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ABSTRACT:
INSTRUMENT(S): LTQ Orbitrap Elite
ORGANISM(S): Haemonchus Contortus (barber Pole Worm)
TISSUE(S): Whole Body
SUBMITTER: Pierre Faou
LAB HEAD: Pierre Faou
PROVIDER: PXD008435 | Pride | 2018-02-28
REPOSITORIES: Pride
Sakthivel Dhanasekaran D Swan Jaclyn J Preston Sarah S Shakif-Azam M D MD Faou Pierre P Jiao Yaqing Y Downs Rachael R Rajapaksha Harinda H Gasser Robin R Piedrafita David D Beddoe Travis T
PeerJ 20180319
<i>Haemonchus contortus</i> is the most pathogenic nematode of small ruminants. Infection in sheep and goats results in anaemia that decreases animal productivity and can ultimately cause death. The involvement of ruminant-specific galectin-11 (LGALS-11) and galectin-14 (LGALS-14) has been postulated to play important roles in protective immune responses against parasitic infection; however, their ligands are unknown. In the current study, LGALS-11 and LGALS-14 ligands in <i>H. contortus</i> wer ...[more]