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| Title |
Scabies Mite Peritrophins Are Potential Targets of Human Host Innate Immunity
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, September 2011
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001331 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Angela Mika, Priscilla Goh, Deborah C. Holt, Dave J. Kemp, Katja Fischer |
| Abstract |
Pruritic scabies lesions caused by Sarcoptes scabiei burrowing in the stratum corneum of human skin facilitate opportunistic bacterial infections. Emerging resistance to current therapeutics emphasizes the need to identify novel targets for protective intervention. We have characterized several protein families located in the mite gut as crucial factors for host-parasite interactions. Among these multiple proteins inhibit human complement, presumably to avoid complement-mediated damage of gut epithelial cells. Peritrophins are major components of the peritrophic matrix often found in the gut of arthropods. We hypothesized that a peritrophin, if abundant in the scabies mite gut, could be an activator of complement. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 35 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 8 | 22% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 4 | 11% |
| Other | 3 | 8% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 3 | 8% |
| Student > Master | 3 | 8% |
| Other | 5 | 14% |
| Unknown | 10 | 28% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 11 | 31% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 8 | 22% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 2 | 6% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 6% |
| Environmental Science | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 2 | 6% |
| Unknown | 10 | 28% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. 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 30 September 2011.
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