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Sparganum

 
 
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High impact information on Sparganum

  • Plerocercoid larvae of the tapeworm, Spriometra mansonoides, produce a factor that stimulates body growth, suppresses endogenous GH, and specifically displaces [125I]human (h) GH from hepatic receptors [1].
  • It is proposed that cleavage of immunoglobulin by an excreted-secreted, cathepsin S-like, allergenic protease is a mechanism of immune evasion used by the sparganum [2].
  • Among the hormones, enteroglucagon is the most important growth promoting agent together with other growth factors such as epidermal growth factor, prostaglandin E2 and human growth hormone analogues, e.g. plerocercoid growth factor from the plerocercoid larvae of the tapeworm Spirometra mansonoides [3].
  • The carbohydrate moieties of larval sparganum proteins in two different species, the snakes, Elaphe rufodorsata, the Balb/c mouse and those of the adult worm, Spirometra erinacei, were compared using five different lectins including GNA, SNA, MAA, PNA and DSA [4].
  • The sera from 36 inhabitants (11.4 %) showed a positive reaction to the sparganum antigen [5].
 

Associations of Sparganum with chemical compounds

 

Gene context of Sparganum

  • Sera reacted positively to sparganum antigen only were considered [7].
  • Phylogenetic identification of Sparganum proliferum as a pseudophyllidean cestode by the sequence analyses on mitochondrial COI and nuclear sdhB genes [8].

References

  1. Reduction of lactogenic receptors in female hamster liver due to the human growth hormone analog produced by plerocercoids of the tapeworm, Spirometra mansonoides. Phares, C.K., Booth, B.J. Endocrinology (1986) [Pubmed]
  2. 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) [Pubmed]
  3. Intestinal adaptation in short-bowel syndrome. Lentze, M.J. Eur. J. Pediatr. (1989) [Pubmed]
  4. Comparison of carbohydrate moieties of sparganum proteins of the snake, mouse and those of adult worm. Yang, H.J. Korean J. Parasitol. (2003) [Pubmed]
  5. Epidemiological significance of sero-positive inhabitants against sparganum in Kangwon-do, Korea. Park, H.Y., Lee, S.U., Kim, S.H., Lee, P.C., Huh, S., Yang, Y.S., Kong, Y. Yonsei Med. J. (2001) [Pubmed]
  6. Isolation and partial characterization of cysteine proteinase from sparganum. Song, C.Y., Choi, D.H., Kim, T.S., Lee, S.H. Kisaengchunghak Chapchi (1992) [Pubmed]
  7. Sparganum infections in normal adult population and epileptic patients in Korea: a seroepidemiologic observation. Kong, Y., Cho, S.Y., Kang, W.S. Kisaengchunghak Chapchi (1994) [Pubmed]
  8. Phylogenetic identification of Sparganum proliferum as a pseudophyllidean cestode by the sequence analyses on mitochondrial COI and nuclear sdhB genes. Miyadera, H., Kokaze, A., Kuramochi, T., Kita, K., Machinami, R., Noya, O., Alarcón de Noya, B., Okamoto, M., Kojima, S. Parasitol. Int. (2001) [Pubmed]
 
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