Comparative study on the effect of cyclic nucleotides related to the function of Biomphalaria glabrata hemocytes and human granulocytes

Acta Tropica

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 275-280

  Bezerra, F S M ^a   Coelho, P M Z ^b,c   Chaves, M M ^b   Martins, R L ^b   Nogueira Machado, J A ^b,c  

^a Faculdade Farmacia Odontol E   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c Santa Casa de Misericordia de Goiania   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biochemical phagocytosis; Biomphalaria glabrata; cAMP; cGMP; Hemocyte metabolism; Hemocyte phagocytosis

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC GMP; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOMPHALARIA GLABRATA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROPHAGOCYTOSIS; GRANULOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

AMINOPHYLLINE; ANIMALS; BIOMPHALARIA; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC GMP; GRANULOCYTES; HEMOCYTES; HUMANS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; ZYMOSAN;

BIOMPHALARIA GLABRATA;

EID: 0032933498     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(99)00004-2     Document Type: Article

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