The schistosome oesophageal gland: initiator of blood processing.

• Main Authors: Xiao-Hong Li (Author), William de Castro-Borges (Author), Sophie Parker-Manuel (Author), Gillian M Vance (Author), Ricardo Demarco (Author), Leandro X Neves (Author), Gareth J O Evans (Author), R Alan Wilson (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Although the ultrastructure of the schistosome esophageal gland was described >35 years ago, its role in the processing of ingested blood has never been established. The current study was prompted by our identification of MEG-4.1 expression in the gland and the observation of erythroc...