Apoptosis phenomenon in the schistosomulum and adult worm life cycle stages of Schistosoma japonicum

Parasitology International

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 100-108

  Han, Hongxiao ^a,b   Peng, Jinbiao ^d   Gobert, Geoffrey N ^c   Hong, Yang ^b   Zhang, Min ^b   Han, Yanhui ^b   Fu, Zhiqiang ^b   Shi, Yaojun ^b   Xu, Jinjun ^a   Lin, Jiaojiao ^b   Tao, Jianping ^a  

^a YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

^c QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d Key Laboratory of Animal Parasitology   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; QRT PCR; Schistosoma japonicum; TUNEL; Z VAD FMK

Indexed keywords

4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 7; CASPASE INHIBITOR; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; LIPOCORTIN 5; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE INTERACTION; LIFE CYCLE; MITOCHONDRION; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMULUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WORM;

AMINO ACID CHLOROMETHYL KETONES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 7; CASPASE INHIBITORS; CELL SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HELMINTH PROTEINS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MODELS, MOLECULAR; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS;

SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM;

EID: 84870226031     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: 18730329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2012.09.008     Document Type: Article

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