Ana Maite Folle, Sofía Lagos Magallanes, Martín Fló, Romina Alvez-Rosado, Federico Carrión, Cecilia Vallejo, David Watson, Josep Julve, Gualberto González-Sapienza, Otto Pristch, Andrés González-Techera, Ana María Ferreira
Cestodes use own lipid-binding proteins to capture and transport hydrophobic ligands, including lipids that they cannot synthesise as fatty acids and cholesterol. In E. granulosus s.l., one of these lipoproteins is antigen B (EgAgB), codified by a multigenic and polymorphic family that gives rise to five gene products (EgAgB8/1-5 subunits) assembled as a 230 kDa macromolecule. EgAgB has a diagnostic value for cystic echinococcosis, but its putative role in the immunobiology of this infection is still poorly understood...
2024: Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology