Study on Potential Immunoregulatory Proteins in the Excretory-Secretory Products of Cestodes

This article studied excretory-secretory products of parasitic flatworms aimed at searching for potential immunoregulatory proteins. Immunoregulatory proteins are poorly studied at the moment. Recent years have showed increased interest in identifying immunoregulatory molecules produced by parasitic worms. Potential immunoregulatory proteins will make a significant contribution to the development of medicine and biotechnology and will make it possible to effectively treat allergic and other autoimmune diseases. The study used methods of bioinformatics, proteomics, and transcriptomics. Potential immunoregulatory proteins were identified in the Ligula interrupta secretome proteins and listed. Each protein was analyzed for possible immunoregulatory functions in the parasite-host system. Based on identification data of SEP proteins using parasite transcriptomes, annotation of secretome proteins (SEP) was made in the NCBI and Swissprot international databases. A table was compiled with identified potential immunoregulatory proteins. A functional analysis of each protein was performed. Protein functions were determined based on analysis of scientific articles, patents and publications. By comparing different proteins, it is possible to identify those that are similar in domain structure, phylogeny, and description. The discovered potential immunoregulatory proteins will make a significant contribution to the development of medicine and biotechnology and will make it possible to effectively treat allergic and other autoimmune diseases.