Highly purified glycosylphosphatidylinositols from Trypanosoma cruzi are potent proinflammatory agents

EMBO Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1476-1485

  Almeida, Igor C ^a,b   Camargo, Maristela M ^c   Procópio, Daniela O ^c   Silva, Luiz S ^d   Mehlert, Angela ^a   Travassos, Luiz R ^d   Gazzinelli, Ricardo T ^e   Ferguson, Michael A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chagas' disease; Cytokines; Glycosylphosphatidylinositol; Inflammation; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN; GALACTOSE; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; INTERLEUKIN 12; LIPOPEPTIDE; MUCIN; NITRIC OXIDE; SATURATED FATTY ACID; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIMASTIGOTE; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPOMASTIGOTE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOPLASMA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0034599521     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/19.7.1476     Document Type: Article

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