Fig. 2

Expression of Schistosoma japonicum erythroid Krüppel-like factor (SjEKLF) in different developmental stages of the parasite. a Transcriptional expression of the SjEKLF-encoding gene in the five developmental stages of S. japonicum detected by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction. Data are shown as mean + SD. *, #, Δ and Φ indicate comparison with the E, C, M and F groups, respectively. *, #, Δ and Φ indicate P < 0.01 by Mann-Whitney test. b Expression of SjEKLF and actin in the five developmental stages of S. japonicum were detected by western blot with 20 µg protein lysate uploaded per lane for SjEKLF detection and 5 µg for actin detection. Red arrows indicate the target protein bands. Abbreviations: E, egg; C, cercariae; S, hepatic schistosomula; M, adult male; F, adult female