CHINESE JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY AND PARASITIC DISEASES ›› 2020, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (3): 378-382.doi: 10.12140/j.issn.1000-7423.2020.03.019

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Advances in research on schistosome-host interactions mediated by extracellular vesicles

SUN Cheng-song1,2, HU Wei1,*(), WANG Tian-ping2   

  1. 1 Department of Microbiology and Microbial Engineering, School of Life Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
    2 Anhui Institute of Schistosomiasis Control, Hefei 230061, China
  • Received:2019-10-21 Online:2020-06-30 Published:2020-07-07
  • Contact: Wei HU E-mail:huw@fudan.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China(31725025);Open Research Fund of State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Fudan University(SKLGE1904)

Abstract:

Extracellular vesicles are lipid-bilayer vesicles that are released by cells into the extracellular space. They contain bioactive molecules such as proteins, lipids, DNA and RNA, and can transfer effector molecules via binding to receptors of target cells or by direct fusing to, thus exerting biological function. Extracellular vesicles as a new type of intercellular signal transduction mechanism, play a critical role in regulating interaction between schistosome and host. This review underlines the researches advance on extracellular vesicles in regard to the classification, origin, structure and functions, and the role to mediate the parasite-host interactions upon secreted from schistosomes at different developmental stages, thus providing new ideas for researches on the prevention and control of schistosomiasis.

Key words: Schistosome, Extracellular vesicle, Host, Interaction mechanism

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