2004
Molecular Characterization of Ancylostoma ceylanicum Kunitz-Type Serine Protease Inhibitor: Evidence for a Role in Hookworm-Associated Growth Delay
Chu D, Bungiro RD, Ibanez M, Harrison LM, Campodonico E, Jones BF, Mieszczanek J, Kuzmic P, Cappello M. Molecular Characterization of Ancylostoma ceylanicum Kunitz-Type Serine Protease Inhibitor: Evidence for a Role in Hookworm-Associated Growth Delay. Infection And Immunity 2004, 72: 2214-2221. PMID: 15039345, PMCID: PMC375216, DOI: 10.1128/iai.72.4.2214-2221.2004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGrowth delayAdult hookwormsIron deficiency anemiaPolyclonal immunoglobulin GDeficiency anemiaHookworm infectionReverse transcription-PCRKunitz-type serine protease inhibitorImmunohistochemistry studiesBroad-spectrum inhibitorPartial protectionMajor causeImmunoglobulin GSerine protease inhibitorIntestinal proteasesThird-stage larvaeTranscription-PCRProtease inhibitorsAnemiaHookwormVivo roleMalnutritionInhibitorsInfected hostPancreatic elastase
2000
A Broad Spectrum Kunitz Type Serine Protease Inhibitor Secreted by the Hookworm Ancylostoma ceylanicum *
Milstone A, Harrison L, Bungiro R, Kuzmic̆ P, Cappello M. A Broad Spectrum Kunitz Type Serine Protease Inhibitor Secreted by the Hookworm Ancylostoma ceylanicum *. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2000, 275: 29391-29399. PMID: 10893410, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m002715200.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsKunitz-type serine protease inhibitorType serine protease inhibitorSerine protease inhibitorSecretory signal sequenceBlood-feeding hookwormsPET-28a plasmidSoluble protein extractsTight binding inhibitorMature proteinCDNA correspondingSignal sequenceParasitic nematodesInfective third-stage larvaeProtease inhibitorsRecombinant proteinsParasite survivalMolecular mechanismsMolecular massProtein extractsEscherichia coliExcretory/secretory productsSerine proteasesThird-stage larvaeAdult A. ceylanicumIron deficiency anemia