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| Geyer, Kathrin K.; Munshi, Sabrina E.; Vickers, Martin; Squance, Michael; Wilkinson, Toby J.; Berrar, Daniel; Chaparro, Cristian; Swain, Martin T.; Hoffmann, Karl F.. |
| Uncontrolled host immunological reactions directed against tissue-trapped eggs precipitate a potentially lethal, pathological cascade responsible for schistosomiasis. Blocking schistosome egg production, therefore, presents a strategy for simultaneously reducing immunopathology as well as limiting disease transmission in endemic or emerging areas. We recently demonstrated that the ribonucleoside analogue 5-azacytidine (5-AzaC) inhibited Schistosoma mansoni oviposition, egg maturation and ovarian development. While these anti-fecundity effects were associated with a loss of DNA methylation, other molecular processes affected by 5-AzaC were not examined at the time. By comparing the transcriptomes of 5-AzaC-treated females to controls, we provide evidence... |
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Palavras-chave: Schistosoma mansoni; Epigenetics; 5-Azacytidine; Fecundity; RNA-Seq; Protein synthesis; Stem cells. |
| Ano: 2018 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00615/72703/71747.pdf |
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| Geyer, Kathrin K.; Niazi, Umar H.; Duval, David; Cosseau, Celine; Tomlinson, Chad; Chalmers, Iain W.; Swain, Martin T.; Cutress, David J.; Bickham-wright, Utibe; Munshi, Sabrina E.; Grunau, Christoph; Yoshino, Timothy P.; Hoffmann, Karl F.. |
| Background The debilitating human disease schistosomiasis is caused by infection with schistosome parasites that maintain a complex lifecycle alternating between definitive (human) and intermediate (snail) hosts. While much is known about how the definitive host responds to schistosome infection, there is comparably less information available describing the snail's response to infection. Methodology/Principle findings Here, using information recently revealed by sequencing of the Biomphalaria glabrata intermediate host genome, we provide evidence that the predicted core snail DNA methylation machinery components are associated with both intra-species reproduction processes and inter-species interactions. Firstly, methyl-CpG binding domain protein... |
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| Ano: 2017 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00389/50000/71812.pdf |
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