Article
Activity profiling of peptidases in Angiostrongylus costaricensis first-stage larvae and adult worms
Registro en:
REBELLO, Karina M. et al. Activity profiling of peptidases in Angiostrongylus costaricensis first-stage larvae and adult worms. PLoS Negl Trop Dis., v. 12, n. 10, p.1-18, Oct. 2018.
1935-2727
10.1371/journal.pntd.0006923
1935-2735
Autor
Rebello, Karina M.
McKerrow, James H.
Mota, Ester M.
O`Donoghue, Anthony J.
Ferreira, Ana Gisele C. Neves
Resumen
Angiostrongylus costaricensis is a relatively uncharacterized nematode that causes abdominal angiostrongyliasis in Latin America, a human parasitic disease. Currently, no effective pharmacological treatment for angiostrongyliasis exists. Peptidases are known to be druggable targets for a variety of diseases and are essential for several biological processes in parasites. Therefore, this study aimed to systematically characterize the peptidase activity of A. costaricensis in different developmental stages of this parasitic nematode.