ReviewDevelopmental and comparative immunology2015
Digenean-gastropod host associations inform on aspects of specific immunity in snails.
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- Mobilizing molluscan models and genomes in biology.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2021Article
- An Overview of Transcriptional Responses of Schistosome-Susceptible (M line) or -Resistant (BS-90)Frontiers in immunology · 2021Article
- Diminished adherence of Biomphalaria glabrata embryonic cell line to sporocysts of Schistosoma mansoni following programmed knockout of the allograft inflammatory factor.Parasites & vectors · 2020Article
- Genomic and transcriptional analysis of genes containing fibrinogen and IgSF domains in the schistosome vector Biomphalaria glabrata, with emphasis on the differential responses of snails susceptible or resistant to Schistosoma mansoni.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2020Article
- RNA-seq: The early response of the snail Physella acuta to the digenetic trematode Echinostoma paraensei.The Journal of parasitology · 2020Article
- Biomphalaria glabrata immunity: Post-genome advances.Developmental and comparative immunology · 2020Review
- No evidence for a dilution effect of the non-native snail, Potamopyrgus antipodarum, on native snails.PloS one · 2020Article
- Novel approach to study gastropod-mediated innate immune reactions against metastrongyloid parasites.Parasitology research · 2018Article
- Proteomic Analysis ofFrontiers in immunology · 2018Article
- Comparative immunogenomics of molluscs.Developmental and comparative immunology · 2017Review
- Proteomic analysis of Biomphalaria glabrata plasma proteins with binding affinity to those expressed by early developing larval Schistosoma mansoni.PLoS pathogens · 2017Article
- Towards interruption of schistosomiasis transmission in sub-Saharan Africa: developing an appropriate environmental surveillance framework to guide and to support 'end game' interventions.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2017Review
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Abstract
Gastropod immunology is informed importantly by the study of the frequent encounters snails endure with digeneans (digenetic trematodes). One of the hallmarks of gastropod-digenean associations is their specificity: any particular digenean parasite species is transmitted by a limited subset of snail taxa. We discuss the nature of this specificity, including its immunological basis. We then review studies of the model gastropod Biomphalaria glabrata indicating that the baseline responses of snails to digeneans can be elevated in a specific manner. Studies incorporating molecular and functional approaches are then highlighted, and are further suggestive of the capacity for specific gastropod immune responses. These studies have led to the compatibility polymorphism hypothesis: the interactions between diversified fibrinogen-related proteins (FREPs) and diverse carbohydrate-decorated polymorphic parasite antigens determine recognition and trigger specific immunity. Complex glycan structures are also likely to play a role in the host specificity typifying snail-digenean interactions. We conclude by noting the dynamic and consequential interactions between snails and digeneans can be considered as drivers of diversification of digenean parasites and in the development and maintenance of specific immunity in gastropods.
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