The Tegument of the Human Parasitic Worm Schistosoma mansoni as an Excretory Organ: The Surface Aquaporin SmAQP Is a Lactate Transporter

• Zahra Faghiri ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Zahra Faghiri, Simone M. R. Camargo

  Affiliation Molecular Helminthology Laboratory, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University, Grafton, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Simone M. R. Camargo ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Zahra Faghiri, Simone M. R. Camargo

  Affiliation Institute of Physiology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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• Katja Huggel,

  Affiliation Institute of Physiology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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• Ian C. Forster,

  Affiliation Institute of Physiology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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• David Ndegwa,

  Affiliation Molecular Helminthology Laboratory, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University, Grafton, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• François Verrey,

  Affiliation Institute of Physiology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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• Patrick J. Skelly

  * E-mail: Patrick.Skelly@Tufts.edu

  Affiliation Molecular Helminthology Laboratory, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University, Grafton, Massachusetts, United States of America

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