Identification and characterization of the Fasciola hepatica sodium- and chloride-dependent taurine transporter.

• Главные авторы: Bulut Hamali (Автор), Sandra Pichler (Автор), Elisabeth Wischnitzki (Автор), Klaus Schicker (Автор), Melanie Burger (Автор), Marion Holy (Автор), Kathrin Jaentsch (Автор), Martina Molin (Автор), Eva Maria Sehr (Автор), Oliver Kudlacek (Автор), Michael Freissmuth (Автор)
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• Опубликовано: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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The parasitic liver fluke Fasciola hepatica infests mainly ruminants, but it can also cause fasciolosis in people, who ingest the metacercariae encysted on plants. The drug of choice to treat fasciolosis is triclabendazole (TBZ), which has been on the market for several decades. This is also true fo...