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| Duval, David; Pichon, Rémi; Lassalle, Damien; Laffitte, Maud; Gourbal, Benjamain; Galinier, Richard. |
| Thioester-containing proteins (TEPs) superfamily is known to play important innate immune functions in a wide range of animal phyla. TEPs are involved in recognition, and in the direct or mediated killing of several invading organisms or pathogens. While several TEPs have been identified in many invertebrates, only one TEP (named BgTEP) has been previously characterized in the freshwater snail, Biomphalaria glabrata. As the presence of a single member of that family is particularly intriguing, transcriptomic data and the recently published genome were used to explore the presence of other BgTEP related genes in B. glabrata. Ten other TEP members have been reported and classified into different subfamilies: Three complement-like factors (BgC3-1 to BgC3-3),... |
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Palavras-chave: Biomphalaria glabrata; Thioester-containing protein; Alternative splicing; Immunity; Schistosome. |
| Ano: 2020 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00601/71268/69657.pdf |
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| Portet, Anais; Galinier, Richard; Pinaud, Silvain; Portela, Julien; Nowacki, Fanny; Gourbal, Benjamin; Duval, David. |
| Insect thioester-containing protein (iTEP) is the most recently defined group among the thioester-containing protein (TEP) superfamily. TEPs are key components of the immune system, and iTEPs from flies and mosquitoes were shown to be major immune weapons. Initially characterized from insects, TEP genes homologous to iTEP were further described from several other invertebrates including arthropods, cniderians, and mollusks albeit with few functional characterizations. In the freshwater snail Biomphalaria glabrata, a vector of the schistosomiasis disease, the presence of a TEP protein (BgTEP) was previously described in a well-defined immune complex involving snail lectins (fibrinogen-related proteins) and schistosome parasite mucins (SmPoMuc). To... |
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Palavras-chave: Thioester-containing protein; Complement-like protein; Biomphalaria glabrata; Interaction host/pathogens; Innate immunity. |
| Ano: 2018 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00444/55548/71780.tif |
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