

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| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Rank | #9 |
| 18m citations | 22 |
| Journal | PLoS Pathogens |
| Year | 2024 |
| DOI | 10.1371/journal.ppat.1012395 |
| Corresponding authors | B. P. J. Molloy, Dio S. Shin, J. D. Long, Clément Pellegrin, Beatrice Senatori, Paulo Vieira, Peter Thorpe, Anika Damm, Mariam Ahmad, Kerry Vermeulen, Lida Derevnina, Siyuan Wei, Alexis L. Sperling, Estefany Reyes Estévez, Samuel Bruty, Victor Hugo Moura de Souza, Olaf Prosper Kranse, Tom Maier, Thomas J. Baum, Sebastian Eves‐van den Akker |
| Institution | University of Cambridge, United Kingdom |

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**Paper link:** [10.1371/journal.ppat.1012395](https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1012395)

## Topics

Plant-parasitic nematode · effectors · pharyngeal gland cells · Heterodera schachtii · cyst nematode · gland cell isolation · effectorome · Immunosuppression · feeding organ establishment · effector gene loci · gland cell expression · effector deployment · effector evolution · nematode parasitism · transcriptomic analysis · life-stage analysis · nematode pathology

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