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PARASITOLOGY TODAY
Volume 16, Issue 12, Pages 536-540Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/S0169-4758(00)01787-7
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- NCI NIH HHS [COR17138] Funding Source: Medline
- PHS HHS [00045, 09010] Funding Source: Medline
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The host-parasite relationship is based on subtle interplay between parasite survival strategies and host defense mechanisms. In this context, parasites often use the same or similar immune signaling molecules and/or molecular mimicry to escape host immunosurveillance. Both processes represent an adaptive strategy to ensure host immunocompatibility. This bidirectional communication between parasites and their hosts includes the renin-angiotensin, opioid and opiate systems. Here, Michel Salzet, Andre Capron and George Stefano review recent work on the interaction of common signaling mechanisms in schistosomes, leeches and their host.
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