Histone deacetylase inhibition modulates histone acetylation at gene promoter regions and affects genome-wide gene transcription in Schistosoma mansoni.

BACKGROUND:Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease infecting hundreds of millions of people worldwide. Treatment depends on a single drug, praziquantel, which kills the Schistosoma spp. parasite only at the adult stage. HDAC inhibitors (HDACi) such as Trichostatin A (TSA) induce parasite mortality in...

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Main Authors: Letícia Anderson, Monete Rajão Gomes, Lucas Ferreira daSilva, Adriana da Silva Andrade Pereira, Marina M Mourão, Christophe Romier, Raymond Pierce, Sergio Verjovski-Almeida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-04-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5404884?pdf=render