Proteomic analysis of skin invasion by blood fluke larvae.

• Main Authors: Elizabeth Hansell (Author), Simon Braschi (Author), Katalin F Medzihradszky (Author), Mohammed Sajid (Author), Moumita Debnath (Author), Jessica Ingram (Author), K C Lim (Author), James H McKerrow (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2008-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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During invasion of human skin by schistosome blood fluke larvae (cercariae), a multicellular organism breaches the epidermis, basement membrane, and dermal barriers of skin. To better understand the pathobiology of this initial event in schistosome infection, a proteome analysis of human skin was ca...