Figure 6.

Fold-change expression of immune related genes in protoscoleces from cattle and sheep liver CE cysts. qRT-PCR was performed for each gene to validate the RNA-Seq results. Genes were selected from the DE results from the comparison of PSC from cattle v/s sheep liver CE cysts, with FDR 0.05 and without considering log₂FoldChange cut-off. The housekeeping gene TBP was used to normalize relative expression. Statistically significant differences were determined by Mann–Whitney test. *P  < 0.05, **P  < 0.01. CE  =  cystic echinococcosis, PSC  =  protoscoleces.