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Serine Proteases of Parasitic Helminths

  • Yang, Yong (State Key Laboratory for Molecular Biology of Special Economic Animals, Institute of Special Economic Animal and Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences) ;
  • Wen, Yun jun (State Key Laboratory for Molecular Biology of Special Economic Animals, Institute of Special Economic Animal and Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences) ;
  • Cai, Ya Nan (College of Animal Science and Technology, Jilin Agricultural University) ;
  • Vallee, Isabelle (ANSES, ENVA, UPVM, PRES Paris Est, JRU BIPAR, Animal Health Laboratory) ;
  • Boireau, Pascal (ANSES, ENVA, UPVM, PRES Paris Est, JRU BIPAR, Animal Health Laboratory) ;
  • Liu, Ming Yuan (Key Laboratory of Zoonosis Research, Ministry of Education, Institute of Zoonosis, Jilin University) ;
  • Cheng, Shi Peng (State Key Laboratory for Molecular Biology of Special Economic Animals, Institute of Special Economic Animal and Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences)
  • Received : 2014.03.27
  • Accepted : 2014.10.23
  • Published : 2015.02.28
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Abstract

Serine proteases form one of the most important families of enzymes and perform significant functions in a broad range of biological processes, such as intra- and extracellular protein metabolism, digestion, blood coagulation, regulation of development, and fertilization. A number of serine proteases have been identified in parasitic helminths that have putative roles in parasite development and nutrition, host tissues and cell invasion, anticoagulation, and immune evasion. In this review, we described the serine proteases that have been identified in parasitic helminths, including nematodes (Trichinella spiralis, T. pseudospiralis, Trichuris muris, Anisakis simplex, Ascaris suum, Onchocerca volvulus, O. lienalis, Brugia malayi, Ancylostoma caninum, and Steinernema carpocapsae), cestodes (Spirometra mansoni, Echinococcus granulosus, and Schistocephalus solidus), and trematodes (Fasciola hepatica, F. gigantica, and Schistosoma mansoni). Moreover, the possible biological functions of these serine proteases in the endogenous biological phenomena of these parasites and in the host-parasite interaction were also discussed.

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