ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2024
Schistosome esophageal gland factor MEG-8.2 drives host cell lysis and interacts with host immune proteins.
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- Transcriptional phenotype of the anti-parasitic benzodiazepine meclonazepam on the blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025Article
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Schistosomes are blood flukes that ingest large amounts of host blood during their intra-mammalian stage. The ingested blood contains leukocytes that can be harmful, yet the parasites survive inside the host for decades, reflecting superb immune evasion mechanisms that remain poorly understood. Our previous work discovered that FoxA, a forkhead transcription factor, drives the production of the esophageal gland, an anterior digestive organ essential for degrading the ingested leukocytes and for
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