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SUBMITTER: Li H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6970513 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Li Hongyu H Hambrook Jacob R JR Pila Emmanuel A EA Gharamah Abdullah A AA Fang Jing J Wu Xinzhong X Hanington Patrick P
eLife 20200109
Immune factors in snails of the genus <i>Biomphalaria</i> are critical for combating <i>Schistosoma mansoni</i>, the predominant cause of human intestinal schistosomiasis. Independently, many of these factors play an important role in, but do not fully define, the compatibility between the model snail <i>B. glabrata</i>, and <i>S. mansoni</i>. Here, we demonstrate association between four previously characterized humoral immune molecules; <i>Bg</i>FREP3, <i>Bg</i>TEP1, <i>Bg</i>FREP2 and Biompha ...[more]