CHINESE JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY AND PARASITIC DISEASES ›› 2019, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (1): 92-96.doi: 10.12140/j.issn.1000-7423.2019.01.017

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Research progress on snail gene expression associated with parasite infections

Zhi-yuan YUE(), Yun-hai GUO, Zhi-qiang QIN, Yi ZHANG*()   

  1. National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention; Chinese Center for Tropical Diseases Research; WHO Collaborating Centre for Tropical Diseases; National Center for International Research on Tropical Diseases, Ministry of Science and Technology; Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, Ministry of Health, Shanghai 200025, China
  • Received:2018-10-10 Online:2019-02-28 Published:2019-03-18
  • Contact: Yi ZHANG E-mail:1069147741@126.com;zhangyi@nipd.chinacdc.cn
  • Supported by:
    Supported by the National Research and Development Plan of China(No. 2016YFC1200500) and the Fourth Three?year Action Plan of Shanghai Public Health(No. GWIV-29)

Abstract:

Snails belong to mollusk invertebrate animals widely distributed on land, in fresh and sea water. Some types of snail are the important intermediate hosts of some helminths and the vectors transmiting parasite infections to human. It has been noticed that snails express some specific genes that are associated with the infection of parasite larvae. The differential expression of genes before and after infection of some parasites plays an important role in the interaction between snails and parasites, as well as the sail’s immune defense against parasite infection. This paper reviews the research progress on the differential expression of genes in snails associated with parasite infection, in order to provide references for the related research on the control of snail and snail-transmitted parasitic diseases.

Key words: Snail, Parasites, Infection, Differential gene expression

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