This Week in Parasitism

TWiP 48: A parasitic cloaking device

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Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Josef Sabo

Vincent, Dickson, and Josef discuss tetraspanins on the surface of schistosomes as vaccine candidates and immune evasion proteins.

Links for this episode:
  • S. japonicum tetraspanin-2 as a vaccine target (PLoS NTP)
  • Protection with S. mansoni tetraspanin-2 (PLoS NTP)
  • S. mansoni tetraspanins confer protection (Nat Med)
  • Tetraspanins
  • Letters read on TWiP 48
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