Cathelicidin-like Helminth Defence Molecules (HDMs): Absence of Cytotoxic, Anti-microbial and Anti-protozoan Activities Imply a Specific Adaptation to Immune Modulation

• Karine Thivierge ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Karine Thivierge, Sophie Cotton

  Affiliations Institute of Parasitology, McGill University, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Canada, Laboratoire de Santé Publique du Québec, Institut National de Santé Publique du Québec, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Canada

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• Sophie Cotton ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Karine Thivierge, Sophie Cotton

  Affiliation Institute of Parasitology, McGill University, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Canada

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• Deborah A. Schaefer,

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Science and Microbiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

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• Michael W. Riggs,

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Science and Microbiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

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• Joyce To,

  Affiliation The ithree Institute, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Sydney, Australia

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• Maria E. Lund,

  Affiliation The ithree Institute, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Sydney, Australia

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• Mark W. Robinson,

  Affiliations The ithree Institute, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Sydney, Australia, School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Medical Biology Centre, Belfast, Northern Ireland

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• John P. Dalton,

  Affiliation Institute of Parasitology, McGill University, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Canada

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• Sheila M. Donnelly

  * E-mail: Sheila.Donnelly@uts.edu.au

  Affiliation The ithree Institute, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Sydney, Australia

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