MicroRNA profiling in the zoonotic parasite Echinococcus canadensis using a high-throughput approach

ABSTRACT: microRNAs (miRNAs), a class of small non-coding RNAs, are key regulators of gene expression at post-transcriptional level and play essential roles in fundamental biological processes such as development and metabolism. Here, we perform a comprehensive analysis of miRNAs in the zoonotic parasite E. canadensis G7, one of the causative agents of the neglected disease cystic echinococcosis. Small RNA libraries from protoscoleces and cyst walls of E. canadensis G7 and protoscoleces of E. granulosus sensu stricto G1 were sequenced using Illumina technology. As a result, we found transcriptional evidence of 37 miRNAs thus expanding the miRNA repertoire of E. canadensis G7. Differential expression analysis showed significant regulated miRNAs between life cycle stages of E. canadensis G7. We confir

ORGANISM(S): Echinococcus granulosus

SUBMITTER: Natalia Macchiaroli 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-64705 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress