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ArticleParasitology research2009

Hymenolepis diminuta (Cestoda) induces changes in expression of select genes of Tribolium confusum (Coleoptera).

Steven J Hitchen, Allen W Shostak, Miodrag Belosevic

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Article in Parasitology research, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. The TapewormPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
    Review
  3. Selection of reference genes for reverse transcription-qPCR analysis in the biomonitor macrophytePhysiology and molecular biology of plants : an international journal of functional plant biology · 2018
    Article
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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Steven J HitchenCW-405 Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2E9.
Allen W Shostak
Miodrag Belosevic
University of Alberta · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The flour beetle Tribolium confusum is a common experimental intermediate host for the tapeworm Hymenolepis diminuta, but while many aspects of their host-parasite interactions have been determined to have genetic basis, the genes involved have not been identified. In this paper, we report on the expression of several predicted metabolic and defense-related genes using quantitative polymerase chain reaction 2 weeks after initial infection of the beetle. The expression of heat shock protein 68, a predicted sugar transporter, a pheromone binding protein, and endoglin were up-regulated in infected beetles. The expression of thaumatin-like protein and prophenoloxidase 2/3 was down-regulated in infected beetles, while the mRNA levels of Toll-like receptor 3, Toll-like receptor 4, and lysozyme 4 were not affected by infection with H. diminuta.

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Gene Expression RegulationHost-Parasite InteractionsAnimalsGene Expression ProfilingHymenolepis diminutaReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionRNA, MessengerTriboliumRNA, Messenger

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PMID19471965
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