A cercarial invadolysin interferes with the host immune response and facilitates infection establishment of Schistosoma mansoni

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About the Authors

Jacob R. Hambrook

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

Affiliation School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Patrick C. Hanington

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Cercarias
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Cytokines
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Schistosoma mansoni
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Cytokine therapy
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Complement system
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Parasitic diseases
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Proteases
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Serine proteases
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