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Host insulin stimulates Echinococcus multilocularis insulin signalling pathways and larval development

BACKGROUND: The metacestode of the tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis is the causative agent of alveolar echinococcosis, a lethal zoonosis. Infections are initiated through establishment of parasite larvae within the intermediate host’s liver, where high concentrations of insulin are present, foll...

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Autores principales: Hemer, Sarah, Konrad, Christian, Spiliotis, Markus, Koziol, Uriel, Schaack, Dominik, Förster, Sabine, Gelmedin, Verena, Stadelmann, Britta, Dandekar, Thomas, Hemphill, Andrew, Brehm, Klaus
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3923246/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24468049
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1741-7007-12-5