Cysteine protease inhibitors block schistosome hemoglobin degradation in vitro and decrease worm burden and egg production in vivo

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 179-189

  Wasilewski, Margaret M ^a,b   Lim, K C ^b   Phillips, Jennifer ^a   McKerrow, James H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cysteine protease; egg; hemoglobin; inhibitor; Schistosoma mansoni

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; HEMOGLOBIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CERCARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEPATOMEGALY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHISTOSOMULUM; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; WORM INFECTION;

ANIMALIA; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 0030607410     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-6851(96)02703-X     Document Type: Article

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