Browsing by Subject "Intestine Epithelium"

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The highly antigenic 53/25kDa Taenia solium protein fraction with cathepsin-L like activity is present in the oncosphere/cysticercus and induces non-protective IgG antibodies in pigs

Zimic-Peralta, Mirko Juan; Pajuelo Travezaño, Monica Jhenny; Gilman, Robert Hugh; Gutiérrez, A.H.; Rueda, L.D.; Flores, M.; Chile Andrade, Nancy; Verastegui Pimentel, Manuela Renee; Gonzalez Zariquiey, Armando Emiliano; García Lescano, Héctor Hugo; Sheen Cortavarria, Patricia (Elsevier, 2012)

Cathepsin L-like proteases are secreted by several parasites including Taenia solium. The mechanism used by T. solium oncospheres to degrade and penetrate the intestine and infect the host is incompletely understood. It ...

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