"Schistosoma mansoni" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A species of trematode blood flukes of the family Schistosomatidae. It is common in the Nile delta. The intermediate host is the planorbid snail. This parasite causes schistosomiasis mansoni and intestinal bilharziasis.
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D012550
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.500.736.715.770.680.700
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2000 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Schistosoma mansoni" by people in Profiles.
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Schistosoma mansoni hemozoin modulates alternative activation of macrophages via specific suppression of Retnla expression and secretion. Infect Immun. 2013 Jan; 81(1):133-42.
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Moonlighting by different stressors: crystal structure of the chaperone species of a 2-Cys peroxiredoxin. Structure. 2012 Mar 07; 20(3):429-39.
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Redox balance mechanisms in Schistosoma mansoni rely on peroxiredoxins and albumin and implicate peroxiredoxins as novel drug targets. J Biol Chem. 2006 Jun 23; 281(25):17001-17010.
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Molecular and enzymatic characterization of Schistosoma mansoni thioredoxin peroxidase. J Parasitol. 2000 Oct; 86(5):908-15.
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Construction and characterization of a Schistosoma mansoni bacterial artificial chromosome library. Genomics. 2000 Apr 15; 65(2):87-94.