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Spectrum of pleuropulmonary paragonimiasis: An analysis of 685 cases diagnosed over 22 years. J Infect 2020; 82:150-158. [PMID: 33017628 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.09.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2020] [Revised: 09/28/2020] [Accepted: 09/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Paragonimiasis is a global foodborne zoonosis. Overlapping clinical and imaging features with other lung pathologies hamper correct diagnosis and require differential diagnosis. METHODS During 1982-2003, 49,012 samples were referred for immunodiagnosis of helminthiases. We detected paragonimiasis cases by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). We assessed clinical, radiographical and laboratory characteristics, and diagnostic dilemmas associated with delayed diagnosis. RESULTS We analyzed 685 pleuropulmonary paragonimiasis cases. ELISA-positive was 665. Eggs were detected in 50. Symptom duration correlated well with the appearance of chest radiographs; 359 pleural, 33 pleuroparenchymal, and 264 parenchymal lesions (P < 0.001). Twenty-nine had normal chest images. Eosinophilia, seen in 304, was common in pleural and pleuroparenchymal patients (P < 0.05). Chest pain and dyspnea were characteristic for pleurisy patients. Sputum (odds ratios [OR]: 6.79; 95% CI: 4.41-10.47), blood-tinged sputum (OR: 5.62; 95% CI: 3.75-8.42), and foul-odor (OR: 2.70; 95% CI: 1.42-5.16) were significant in parenchymal patients. Delayed diagnosis (119) for ≥ 25 weeks was attributed mainly to misdiagnosis as tuberculosis, malignancy, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (OR: 111.75; 95% CI: 43.25-288.74). CONCLUSIONS Variable symptoms and radiographs of pleuropulmonary paragonimiasis depended on the stage of infection. Suspicion of tuberculosis, malignancy, or COPD was major cause of delayed diagnosis.
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Lin B, Qing X, Liao J, Zhuo K. Role of Protein Glycosylation in Host-Pathogen Interaction. Cells 2020; 9:E1022. [PMID: 32326128 PMCID: PMC7226260 DOI: 10.3390/cells9041022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2020] [Revised: 04/11/2020] [Accepted: 04/16/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Host-pathogen interactions are fundamental to our understanding of infectious diseases. Protein glycosylation is one kind of common post-translational modification, forming glycoproteins and modulating numerous important biological processes. It also occurs in host-pathogen interaction, affecting host resistance or pathogen virulence often because glycans regulate protein conformation, activity, and stability, etc. This review summarizes various roles of different glycoproteins during the interaction, which include: host glycoproteins prevent pathogens as barriers; pathogen glycoproteins promote pathogens to attack host proteins as weapons; pathogens glycosylate proteins of the host to enhance virulence; and hosts sense pathogen glycoproteins to induce resistance. In addition, this review also intends to summarize the roles of lectin (a class of protein entangled with glycoprotein) in host-pathogen interactions, including bacterial adhesins, viral lectins or host lectins. Although these studies show the importance of protein glycosylation in host-pathogen interaction, much remains to be discovered about the interaction mechanism.
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- Borong Lin
- Laboratory of Plant Nematology, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China; (B.L.); (J.L.)
- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China;
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- Laboratory of Plant Nematology, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China; (B.L.); (J.L.)
- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
- Guangdong Eco-Engineering Polytechnic, Guangzhou 510520, China
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- Laboratory of Plant Nematology, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China; (B.L.); (J.L.)
- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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Cwiklinski K, Donnelly S, Drysdale O, Jewhurst H, Smith D, De Marco Verissimo C, Pritsch IC, O'Neill S, Dalton JP, Robinson MW. The cathepsin-like cysteine peptidases of trematodes of the genus Fasciola. ADVANCES IN PARASITOLOGY 2019; 104:113-164. [PMID: 31030768 DOI: 10.1016/bs.apar.2019.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Fasciolosis caused by trematode parasites of the genus Fasciola is a global disease of livestock, particularly cattle, sheep, water buffalo and goats. It is also a major human zoonosis with reports suggesting that 2.4-17 million people are infected worldwide, and 91.1 million people currently living at risk of infection. A unique feature of these worms is their reliance on a family of developmentally-regulated papain-like cysteine peptidases, termed cathepsins. These proteolytic enzymes play central roles in virulence, infection, tissue migration and modulation of host innate and adaptive immune responses. The availability of a Fasciola hepatica genome, and the exploitation of transcriptomic and proteomic technologies to probe parasite growth and development, has enlightened our understanding of the cathepsin-like cysteine peptidases. Here, we clarify the structure of the cathepsin-like cysteine peptidase families and, in this context, review the phylogenetics, structure, biochemistry and function of these enzymes in the host-parasite relationship.
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- Krystyna Cwiklinski
- School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
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- School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom; The School of Life Sciences, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Ultimo, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
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- School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
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- School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
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- School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom; Department of Basic Pathology, Federal University of Parana, Curitiba, Brazil
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- School of Biotechnology, Dublin City University, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
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- School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
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- School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom.
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Paragonimiasis is a zoonotic disease caused by lung flukes of the genus Paragonimus. Humans usually become infected by eating freshwater crabs or crayfish containing encysted metacercariae of these worms. However, an alternative route of infection exists: ingestion of raw meat from a mammalian paratenic host. Adult worms normally occur in pairs in cysts in the lungs from which they void their eggs via air passages. The pulmonary form is typical in cases of human infection due to P. westermani, P. heterotremus, and a few other species (Table 5.1). Worms may occupy other sites in the body, notably the brain, but lung flukes have made their presence felt in almost every organ. Ectopic paragonimiasis is particularly common when infection is due to members of the P. skrjabini complex (Table 5.1). Human paragonimiasis occurs primarily in the tropics and subtropics of Asia, Africa, and the Americas, with different species being responsible in different areas (Table 5.1).
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- David Blair
- College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia.
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Morter R, Adetifa I, Antonio M, Touray F, de Jong BC, Gower CM, Gehre F. Examining human paragonimiasis as a differential diagnosis to tuberculosis in The Gambia. BMC Res Notes 2018; 11:31. [PMID: 29334998 PMCID: PMC5769439 DOI: 10.1186/s13104-018-3134-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2017] [Accepted: 01/06/2018] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Paragonimiasis is a foodborne trematode infection of the lungs caused by Paragonimus spp., presenting clinically with similar symptoms to active tuberculosis (TB). Worldwide, an estimated 20.7 million people are infected with paragonimiasis, but relatively little epidemiological data exists for Africa. Given a recently reported case, we sought to establish whether paragonimiasis should be considered as an important differential diagnosis for human TB in The Gambia, West Africa. RESULTS We developed a novel PCR-based diagnostic test for Paragonimus species known to be found in West Africa, which we used to examine archived TB negative sputum samples from a cross-sectional study of volunteers with tuberculosis-like symptoms from communities in the Western coastal region of The Gambia. Based on a "zero patient" design for detection of rare diseases, 300 anonymised AFB smear negative sputum samples, randomly selected from 25 villages, were screened for active paragonimiasis by molecular detection of Paragonimus spp. DNA. No parasite DNA was found in any of the sputa of our patient group. Despite the recent case report, we found no evidence of active paragonimiasis infection masking as TB in the Western region of The Gambia.
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- Richard Morter
- Vaccines and Immunity Theme, Medical Research Council (MRC) Unit The Gambia, Fajara, The Gambia
- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Disease Control and Elimination Theme, Medical Research Council (MRC) Unit The Gambia, Fajara, The Gambia
- Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- Vaccines and Immunity Theme, Medical Research Council (MRC) Unit The Gambia, Fajara, The Gambia
- Microbiology and Infection Unit, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
- Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- Vaccines and Immunity Theme, Medical Research Council (MRC) Unit The Gambia, Fajara, The Gambia
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- Vaccines and Immunity Theme, Medical Research Council (MRC) Unit The Gambia, Fajara, The Gambia
- Department of Medicine, New York University, New York, USA
- Mycobacteriology Unit, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Vaccines and Immunity Theme, Medical Research Council (MRC) Unit The Gambia, Fajara, The Gambia
- Mycobacteriology Unit, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
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Yoonuan T, Nuamtanong S, Dekumyoy P, Phuphisut O, Adisakwattana P. Molecular and immunological characterization of cathepsin L-like cysteine protease of Paragonimus pseudoheterotremus. Parasitol Res 2016; 115:4457-4470. [PMID: 27562899 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-016-5232-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2016] [Accepted: 08/12/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Cathepsin L is a cysteine protease belonging to the papain family. In parasitic trematodes, cathepsin L plays essential roles in parasite survival and host-parasite interactions. In this study, cathepsin L of the lung fluke Paragonimus pseudoheterotremus (PpsCatL) was identified and its molecular biological and immunological features characterized. A sequence analysis of PpsCatL showed that the gene encodes a 325-amino-acid protein that is most similar to P. westermani cathepsin L. The in silico three-dimensional structure suggests that PpsCatL is a pro-enzyme that becomes active when the propeptide is cleaved. A recombinant pro-PpsCatL lacking the signal peptide (rPpsCatL), with a molecular weight of 35 kDa, was expressed in E. coli and reacted with P. pseudoheterotremus-infected rat sera. The native protein was detected in crude worm antigens and excretory-secretory products and was localized in the cecum and in the lamellae along the intestinal tract of the adult parasite. Enzymatic activity of rPpsCatL showed that the protein could cleave the fluorogenic substrate Z-Phe-Arg-AMC after autocatalysis but was inhibited with E64. The immunodiagnostic potential of the recombinant protein was evaluated with an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and suggested that rPpsCatL can detect paragonimiasis with high sensitivity and specificity (100 and 95.6 %, respectively). This supports the further development of an rPpsCatL-ELISA as an immunodiagnostic tool.
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- Tippayarat Yoonuan
- Department of Helminthology, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Ratchathewi, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand
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- Department of Helminthology, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Ratchathewi, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand
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- Department of Helminthology, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Ratchathewi, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand
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- Department of Helminthology, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Ratchathewi, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand
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- Department of Helminthology, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Ratchathewi, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand.
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Evans H, Killoran KE, Mitre BK, Morris CP, Kim SY, Mitre E. Ten Weeks of Infection with a Tissue-Invasive Helminth Protects against Local Immune Complex-Mediated Inflammation, but Not Cutaneous Type I Hypersensitivity, in Previously Sensitized Mice. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2015; 195:2973-84. [PMID: 26324775 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1500081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2015] [Accepted: 07/29/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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In this study, we evaluated the effect chronic helminth infection has on allergic disease in mice previously sensitized to OVA. Ten weeks of infection with Litomosoides sigmodontis reduced immunological markers of type I hypersensitivity, including OVA-specific IgE, basophil activation, and mast cell degranulation. Despite these reductions, there was no protection against immediate clinical hypersensitivity following intradermal OVA challenge. However, late-phase ear swelling, due to type III hypersensitivity, was significantly reduced in chronically infected animals. Levels of total IgG2a, OVA-specific IgG2a, and OVA-specific IgG1 were reduced in the setting of infection. These reductions were most likely due to increased Ab catabolism as ELISPOT assays demonstrated that infected animals do not have suppressed Ab production. Ear histology 24 h after challenge showed infected animals have reduced cellular infiltration in the ear, with significant decreases in numbers of neutrophils and macrophages. Consistent with this, infected animals had less neutrophil-specific chemokines CXCL-1 and CXCL-2 in the ear following challenge. Additionally, in vitro stimulation with immune complexes resulted in significantly less CXCL-1 and CXCL-2 production by eosinophils from chronically infected mice. Expression of FcγRI was also significantly reduced on eosinophils from infected animals. These data indicate that chronic filarial infection suppresses eosinophilic responses to Ab-mediated activation and has the potential to be used as a therapeutic for pre-existing hypersensitivity diseases.
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- Holly Evans
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD 20814
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- Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Passavant Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA 15213; and
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD 20814; National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD 20814
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD 20814;
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Paragonimiasis is a zoonotic disease caused by lung flukes of the genus Paragonimus. Humans usually become infected by eating freshwater crabs or crayfish containing encysted metacercariae of these worms. However, an alternative route of infection exists: ingestion of raw meat from a mammalian paratenic host. Adult worms normally occur in pairs in cysts in the lungs from which they void their eggs via air passages. The pulmonary form is typical in cases of human infection due to P. westermani, P. heterotremus, and a few other species (Table 5.1). Worms may occupy other sites in the body, notably the brain, but lung flukes have made their presence felt in almost every organ. Ectopic paragonimiasis is particularly common when infection is due to members of the P. skrjabini complex (Table 5.1). Human paragonimiasis occurs primarily in the tropics and subtropics of Asia, Africa, and the Americas, with different species being responsible in different areas (Table 5.1).
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- David Blair
- College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia.
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Cryptosporidium is a protozoan parasite of medical and veterinary importance that causes gastroenteritis in a variety of vertebrate hosts. Several studies have reported different degrees of pathogenicity and virulence among Cryptosporidium species and isolates of the same species as well as evidence of variation in host susceptibility to infection. The identification and validation of Cryptosporidium virulence factors have been hindered by the renowned difficulties pertaining to the in vitro culture and genetic manipulation of this parasite. Nevertheless, substantial progress has been made in identifying putative virulence factors for Cryptosporidium. This progress has been accelerated since the publication of the Cryptosporidium parvum and C. hominis genomes, with the characterization of over 25 putative virulence factors identified by using a variety of immunological and molecular techniques and which are proposed to be involved in aspects of host-pathogen interactions from adhesion and locomotion to invasion and proliferation. Progress has also been made in the contribution of host factors that are associated with variations in both the severity and risk of infection. Here we provide a review comprised of the current state of knowledge on Cryptosporidium infectivity, pathogenesis, and transmissibility in light of our contemporary understanding of microbial virulence.
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Giacomin PR, Cava M, Tumes DJ, Gauld AD, Iddawela DR, McColl SR, Parsons JC, Gordon DL, Dent LA. Toxocara canis larval excretory/secretory proteins impair eosinophil-dependent resistance of mice to Nippostrongylus brasiliensis. Parasite Immunol 2011; 30:435-45. [PMID: 18507784 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3024.2008.01040.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Survival of parasitic helminths within a host requires immune evasion and excretory/secretory (ES) proteins may contribute to this process. Eosinophils are important effector cells in immunity of mice to the nematode Nippostrongylus brasiliensis and eosinophilic interleukin-5 transgenic (IL-5 Tg) mice are highly resistant to the earliest stages of primary infections. In contrast, Toxocara canis is largely resistant to eosinophils, with viable larvae encysted in tissues often surrounded by these and other leucocytes. The aim of this study was to investigate whether T. canis ES (TES) proteins inhibit eosinophil-dependent resistance to N. brasiliensis. Mouse serum pre-treated with TES had reduced capacity to mediate the adherence of leucocytes to N. brasiliensis infective-stage larvae (L3) and this correlated with reduced complement C3 deposition on the parasite. TES did not inhibit eosinophil survival or eotaxin-dependent eosinophil migration in vitro. Cellular inflammation and eosinophil degranulation in the skin in response to injection of L3 was also not impaired by TES. However, when TES was included with L3 in an inoculum given to IL-5 Tg mice, a greatly increased number of parasites migrated to the lung. This suggests that the early eosinophil-dependent resistance in these mice was suppressed, by mechanisms yet to be determined.
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- P R Giacomin
- School of Molecular and Biomedical Science, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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How pathogen-derived cysteine proteases modulate host immune responses. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2011; 712:192-207. [PMID: 21660666 PMCID: PMC7123607 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-8414-2_12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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In mammals, cysteine proteases are essential for the induction and development of both innate and adaptive immune responses. These proteases play a role in antigen-and pathogen-recognition and elimination, signal processing and cell homeostasis. Many pathogens also secrete cysteine proteases that often act on the same target proteins as the mammalian proteases and thereby can modulate host immunity from initial recognition to effector mechanisms. Pathogen-derived proteases range from nonspecific proteases that degrade multiple proteins involved in the immune response to enzymes that are very specific in their mode of action. Here, we overview current knowledge of pathogen-derived cysteine proteases that modulate immune responses by altering the normal function of key receptors or pathways in the mammalian immune system.
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Jimenez JC, Fontaine J, Grzych JM, Capron M, Dei-Cas E. Antibody and cytokine responses in BALB/c mice immunized with the excreted/secreted proteins of Giardia intestinalis: the role of cysteine proteases. ANNALS OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND PARASITOLOGY 2010; 103:693-703. [PMID: 20030993 DOI: 10.1179/000349809x12502035776351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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The mechanisms involved in the induction of the immune response in humans or experimental hosts infected with Giardia intestinalis are not well understood. The results of previous studies indicate that the parasite induces a mixed Th1/Th2 response and that, in experimentally infected mice, the parasite's excreted/secreted (E/S) proteins contain cysteine proteases that are recognised by the murine immune system. In the present study, the possible effects of the E/S proteases of G. intestinalis on the host's humoral and cellular immune responses were investigated in BALB/c mice immunized with the parasite's E/S proteins. High titres of specific IgG(1), IgG(2a) and IgE antibodies were detected after immunization with native E/S proteins. Spleen cells stimulated with such proteins in vitro showed a significant antigen-specific proliferative response accompanied by the production of high concentrations of interleukin-4 (IL-4), interleukin-5 (IL-5) and interleukin-10 (IL-10) but little secretion of interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma). When, before use, the proteases in the E/S proteins were inhibited, by heat treatment or the addition of E-64, they elicited much lower titres of specific IgG(1) and IgE in mice while, in splenocytes in vitro, they triggered much lower production of IL-4, IL-5 and IL-10 and reduced antigen-specific proliferation. Since E-64 only inhibits cysteine proteases, these results indicate that the excreted/secreted cysteine proteases of G. intestinalis may be involved in the induction and regulation of a specific immune response in the infected host.
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Shin MH, Lee YA, Min DY. Eosinophil-mediated tissue inflammatory responses in helminth infection. THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY 2010; 47 Suppl:S125-31. [PMID: 19885328 DOI: 10.3347/kjp.2009.47.s.s125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2009] [Revised: 10/05/2009] [Accepted: 10/05/2009] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Eosinophilic leukocytes function in host protection against parasitic worms. In turn, helminthic parasites harbor specific molecules to evade or paralyze eosinophil-associated host immune responses; these molecules facilitate the migration and survival of parasitic helminths in vivo. This competition between eosinophil and worm leads to stable equilibria between them. An understanding of such dynamic host-eosinophil interactions will help us to uncover mechanisms of cross talk between host and parasite in helminth infection. In this review, we examine recent findings regarding the innate immune responses of eosinophils to helminthic parasites, and discuss the implications of these findings in terms of eosinophil-mediated tissue inflammation in helminth infection.
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- Myeong Heon Shin
- Department of Environmental Medical Biology, and Institute of Tropical Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 120-752, Korea.
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Kim JH, Yang AH, Sohn HJ, Kim D, Song KJ, Shin HJ. Immunodominant antigens in Naegleria fowleri excretory--secretory proteins were potential pathogenic factors. Parasitol Res 2009; 105:1675-81. [PMID: 19756751 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-009-1610-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2009] [Accepted: 08/24/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Naegleria fowleri, a ubiquitous pathogenic free-living amoeba, is the most virulent species and causes primary amoebic meningoencephalitis in laboratory animals and humans. The parasite secretes various inducing molecules as biological responses, which are thought to be involved in pathophysiological and immunological events during infection. To investigate what molecules of N. fowleri excretory-secretory proteins (ESPs) are related with amoebic pathogenicity, N. fowleri ESPs fractionated by two-dimensional electrophoresis were reacted with N. fowleri infection or immune sera. To identify immunodominant ESPs, six major protein spots were selected and analyzed by N-terminal sequencing. Finally, six proteins, 58, 40, 24, 21, 18, and 16 kDa of molecular weight, were partially cloned and matched with reference proteins as follow: 58 kDa of exendin-3 precursor, 40 kDa of secretory lipase, 24 kDa of cathepsin B-like proteases and cysteine protease, 21 kDa of cathepsin B, 18 kDa of peroxiredoxin, and 16 kDa of thrombin receptor, respectively. These results suggest that N. fowleri ESPs contained important proteins, which may play an important role in the pathogenicity of N. fowleri.
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- Jong-Hyun Kim
- Department of Microbiology, Department of Molecular Science & Technology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, 443-721, South Korea
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Procop GW. North American paragonimiasis (Caused by Paragonimus kellicotti) in the context of global paragonimiasis. Clin Microbiol Rev 2009; 22:415-46. [PMID: 19597007 PMCID: PMC2708389 DOI: 10.1128/cmr.00005-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Paragonimus species are highly evolved parasites with a complex life cycle that involves at least three different hosts, i.e., snails, crustaceans, and mammals. The adult forms of Paragonimus species reside and mate in the lungs of a variety of permissive mammalian hosts, including humans. Although human paragonimiasis is uncommonly encountered in North America, both autochthonous and imported disease may be encountered. Paragonimus kellicotti, the species endemic to North America, is a well-known pathogen in wild and domestic animals. Five patients with North American paragonimiasis have been reported in the recent medical literature. The biologic, clinical, radiologic, and laboratory features of paragonimiasis are reviewed, with emphasis on North American paragonimiasis whenever possible.
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- Gary W Procop
- Department of Clinical Pathology/L11, The Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA.
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Jin Y, Choi IY, Kim C, Hong S, Kim WK. Excretory-secretory products from Paragonimus westermani increase nitric oxide production in microglia in PKC-dependent and -independent manners. Neurosci Res 2009; 65:141-7. [PMID: 19539668 DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2009.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2009] [Revised: 06/01/2009] [Accepted: 06/06/2009] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Excretory-secretory products (ESP) from helminthic parasites may play pivotal roles in the immune regulation in hosts. Previously, we reported that ESP produced from Paragonimus westermani induced morphological activation of microglial cells and markedly stimulated nitric oxide (NO) production via activation of mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs). In the present study, we investigated the role of protein kinase C and protein kinase A in MAPKs-dependent NO production by ESP. We found that treatment with protein kinase C inhibitor Go6976 strongly inhibited the phosphorylation of p38 and JNK, but not ERK, of MAPKs and decreased the production of NO in ESP-stimulated microglial cells. Inhibition of ERK, p38 or PKC decreased the ESP-induced activation of NF-kappaB, an important transcription factor for iNOS expression. Furthermore, ESP increased the level of p-CREB in microglial cells. However, adenylyl cyclase activator (forskolin), adenylyl cyclase inhibitor (SQ22536), cAMP analogue (db-cAMP) or protein kinase A inhibitor (H89) was not able to change iNOS expression and NO production in ESP-treated microglial cells. It implies that the cAMP-PKA-CREB pathway is not implicated in the ESP-evoked NO production in microglial cells. Thus, our results indicate that ESP stimulates microglial expression of iNOS via both PKC-dependent and -independent MAPKs phosphorylation and NF-kappaB activation.
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- Youngnam Jin
- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Rochester, School of Medicine, Rochester, NY 14627, USA
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Setaria cervi dual specific phosphatase: characterization and its effect on eosinophil degranulation. Parasitology 2009; 136:895-904. [PMID: 19523248 DOI: 10.1017/s0031182009006271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Setaria cervi, a bovine filarial parasite contains significant acid phosphatase (AcP) activity in its various life stages. Two forms of AcP were separated from somatic extract of adult female parasite using cation exchange, gel filtration and concavalin affinity chromatography. One form having a molecular mass of 79 kDa was characterized as dual specific protein tyrosine phosphatase (ScDSP) based on substrate specificity and inhibition studies. With various substrates tested, it showed significant activity in the order of phospho-L-tyrosine>pNPP>ADP>phospho-L-serine. Inhibition by orthovanadate, fluoride, molybdate, and zinc ions further confirms protein tyrosine phosphatase nature of the enzyme. Km and Vmax determined with various substrates were found to be 16.66 mM, 25.0 microM/ml/min with pNPP; 20.0 mM, 40.0 microM/ml/min with phospho-L-tyrosine and 27.0 mM, 25.0 microM/ml/min with phospho-L-serine. KI with pNPP and sodium orthovanadate (IC50 33.0 microM) was calculated to be 50.0 mM. Inhibition with pHMB, silver nitrate, DEPC and EDAC suggested the presence of cysteine, histidine and carboxylate residues at its active site. Cross-reactivity with W. bancrofti-infected sera was demonstrated by Western blotting. ScDSP showed elevated levels of IgE in chronic filarial sera using ELISA. Under in vitro conditions, ScDSP resulted in increased effector function of human eosinophils when stimulated by IgG, which showed a further decrease with increasing enzyme concentration. Results presented here suggest that S. cervi DSP should be further studied to determine its role in pathogenesis and the persistence of filarial parasite.
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Kašný M, Mikeš L, Hampl V, Dvořák J, Caffrey CR, Dalton JP, Horák P. Chapter 4 Peptidases of Trematodes. ADVANCES IN PARASITOLOGY 2009; 69:205-97. [DOI: 10.1016/s0065-308x(09)69004-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Chung YB, Kita H, Shin MH. A 27 kDa cysteine protease secreted by newly excysted Paragonimus westermani metacercariae induces superoxide anion production and degranulation of human eosinophils. THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY 2008; 46:95-9. [PMID: 18552546 DOI: 10.3347/kjp.2008.46.2.95] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Eosinophil degranulation plays a crucial role in tissue inflammatory reactions associated with helminth parasitic infections and allergic diseases. Paragonimus westermani, a lung fluke causing human paragonimiasis, secretes a large amount of cysteine proteases, which are involved in nutrient uptake, tissue invasion, and modulation of hos's immune responses. There is, however, limited information about the response of eosinophils to direct stimulation by cysteine proteases (CP) secreted by P. westermani. In the present study, we tested whether degranulation and superoxide production from human eosinophils can be induced by stimulation of the 2 CP (27 kDa and 28 kDa) purified from excretory-secretory products (ESP) of P. westermani newly excysted metacercariae (PwNEM). A large quantity of eosinophil-derived neurotoxin (EDN) was detected in the culture supernatant when human eosinophils isolated from the peripheral blood were incubated with the purified 27 kDa CP. Furthermore, the 27 kDa CP induced superoxide anion production by eosinophils in time- and dose-dependent manners. In contrast, the purified 28 kDa CP did not induce superoxide production and degranulation. These findings suggest that the 27 kDa CP secreted by PwNEM induces superoxide production and degranulation of human eosinophils, which may be involved in eosinophil-mediated tissue inflammatory responses during the larval migration in human paragonimiasis.
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- Young-Bae Chung
- Department of Parasitology, Cheju National University College of Medicine, Jeju 690-756, Korea
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Serradell MC, Guasconi L, Cervi L, Chiapello LS, Masih DT. Excretory-secretory products from Fasciola hepatica induce eosinophil apoptosis by a caspase-dependent mechanism. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 2007; 117:197-208. [PMID: 17449115 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2007.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2006] [Revised: 02/12/2007] [Accepted: 03/07/2007] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Eosinophils (Eo) are known to be important effector cells in the host defense against helminth parasites. Excretory-secretory products (ESP) released by helminths have shown wide immunomodulatory properties, such as the induction of cellular apoptosis. We investigated the ability of ESP from Fasciola hepatica to induce Eo apoptosis. In this work, we observed that ESP induced an early apoptosis of rat peritoneal eosinophils and that this phenomenon was time- and concentration-dependent. Furthermore, we demonstrated that activation of protein tyrosine kinases (TyrK) and caspases were necessary to mediate the Eo apoptosis induced by the ESP, and that carbohydrate components present in these antigens were involved in this effect. We have described for the first time the ability of ESP from F. hepatica to modify the viability of Eo by apoptosis induction. Besides that, we have observed Eo apoptosis in the liver of rats 21 days after F. hepatica infection. The diminution in Eo survival in early infection could be a parasite strategy in order to prevent a host immune response.
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- Marianela C Serradell
- Parasitología, Departamento de Bioquímica Clínica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, CIBICI-CONICET, Medina Allende y Haya de la Torre, Ciudad Universitaria, 5000 Cordoba, Argentina
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Na BK, Kim SH, Lee EG, Kim TS, Bae YA, Kang I, Yu JR, Sohn WM, Cho SY, Kong Y. Critical roles for excretory-secretory cysteine proteases during tissue invasion of Paragonimus westermani newly excysted metacercariae. Cell Microbiol 2006; 8:1034-46. [PMID: 16681843 DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2006.00685.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Paragonimus westermani is a trematode parasite, which causes pulmonary and/or extrapulmonary granulomatous disease in humans. Successful invasion of the host tissue is critical for the survival of this tissue-invasive parasite. The enzymatic hydrolysis of host proteins is clearly a prerequisite of this process. In this study, we have investigated the functional roles of the excretory-secretory cysteine proteases of P. westermani newly excysted metacercariae (PwNEM) in tissue invasion. The 27 and 28 kDa enzymes (PwMc27 and PwMc28) purified from PwNEM excretory-secretory products (ESP), preferentially degraded fibrillar proteins, but not globular proteins. PwMc28 significantly facilitated the invasion of PwNEM into mouse peritoneum, whereas a diffusible cysteine protease inhibitor, trans-epoxysuccinyl-L-leuciloamido-(4-guanidino) butane (E-64) inhibited this process dose-dependently. Two distinct isoforms of PwMc28 (PwMc28a and PwMc28b), which exhibited two amino acid differences in their mature domains, were identified by tandem mass spectrometry and sequence analysis. Both enzymes were localized at the tegument on the anterior border and on the oral sucker, which suggests excretion-secretion via exocytosis or via the excretory canal network. The mRNA transcripts of PwMc28a and b were expressed abundantly during the active invasion/migration through the host's tissues, suggesting their relevant function to tissue invasion/migration in the definitive host.
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- Byoung-Kuk Na
- Department of Molecular Parasitology and Center for Molecular Medicine, Samsung Biomedical Research Institute and Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Suwon 440-746, Korea
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Lee JC, Cho GS, Kwon JH, Shin MH, Lim JH, Kim WK. Macrophageal/microglial cell activation and cerebral injury induced by excretory–secretory products secreted by Paragonimus westermani. Neurosci Res 2006; 54:133-9. [PMID: 16325294 DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2005.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2005] [Revised: 10/11/2005] [Accepted: 11/02/2005] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Cerebral paragonimiasis causes various neurological disorders including seizures, visual impairment and hemiplegia. The excretory-secretory product (ESP) released by Paragonimus westermani has a cysteine protease activity and plays important roles in its migration in the host tissue and modulation of host immune responses. To gain more insight into the pathogenesis of ESP in the brain, we investigated the inflammatory reaction and cerebral injury following microinjection of ESP into rat striatum. The size of injury was maximally observed 3 days after microinjection of ESP and then declined to control levels as astrocytes have repopulated the injury. ED1-positive monocytes and microglia were confluently found inside the injury. The mRNA expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) occurred as early as 9h after ESP injection and then declined to control levels within 1 day. The iNOS inhibitor aminoguanidine largely decreased the expression of iNOS but did not reduce the size of lesion caused by ESP. Interestingly, however, heat inactivation of ESP caused a decrease of injury formation with no altered expression of iNOS. The data indicate that ESP produces brain tissue injury by recruiting activated monocytes/microglia via heat-labile protease activity.
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- Jae-Chul Lee
- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Ewha Women's Univeristy, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Lee EG, Na BK, Bae YA, Kim SH, Je EY, Ju JW, Cho SH, Kim TS, Kang SY, Cho SY, Kong Y. Identification of immunodominant excretory–secretory cysteine proteases of adultParagonimus westermani by proteome analysis. Proteomics 2006; 6:1290-300. [PMID: 16404718 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200500399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Paragonimus westermani causes inflammatory lung disease in humans. The parasite excretes a host of biologically active molecules, which are thought to be involved in pathophysiological and immunological events during infection. Analyses of the 2-DE protein profiles of the excretory-secretory products (ESP) of adult P. westermani revealed approximately 147 protein spots, at least 15 of which were identified as cysteine proteases (CPs), at pHs between 4.5 and 8.5, and molecular weights (MWs) between 27 and 35 kDa. An additional three CPs (designated as PwCP-3, -8 and -11) were newly recognized by TOF/TOF MS. Their molecular biological information, which shared a high level sequence homology, was elucidated. The majority of the CPs reacted strongly with sera from paragonimiasis patients. When we observed the chronological changes in the antibody responses of the respective CPs against canine sera collected serially at 1, 3, 5, 7, 11 and 14 wk after experimental infection, these molecules exhibited a multiplicity of distinct immune recognition patterns. Our results clearly showed that P. westermani adult ESP were principally composed of excretory-secretory CPs, and that these CPs may exert effects not only on host tissue degradation and nutrient uptake, but also on the immune-regulating cells via synergistic and independent interactions.
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- Eung-Goo Lee
- Department of Molecular Parasitology and Center for Molecular Medicine, Samsung Biomedical Research Institute and Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea
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Jin Y, Lee JC, Choi IY, Kim EA, Shin MH, Kim WK. Excretory-Secretory Products Produced by Paragonimus westermani Differentially Regulate the Nitric Oxide Production and Viability of Microglial Cells. Int Arch Allergy Immunol 2005; 139:16-24. [PMID: 16272822 DOI: 10.1159/000089518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2005] [Accepted: 08/18/2005] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Tissue-invading helminth parasites secrete a large amount of cysteine proteases that may play critical roles in tissue invasion and immune modulation. However, roles of excretory-secretory products (ESP) secreted by Paragonimus westermani in the activation and death of microglial cells in brain are poorly understood. OBJECTIVES In the present study, we investigated whether ESP could regulate microglial nitric oxide (NO) production and viability. METHODS The NO production and cell viability were assessed by respectively measuring the formation of nitrite and the release of lactate dehyrogenase. RESULTS At a low (0.2 microg/ml) concentration, ESP significantly stimulated NO production with no apparent cell injury or death in cultured microglial cells. However, at high (> or =2 microg/ml) concentrations, ESP induced severe cell death. Inhibition of inducible NO synthase significantly reduced the NO productivity, but not cytotoxicity, of ESP. Similarly, inhibitors of the extracellular signal-regulated kinase, p38 and nuclear factor kappa B also blocked only the NO productivity of ESP. Interestingly, heat inactivation did not hamper the ability of ESP to stimulate microglial NO production. Similarly, pretreatment with thiol-crosslinking reagents dramatically reduced both proteolytic activity and cytotoxicity of ESP, but did not alter NO production in microglial cells. Interestingly, although cysteine protease competitive inhibitors and thiol-alkylating reagents markedly reduced the proteolytic activity of ESP, they did not influence the NO productivity and cytotoxicity of ESP. CONCLUSION The present results indicate that the NO production and cytotoxicity by ESP may be differentially regulated via unknown mechanisms, not related with cysteine protease activity.
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- Youngnam Jin
- Department of Pharmacology, Ewha Medical School and Ewha Institute of Neuroscience, Ewha Woman's University, Seoul, South Korea
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Shin MH, Chung YB, Kita H. Degranulation of human eosinophils induced by Paragonimus westermani-secreted protease. THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY 2005; 43:33-7. [PMID: 15793357 PMCID: PMC2712007 DOI: 10.3347/kjp.2005.43.1.33] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Eosinophil degranulation is considered to be a key effector function for the killing of helminthic worms and tissue inflammation at worm-infected lesion sites. However, relatively little data are available with regard to eosinophil response after stimulation with worm-secreted products which contain a large quantity of cysteine proteases. In this study, we attempted to determine whether the degranulation of human eosinophils could be induced by the direct stimulation of the excretory-secretory products (ESP) of Paragonimus westermani, which causes pulmonary paragonimiasis in human beings. Incubation of eosinophils for 3 hr with Paragonimus-secreted products resulted in marked degranulation, as evidenced by the release of eosinophil-derived neurotoxin (EDN) in the culture supernatants. Moreover, superoxide anion was produced by eosinophils after stimulation of the ESP. The ESP-induced EDN release was found to be significantly inhibited when the ESP was pretreated with protease inhibitor cocktail or the cysteine protease inhibitor, E-64. These findings suggest that human eosinophils become degranulated in response to P. westermani-secreted proteases, which may contribute to in vivo tissue inflammation around the worms.
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- Myeong Heon Shin
- Department of Parasitology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, and Brain Korea 21 Project for Medical Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 120-752, Korea.
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Sohn MH, Lee YA, Jeong KY, Sim S, Kim KE, Yong TS, Shin MH. German cockroach extract induces activation of human eosinophils to release cytotoxic inflammatory mediators. Int Arch Allergy Immunol 2004; 134:141-9. [PMID: 15153794 DOI: 10.1159/000078647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2003] [Accepted: 03/09/2004] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Eosinophils play an important role in the pathogenesis of allergic diseases. Sensitization and exposure to cockroach allergen have been demonstrated to be one of the major risk factors for the development of bronchial asthma. However, little is known regarding the functional capacity of cockroach extract antigen to activate human eosinophils. OBJECTIVE We investigated whether German cockroach extract can activate human eosinophils to release cytotoxic inflammatory mediators. METHODS Purified eosinophils from the peripheral blood were incubated with various concentrations (0-200 microg/ml) of German cockroach extract antigen. Effector functions of eosinophils were checked by degranulation and superoxide anion production. In addition, we examined surface expression of CD11b and CD69, and intracellular activation of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (p38 MAP kinase) in cockroach-stimulated eosinophils. RESULTS German cockroach extract induced degranulation and superoxide production from human eosinophils. In addition, incubation of eosinophils for 3 h with the cockroach extract resulted in an increased level of the surface expression of CD11b and CD69. Furthermore, cockroach-induced superoxide production from eosinophils was significantly inhibited by the pretreatment of cells with a p38 MAP kinase inhibitor SB202190. Indeed, a large amount of phosphorylated forms of p38 MAP kinase was detected in cockroach-stimulated eosinophils. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that German cockroach extract induces activation of human eosinophils to release cytotoxic inflammatory mediators such as superoxide and granular proteins.
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- Myung-Hyun Sohn
- Department of Pediatrics and Institute of Allergy, Institute of Tropical Medicine and Brain Korea 21 Project for Medical Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 134 Sinchon-dong, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 120-752, Korea
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Min DY, Lee YA, Ryu JS, Ahn MH, Chung YB, Sim S, Shin MH. Caspase-3-mediated apoptosis of human eosinophils by the tissue-invading helminth Paragonimus westermani. Int Arch Allergy Immunol 2004; 133:357-64. [PMID: 15031609 DOI: 10.1159/000077355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2003] [Accepted: 01/14/2004] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Eosinophils are important cells in host immunity to infections by parasitic worms. Tissue-invasive helminthic parasites have been known to induce apoptosis of immune cells for their successful establishment in vivo. We have previously found that high doses of excretory-secreted products (ESP) secreted by lung fluke Paragonimus westermani newly excysted metacercariae (PwNEM), which cause pulmonary or extrapulmonary paragonimiasis in human beings, accelerate eosinophil cell death. However, little is known about the mechanism of eosinophil apoptosis induced by the Paragonimus-derived products. OBJECTIVE We examined involvement of caspase 3 activation in eosinophil cell death induced by ESP produced by PwNEM. METHODS Eosinophils were isolated from the peripheral blood of healthy donors by CD16-negative immunomagnetic selection. We examined the inhibitory effect of pan-caspase inhibitor on ESP-triggered phosphatidylserine (PS) externalization on the outer surface of eosinophils and intracellular activation of caspase 3 in cell lysates treated with the ESP. RESULTS When ESP secreted by PwNEM were incubated for up to 3 h with eosinophils, they increased surface exposure of PS on eosinophils in a time- and dose-dependent manner. This proapoptotic effect of the ESP on eosinophils was significantly inhibited by pretreatment of cells with pan-caspase inhibitor z-VAD-fmk, and was completely abolished by heat inactivation of ESP at 56 degrees C. The activated forms of caspase 3 were also clearly detected in eosinophils incubated with ESP. Moreover, ESP potently inhibited prolonged survival of eosinophils induced by cytokines such as IL-5, IL-3, and GM-CSF. CONCLUSION These results suggest that ESP secreted by PwNEM contain biological active factors causing caspase-3-mediated apoptosis of human eosinophils, thereby enabling the larvae to evade and to subvert the tackle by eosinophils during the early phase of the infection.
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- Duk-Young Min
- Department of Parasitology, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea
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Shin MH, Seoh JY, Park HY, Kita H. Excretory-Secretory Products Secreted by Paragonimus westermani Delay the Spontaneous Cell Death of Human Eosinophils through Autocrine Production of GM-CSF. Int Arch Allergy Immunol 2003; 132:48-57. [PMID: 14555858 DOI: 10.1159/000073264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2003] [Accepted: 05/06/2003] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Eosinophils play important roles in tissue inflammatory responses associated with helminth infections. Excretory-secretory products (ESP) produced by tissue-invasive helminths contain a large quantity of proteolytic enzymes that can modulate the host's immune responses. However, little is known regarding the roles of worm-derived products that are responsible for eosinophilic inflammatory responses in helminth infections. OBJECTIVE In the present study, we investigated whether ESP produced by Paragonimus westermani, which cause pulmonary or extrapulmonary paragonimiasis in human beings, regulates both cell survival and death of human eosinophils. METHODS The ESP was obtained from P. westermani newly excysted metacercariae (PwNEM). Eosinophils were purified from peripheral blood of healthy donors, and the purified eosinophils were incubated with or without the ESP secreted by PwNEM. The viability of eosinophils was assessed by staining with propidium iodide using the flow cytometer. RESULTS When eosinophils were incubated with a low concentration of the ESP produced by PwNEM, which totally consists of proteolytic enzymes, eosinophil cell death was delayed compared with results for cells incubated with medium alone. In fact, the ESP at a low concentration stimulated eosinophils to produce detectable levels of GM-CSF that can delay eosinophil cell death. In contrast, eosinophil cell death was dose-dependently accelerated when cells were incubated with high concentrations of the ESP. To see whether the dose-dependent biphasic survival effect of the ESP on eosinophils is primarily due to the protease activity contained in the ESP, a high dose of the ESP was treated with heat at 56 degrees C for 30 min before being added to eosinophils. Attenuating protease activity in a high dose of the ESP by heat treatment reversed the ESP-afforded eosinophil cell death. This prolonged survival of eosinophils induced by the heated ESP was remarkably inhibited by anti-GM-CSF-neutralizing mAb and Jak2 kinase inhibitor AG-490. CONCLUSION These results suggest that the proteases in the ESP secreted by PwNEM are able to regulate eosinophil survival through the autocrine production of GM-CSF. Thus, the enhanced eosinophil survival induced by Paragonimus-secreted products may contribute to the elicitation of eosinophilic inflammatory responses at the worm-infected lesion in human paragonimiasis.
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- Myeong Heon Shin
- Department of Parasitology, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.
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Wippersteg V, Ribeiro F, Liedtke S, Kusel JR, Grevelding CG. The uptake of Texas Red-BSA in the excretory system of schistosomes and its colocalisation with ER60 promoter-induced GFP in transiently transformed adult males. Int J Parasitol 2003; 33:1139-43. [PMID: 13678630 DOI: 10.1016/s0020-7519(03)00168-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The excretory system of schistosomes has focused some attention during the last years since accumulating evidence suggests that it plays an important role in the host-parasite interaction. Signalling molecules such as phosphatases, but also proteases have been localised in the excretory system. To some extent, however, localisation studies are limited by the fact that sections of fixed specimens are used. In this study, we tested the fluorescent molecules FITC-dextran and Texas Red-BSA for their ability to enter the excretory system of living Schistosoma mansoni males. It is demonstrated that the dyes selectively stain the excretory tubules which are widely distributed along the worm body. This finding was used to investigate whether the staining of worms with Texas Red-BSA can help to localise transgene activity in worms which were transiently transformed by particle bombardment. A vector was used for transformation which contained the green fluorescent protein gene, under the control of the regulatory elements of the cysteine protease ER60 gene. After transformation and staining, confocal laser scanning microscopy revealed that ER60-induced green fluorescent protein activity colocalises with Texas Red-BSA in the excretory tubules. The results suggest a role for ER60 during the host-parasite interaction. Furthermore, the colocalisation approach introduced here opens further perspectives to characterise gene-expression profiles in this parasite.
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- Volker Wippersteg
- Institute for Genetics, Genetic Parasitology and Center for Biological and Medical Research, Heinrich-Heine-University, Universitätsstrasse 1, D-40225, Dusseldorf, Germany
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Collin M, Olsén A. Extracellular enzymes with immunomodulating activities: variations on a theme in Streptococcus pyogenes. Infect Immun 2003; 71:2983-92. [PMID: 12761074 PMCID: PMC155735 DOI: 10.1128/iai.71.6.2983-2992.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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- Mattias Collin
- Laboratory of Bacterial Pathogenesis and Immunology, Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10021, USA.
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Collin M, Svensson MD, Sjöholm AG, Jensenius JC, Sjöbring U, Olsén A. EndoS and SpeB from Streptococcus pyogenes inhibit immunoglobulin-mediated opsonophagocytosis. Infect Immun 2002; 70:6646-51. [PMID: 12438337 PMCID: PMC133027 DOI: 10.1128/iai.70.12.6646-6651.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The human pathogen Streptococcus pyogenes primarily infects the upper respiratory tract and skin, but occasionally it disseminates and causes severe invasive disease with high mortality. This study revealed that the activity of extracellular EndoS, which hydrolyzes the functionally important N-linked oligosaccharides on opsonizing immunoglobulin G (IgG), contributes to increased survival of S. pyogenes in human blood ex vivo. The inability to kill the bacteria is due to reduced binding of IgG to Fc receptors and impaired classical pathway-mediated activation of complement. In addition, the activity of extracellular SpeB, which cleaves IgG into Fc and Fab fragments, also increases bacterial survival. This suggests that S. pyogenes expresses two enzymes, EndoS and SpeB, which modulate IgG by different mechanisms in order to evade the adaptive immune system.
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- Mattias Collin
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Lund University, Sweden
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Lecaille F, Kaleta J, Brömme D. Human and parasitic papain-like cysteine proteases: their role in physiology and pathology and recent developments in inhibitor design. Chem Rev 2002; 102:4459-88. [PMID: 12475197 DOI: 10.1021/cr0101656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 393] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Fabien Lecaille
- Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Department of Human Genetics, Fifth Avenue at 100th Street, New York, New York 10029, USA
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Yang HJ, Chung YB, Kang SY, Kong Y, Cho SY. Excretory bladder: the source of cysteine proteases in Paragonimus westermani metacercariae. THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY 2002; 40:89-92. [PMID: 12073734 PMCID: PMC2721048 DOI: 10.3347/kjp.2002.40.2.89] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The cysteine proteases of Paragonimus westermani metacercariae are involved in metacercarial excystment, host immune modulation, and possibly in tissue penetration. In order to clarify the origin of the enzymes, 28 and 27 kDa cysteine proteases in metacercarial excretory-secretory products were purified through the FPLC system using Mono Q column chromatography. The polyclonal antibodies to the enzymes were produced in BALB/c mice. Immunolocalization studies revealed that both cysteine proteases were distributed at the linings of excretory bladder and excretory concretions of the metacercariae. It was suggested that the excretory epithelium of P. westermani undertake the secretory function of metacercarial cysteine proteases, in addition to its role as a route for eliminating waste products.
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- Hyun-Jong Yang
- Department of Parasitology, College of Medicine, Cheju National University, Jeju 690-756, Korea
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Exposure to Cryptosporidium parvum in healthy individuals results in transient infection that may be asymptomatic or can result in self-limited diarrhoea. In contrast, acquired immune deficiency syndrome patients with cryptosporidiosis can experience severe manifestations of disease. Volunteer studies have demonstrated that as few as 10 oocysts can cause infection in otherwise healthy adults and that isolates from geographically diverse regions differ in infectivity and, perhaps, virulence. Variability in isolate pathogenicity and infectivity has also been seen in bovine and murine models, respectively. Furthermore, isolate specific differences in protein composition and in host immunoreactivity have been observed. The molecular basis for differences in pathogenicity is not understood. Determining which factors are responsible for host selectivity and for the initiation, establishment, and perpetuation of infection with Cryptosporidium is key to rational drug design and vaccine development. To date, no specific virulence factors have been unequivocally shown to individually cause direct or indirect damage to host tissues nor have mutant strains been produced that could prove that particular deletions result in less virulent strains. Nevertheless, a number of candidate molecules have been identified by immunological and molecular methods. Here, we review the salient characteristics of some of these putative virulence determinants, including molecules that are involved in adhesion, protein degradation and the modulation of the host responses.
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- Pablo C Okhuysen
- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and The School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Medical School, 6431 Fannin, 1.728 JFB, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
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Padda RS, Tsai A, Chappell CL, Okhuysen PC. Molecular cloning and analysis of the Cryptosporidium parvum aminopeptidase N gene. Int J Parasitol 2002; 32:187-97. [PMID: 11812496 DOI: 10.1016/s0020-7519(01)00317-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Cryptosporidium parvum proteases have been associated with release of infective sporozoites from oocysts, and their specific inhibition blocks parasite excystation in vitro. Additionally, proteases have been implicated in the processing of parasite adhesion molecules found on the surface of sporozoites and merozoites. In this study, we cloned and expressed the C. parvum aminopeptidase N gene by screening a large insert, P1 artificial chromosome library with a probe identified from a Cryptosporidium genome survey-sequencing project. Analysis of the predicted protein encoded by the 2.3 kb gene demonstrated a high degree of homology with prokaryotic and eukaryotic aminopeptidases. The 783 amino acid sequence predicted a M(r) of approximately 89,000. The active site sequence was found to be highly conserved when compared with other Apicomplexan aminopeptidases. Motifs commonly found in aminopeptidases of this class and a unique single Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) tripeptide motif predictive of cell adhesion were identified. The aminopeptidase N mRNA was expressed in infective sporozoites and during the infection of human HCT-8 enterocytes as revealed by reverse transcription PCR.
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- Ranjit S Padda
- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, The University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Streptococcus pyogenes secretes a specific immunoglobulin G (IgG)-protease, SpeB, as well as the IgG glycan-hydrolyzing enzyme EndoS. Here we show that SpeB also degrades IgA, IgM, IgD, and IgE. We also show that EndoS only hydrolyzes the glycan moiety on native but not denatured IgG. Thus, SpeB has a broad immunoglobulin-degrading activity, while EndoS is highly specific for IgG.
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- M Collin
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Section for Molecular Pathogenesis, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
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