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| Title |
The ultrastructural architecture of the adult Schistosoma japonicum tegument
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| Published in |
International Journal for Parasitology, December 2003
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| DOI | 10.1016/s0020-7519(03)00255-8 |
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| Authors |
Geoffrey N. Gobert, Deborah J. Stenzel, Donald P. McManus, Malcolm K. Jones |
| Abstract |
The tegument of the adult blood fluke Schistosoma japonicum is in direct contact with the host blood and immune systems. A comprehensive understanding of the ultrastructure of the tegument is crucial to the understanding of how the parasite maintains itself within the mammalian host. Important functions such as nutritional uptake and immune evasion are suspected functions of the tegument and this review discusses these aspects and presents some insights into some of these crucial functions. Transmission electron microscopy has allowed the identification of ultrastructural features of the adult S. japonicum, some of which differ from the reported features of other schistosome species. Morphological differences within the tegument of the adult S. japonicum are noted between sexes, among different regions of the worms and between aspects along the length of the parasite. Differences included variations in the ultrastructure, size and number of tegumental bodies and mitochondria within the matrix, and differences in the relative area of the apical surface of the tegument. Functions of the various components of the tegument matrix and specialised functions of different regions of the male and female parasites are discussed based on ultrastructural findings and previously reported biochemical and molecular data. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 43 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 11 | 25% |
| Researcher | 8 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 4 | 9% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 3 | 7% |
| Professor | 3 | 7% |
| Other | 6 | 14% |
| Unknown | 9 | 20% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 20 | 45% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 7% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 2 | 5% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 2 | 5% |
| Unspecified | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 6 | 14% |
| Unknown | 10 | 23% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 25 July 2017.
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#8,534,528
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#740
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#36,083
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#3
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