TGF-β and TGF-β/Smad Signaling in the Interactions between Echinococcus multilocularis and Its Hosts

Junhua Wang; Chuanshan Zhang; Xufa Wei; Oleg Blagosklonov; Guodong Lv; Xiaomei Lu; Georges Mantion; Dominique A. Vuitton; Hao Wen; Renyong Lin

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0055379

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TGF-β and TGF-β/Smad Signaling in the Interactions between Echinococcus multilocularis and Its Hosts

Junhua Wang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Junhua Wang, Chuanshan Zhang

Affiliations State Key Lab Incubation Base of Xinjiang Major Diseases Research (2010DS890294) and Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Echinococcosis, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China, Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Franche-Comté and Jean Minjoz University Hospital, Besançon, Franche-Comté, France
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Chuanshan Zhang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Junhua Wang, Chuanshan Zhang

Affiliation State Key Lab Incubation Base of Xinjiang Major Diseases Research (2010DS890294) and Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Echinococcosis, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
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Xufa Wei,

Affiliation State Key Lab Incubation Base of Xinjiang Major Diseases Research (2010DS890294) and Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Echinococcosis, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
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Oleg Blagosklonov,

Affiliations Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Franche-Comté and Jean Minjoz University Hospital, Besançon, Franche-Comté, France, WHO-Collaborating Centre for the Prevention and Treatment of Human Echinococcosis, University of Franche-Comté and University Hospital, Besançon, Franche-Comté, France
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Guodong Lv,

Affiliation State Key Lab Incubation Base of Xinjiang Major Diseases Research (2010DS890294) and Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Echinococcosis, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
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Xiaomei Lu,

Affiliation State Key Lab Incubation Base of Xinjiang Major Diseases Research (2010DS890294) and Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Echinococcosis, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
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Georges Mantion,

Affiliation WHO-Collaborating Centre for the Prevention and Treatment of Human Echinococcosis, University of Franche-Comté and University Hospital, Besançon, Franche-Comté, France
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Dominique A. Vuitton,

Affiliation WHO-Collaborating Centre for the Prevention and Treatment of Human Echinococcosis, University of Franche-Comté and University Hospital, Besançon, Franche-Comté, France
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Hao Wen ,

* E-mail: renyongl@yahoo.com.cn (RL); Dr.wenhao@163.com (HW)

Affiliation State Key Lab Incubation Base of Xinjiang Major Diseases Research (2010DS890294) and Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Echinococcosis, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
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Renyong Lin

* E-mail: renyongl@yahoo.com.cn (RL); Dr.wenhao@163.com (HW)

Affiliation State Key Lab Incubation Base of Xinjiang Major Diseases Research (2010DS890294) and Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Echinococcosis, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
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TGF-β and TGF-β/Smad Signaling in the Interactions between Echinococcus multilocularis and Its Hosts

Junhua Wang,
Chuanshan Zhang,
Xufa Wei,
Oleg Blagosklonov,
Guodong Lv,
Xiaomei Lu,
Georges Mantion,
Dominique A. Vuitton,
Hao Wen,
Renyong Lin

Published: February 6, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0055379

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