Fig. 5

Schematic diagram of the hypothetical role of transcription factors, miRNAs and their related cell pathways/functions to the survival and development of Echinococcus granulosus in early hours of dog infection. The set of four differentially expressed miRNAs (egr-miR-124a-3p, egr-miR-124b-3p, egr-miR-745-3p and egr-miR-87-3p), were mapped into different cell signaling pathways and assigned to different functional processes in early cestode housing and strobilation. These miRNAs target some transcription factors that plays a key role in cellular differentiation and the formation of body organs in the parasite life cycle