Background The metacestode of the tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis is the causative
agent of alveolar echinococcosis, a lethal zoonosis. Infections are initiated through …

Most of the current research on parasitic infections that affect humans and domestic animals
has been focused on vaccines, diagnostic methods, epidemiology, new drug design, and …

MicroRNAs (miRNAs), a class of small non-coding RNAs, are key regulators of gene
expression at post-transcriptional level and play essential roles in fundamental biological …

Introduction Cystic echinococcosis (CE) caused by the cestode Echinococcus granulosus is
a disease of worldwide public health and economic importance. The determinants and …

Mesocestoides corti is a widely used model for the study of cestode biology, and its
transition from the larval tetrathyridium (TT) stage to the strobilated, adult worm (ST) stage …

Mesocestoides vogae is widely employed as a model for studying the biology,
differentiation, and experimental chemotherapy of cestodes. Currently, there are few …

This work introduces a novel modification to the in vitro experimental vesiculardevelopment
of the parasite. Our findings showed that protoscoleces exposed toinsulin developed into …

Mesocestoides corti é um modelo para o estudo da biologia de cestódeos. Neste modelo é
viável a manutenção do seu estágio larval in vivo, como também é possível induzir e …

O desenvolvimento em cestódeos abrange mudanças fisiológicas e morfológicas
complexas. Com o intuito de ganhar conhecimento nos mecanismos moleculares que …

Alveolar echinococcosis (AE), a severe and life-threatening disease is caused by the small
fox tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis. Currently, the options of chemotherapeutic …