Revisiting glucose uptake and metabolism in schistosomes: New molecular insights for improved schistosomiasis therapies

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue JUN, 2014, Pages

  You, Hong ^a   Stephenson, Rachel J ^b   Gobert, Geoffrey N ^a   McManus, Donald P ^a  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Glucose uptake and metabolism; Glycolysis signaling pathway; Insulin signaling pathway; Schistosoma; Schistosome

Indexed keywords

6 PHOSPHOFRUCTOKINASE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; CYTOCHALASIN B; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HEXOKINASE; INSULIN LIKE PEPTIDE; INTERLEUKIN 7; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MEFLOQUINE; PEPTIDE HORMONE; PHOSPHOGLYCERATE KINASE; PYRAZINAMIDE; SCHISTOSOME GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 1; SCHISTOSOME GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 2; SCHISTOSOME GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 3; SCHISTOSOME GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 4; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRIOSEPHOSPHATE ISOMERASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DRUG TARGETING; EGG; FERTILITY; FIBRINOLYSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; GLYCOGEN SYNTHESIS; GLYCOLYSIS; HUMAN; INSULIN SIGNALING; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84906250483     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2014.00176     Document Type: Review

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