Therapeutic Effect of Diminazene Aceturate on Parasitic Blood Fluke Schistosoma mansoni Infection
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Effect of antisense-SGTPs on the glucose uptake of the blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni: observations in adult worms and schistosomula.
AS-ODNs, complementary to Schistosoma mansoni glucose transporter proteins (SGTP1 and SGTP4), were chosen as potential therapeutic agents for schistosomiasis. AS-SGTP1 oligos lowered the glucose uptake of adult worms both in vitro and ex vivo. The most effective AS-ODN was that of 21 nucleotides complementary to the SGTP1 nucleotide sequence, including the initiation region of mRNA translation....
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عنوان ژورنال: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
سال: 2020
ISSN: 0066-4804,1098-6596
DOI: 10.1128/aac.01372-20