Human portal serum stimulates cell proliferation in immature Schistosoma mansoni

Parasitology

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 293-299

  Shaker, Y M ^a   Wu, C H ^b   El Shobaki, F A ^a   Ashour, E ^a   Khattab, H M ^c   Draz, H M ^a   Kamel, R ^d   Wu, G Y ^b,e  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d Ain Shams University Hospital   (Egypt)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

BrdU; Cell proliferation; Schistosoma mansoni; Serum fractions

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE;

ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; EGG LAYING; EGG PRODUCTION; FILTRATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCUBATION TIME; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMULUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIMETABOLITES; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CULTURE MEDIA; HEMATOXYLIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PORTAL VEIN; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI;

SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TREMATODA;

EID: 0031725422     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182098003096     Document Type: Article

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