2011
Twenty-First Century Progress Toward the Global Control of Human Hookworm Infection
Bungiro R, Cappello M. Twenty-First Century Progress Toward the Global Control of Human Hookworm Infection. Current Infectious Disease Reports 2011, 13: 210. PMID: 21462001, DOI: 10.1007/s11908-011-0182-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHuman hookworm infectionHost immune responseCandidate vaccine antigensHigher infection rateExcretory/secretory proteinsImmunoepidemiological studiesTreatment failureHookworm infectionMass chemotherapyImmune responseAnimal modelsParasitic infectionsVaccine antigensMolecular pathogenesisInfection rateHookworm diseaseReduced efficacyProtease inhibitorsHookwormInfectionSaharan AfricaRecent studiesContinued useSecretory proteinsAsthma
1995
Ancylostoma caninum anticoagulant peptide: a hookworm-derived inhibitor of human coagulation factor Xa.
Cappello M, Vlasuk G, Bergum P, Huang S, Hotez P. Ancylostoma caninum anticoagulant peptide: a hookworm-derived inhibitor of human coagulation factor Xa. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1995, 92: 6152-6156. PMID: 7597095, PMCID: PMC41660, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.92.13.6152.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceAncylostomaAnimalsArthropod ProteinsBlood CoagulationChromatography, GelChromatography, High Pressure LiquidChromatography, Ion ExchangeFactor Xa InhibitorsHelminth ProteinsHirudinsHumansIntercellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsKineticsMass SpectrometryMolecular Sequence DataPeptide FragmentsPeptidesProthrombin TimeRecombinant ProteinsSerine Proteinase InhibitorsTicksConceptsBlood lossFactor XaIntestinal blood lossGastrointestinal blood lossHuman hookworm infectionIron deficiency anemiaSoil-transmitted helminthsHuman coagulation factor XaFree factor XaAnticoagulant peptideSpecific inhibitorHookworm infectionDeficiency anemiaProthrombin timeIntestinal mucosaCoagulation factor XaMajor causeRecombinant hirudinChromogenic assayMajor anticoagulantAdult wormsAnticoagulantsProtease inhibitorsHuman coagulationInhibitors