Epigenetic Changes Modulate Schistosome Egg Formation and Are a Novel Target for Reducing Transmission of Schistosomiasis

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Carneiro, Vitor Coutinho ^a   de Abreu da Silva, Isabel Caetano ^a   Torres, Eduardo José Lopes ^b   Caby, Stephany ^c   Lancelot, Julien ^c   Vanderstraete, Mathieu ^c   Furdas, Silviya D ^d   Jung, Manfred ^d   Pierce, Raymond J ^c   Fantappié, Marcelo Rosado ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c UNIV LILLE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; CHORION PROTEINS; EGG PROTEIN; HELMINTH PROTEIN; HISTONE DEACETYLASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEK293 CELL LINE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; OVIPARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; EGG PROTEINS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEK293 CELLS; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HISTONE DEACETYLASE INHIBITORS; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR TARGETED THERAPY; OVIPARITY; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

EID: 84901673339     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004116     Document Type: Article

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