Parasitic nematodes (roundworms) and platyhelminths (flatworms) cause debilitating
chronic infections of humans and animals, decimate crop production and are a major …

Hookworm infection is a major public health problem that threatens about 500 million people
throughout tropical areas of the world. Adult hookworms survive for many years in the host …

Infections with parasitic helminths cause severe debilitating and sometimes lethal diseases
in humans and domestic animals on a global scale. Unable to synthesize de novo their own …

Parasitic helminth infections, while a major cause of neglected tropical disease burden,
negatively correlate with the incidence of immune-mediated inflammatory diseases such as …

Background Nematodes have lost the ability to synthesise necessary lipids de novo and
have complementally evolved the capacity to acquire fatty acids and their derivatives from a …

Root-knot nematodes (RKN) represent extensive challenges to Cucurbitaceae crops.
However, Cucumis metuliferus (Cm) is known to be resistant to Meloidogyne incognita (Mi) …

Fatty acid–and retinol-binding proteins (FARs) belong to a unique family of
excreted/secreted proteins (ESPs) found exclusively in nematodes. Much of our …

Parasitic nematodes cause significant morbidity and mortality globally. Excretory/secretory
products (ESPs) such as fatty acid-and retinol-binding proteins (FARs) are hypothesized to …

Background Nematodes are a widespread and diverse group comprising free-living and
parasitic species, some of which have major detrimental effects on crops, animals, and …

Parasitic nematodes produce an unusual class of fatty acid and retinol (FAR)-binding
proteins that may scavenge host fatty acids and retinoids. Two FARs from Brugia malayi (Bm …