Coordination of humoral immune factors dictates compatibility between Schistosoma mansoni and Biomphalaria glabrata

Immune factors in snails of the genus Biomphalaria are critical for combating Schistosoma mansoni, 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 B. glabrata...

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Main Authors: Hongyu Li, Jacob R Hambrook, Emmanuel A Pila, Abdullah A Gharamah, Jing Fang, Xinzhong Wu, Patrick Hanington
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2020-01-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/51708