MeSH Review:
Spirometra
- The lipogenic effect of the growth factor produced by plerocercoids of the tapeworm, Spirometra mansonoides, is not the result of hypothyroidism. Phares, C.K. J. Parasitol. (1982)
- Differential expression of the 27 kDa cathepsin L-like cysteine protease in developmental stages of Spirometra erinacei. Kong, Y., Yun, D.H., Cho, S.Y., Sohn, W.M., Chung, Y.B., Kang, S.Y. Korean J. Parasitol. (2000)
- Plerocercoid growth factor: a homologue of human growth hormone. Phares, C.K. Parasitol. Today (Regul. Ed.) (1987)
- A 78 kDa glucose-regulated protein gene of Spirometra erinacei plerocercoid induced by chemical and physiological stresses. Yun, D.H., Bae, Y.A., Chung, J.Y., Kang, S.Y., Kang, I., Sohn, W.M., Cho, S.H., Kim, T.S., Cho, S.Y., Kong, Y. Parasitology (2004)
- Excretory/secretory products from plerocercoids of Spirometra erinaceieuropaei suppress interleukin-1beta gene expression in murine macrophages. Dirgahayu, P., Fukumoto, S., Tademoto, S., Kina, Y., Hirai, K. Int. J. Parasitol. (2004)
- Excretory/secretory products from plerocercoids of Spirometra erinaceieuropaei suppress the TNF-alpha gene expression by reducing phosphorylation of ERK1/2 and p38 MAPK in macrophages. Dirgahayu, P., Fukumoto, S., Miura, K., Hirai, K. Int. J. Parasitol. (2002)
- Benzoquinones in stages of the life-cycle of the cestode Spirometra mansonoides. Beach, D.H., Mueller, J.F., Holz, G.G. Mol. Biochem. Parasitol. (1980)
- Succinate decarboxylation to propionate and the associated phosphorylation in Fasciola hepatica and Spirometra mansonoides. Pietrzak, S.M., Saz, H.J. Mol. Biochem. Parasitol. (1981)
- Leukocyte accumulation in sparganosis: demonstration of eosinophil and neutrophil chemotactic factors from the plerocercoid of Spirometra erinacei in vivo and in vitro. Horii, Y., Owhashi, M., Ishii, A., Bandou, K., Usui, M. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. (1984)
- Excretory/secretory products from plerocercoids of Spirometra erinacei reduce iNOS and chemokine mRNA levels in peritoneal macrophages stimulated with cytokines and/or LPS. Fukumoto, S., Hirai, K., Tanihata, T., Ohmori, Y., Stuehr, D.J., Hamilton, T.A. Parasite Immunol. (1997)
- Comparison of the effects of the growth factor produced by Spirometra mansonoides and growth hormone in diabetic-hypophysectomized rats: lymphoid tissue. Phares, C.K., Cook, D.E. J. Parasitol. (1978)
- The growth factor from plerocercoid larvae of the tapeworm, Spirometra mansonoides, stimulates growth but is not diabetogenic. Salem, M.A., Phares, C.K. Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. Med. (1989)
- A neutral cysteine protease of Spirometra mansoni plerocercoid invoking an IgE response. Kong, Y., Kang, S.Y., Kim, S.H., Chung, Y.B., Cho, S.Y. Parasitology (1997)
- Lipids of stages in the life-cycle of the cestode Spirometra mansonoides. Beach, D.H., Mueller, J.F., Holz, G.G. Mol. Biochem. Parasitol. (1980)
- The metabolism of arachidonic acid to prostaglandin E2 in plerocercoids of Spirometra erinacei. Fukushima, T., Isobe, A., Hojo, N., Shiwaku, K., Yamane, Y., Torii, M. Parasitol. Res. (1993)
- Antihuman growth hormone (GH) antibodies cross-react with the GH-like factor from plerocercoids of the tapeworm Spirometra mansonoides. Phares, C.K., Booth, B.J. Endocrinology (1987)
- Cleavage of immunoglobulin G by excretory-secretory cathepsin S-like protease of Spirometra mansoni plerocercoid. Kong, Y., Chung, Y.B., Cho, S.Y., Kang, S.Y. Parasitology (1994)
- Hepatotrophic activity in mouse serum infected with plerocercoids of Spirometra erinacei. Tsuboi, T., Torii, M., Oka, K., Hirai, K. Parasitol. Res. (1994)
- Effects of Spirometra erinacei plerocercoids on the growth of Snell dwarf mice. Shiwaku, K., Hirai, K., Torii, M., Tsuboi, T. Parasitology (1983)
- Molecular cloning and expression of the gene encoding a cysteine proteinase of Spirometra erinacei. Liu, D.W., Kato, H., Nakamura, T., Sugane, K. Mol. Biochem. Parasitol. (1996)