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Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Josef Sabo
Vincent, Dickson, and Josef discuss tetraspanins on the surface of schistosomes as vaccine candidates and immune evasion proteins.
Links for this episode:
S. japonicum tetraspanin-2 as a vaccine target (PLoS NTP)
Protection with S. mansoni tetraspanin-2 (PLoS NTP)
S. mansoni tetraspanins confer protection (Nat Med)
Tetraspanins
Letters read on TWiP 48
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Send your questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to [email protected].
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Vincent, Dickson, and Josef discuss tetraspanins on the surface of schistosomes as vaccine candidates and immune evasion proteins.
Links for this episode:
S. japonicum tetraspanin-2 as a vaccine target (PLoS NTP)
Protection with S. mansoni tetraspanin-2 (PLoS NTP)
S. mansoni tetraspanins confer protection (Nat Med)
Tetraspanins
Letters read on TWiP 48
Contact
Send your questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to [email protected].
Subscribe (free)
Subscribe to TWiP (free) in iTunes, by the RSS feed or by email
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