Identification and characterization of the Onchocerca volvulus Excretory Secretory Product Ov28CRP, a putative GM2 activator protein

• Ferdinand Ngale Njume,

  Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biology and Molecular Medicine, IBMM, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Gosselies, Belgium, Molecular and Cell Biology Laboratory, Biotechnology Unit, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon

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• Stephen Mbigha Ghogomu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Stephen Mbigha Ghogomu, Luc Vanhamme, Jacob Souopgui

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Molecular and Cell Biology Laboratory, Biotechnology Unit, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon

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• Robert Adamu Shey,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biology and Molecular Medicine, IBMM, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Gosselies, Belgium, Molecular and Cell Biology Laboratory, Biotechnology Unit, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0146-3894

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• Lea Olive Tchouate Gainkam,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biology and Molecular Medicine, IBMM, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Gosselies, Belgium

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• Philippe Poelvoorde,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biology and Molecular Medicine, IBMM, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Gosselies, Belgium

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• Perrine Humblet,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation École de santé publique, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgium

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• Joseph Kamgno,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Centre for research on filariasis and other tropical diseases, Yaounde, Cameroon

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• Annie Robert,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculté de santé publique, Institut de recherche expérimentale et clinique, Pôle d'épidémiologie et biostatistique, Université Catholique de Louvain, Clos Chapelle-aux-champs, Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Belgium

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• Leon Mutesa,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Center for Human Genetics, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5308-3706

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• Christophe Lelubre,

  Roles Formal analysis, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratoire de Médecine Expérimentale, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)—Unité 222, CHU Charleroi (Hôpital André Vésale), Rue de Gozée, Montigny-Le-Tilleul, Belgium

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7319-661X

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• Evelina Edelweiss,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Integrated Structural Biology, Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire (IGBMC), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR7104, Illkirch, France, Department of Integrated Structural Biology, Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire (IGBMC), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, UMR7104, Illkirch, France, Department of Integrated Structural Biology, Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire (IGBMC), Université de Strasbourg, UMR7104, Illkirch, France

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• Arnaud Poterszman,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Integrated Structural Biology, Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire (IGBMC), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR7104, Illkirch, France, Department of Integrated Structural Biology, Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire (IGBMC), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, UMR7104, Illkirch, France, Department of Integrated Structural Biology, Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire (IGBMC), Université de Strasbourg, UMR7104, Illkirch, France

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• Susi Anheuser,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation LIMES Institute, Membrane Biology & Lipid Biochemistry Unit, c/o Kekulé-Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie, Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany

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• Luc Vanhamme ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Stephen Mbigha Ghogomu, Luc Vanhamme, Jacob Souopgui

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biology and Molecular Medicine, IBMM, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Gosselies, Belgium

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• Jacob Souopgui

  Contributed equally to this work with: Stephen Mbigha Ghogomu, Luc Vanhamme, Jacob Souopgui

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Jacob.Souopgui@ulb.ac.be

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biology and Molecular Medicine, IBMM, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Gosselies, Belgium

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1526-4431

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