Increased Trypanosoma cruzi invasion and heart fibrosis associated with high transforming growth factor β levels in mice deficient in α2-macroglobulin

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 5115-5123

  Waghabi, M C ^a   Coutinho, C M L M ^a   Soeiro, M N C ^a   Pereira, M C S ^a   Feige, J J ^a   Keramidas, M ^a   Cosson, A ^a   Minoprio, P ^a   Van Leuven, F ^a   Araujo Jorge T C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 MACROGLOBULIN; PROTEINASE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

AMASTIGOTE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INFLAMMATION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPOMASTIGOTE;

ALPHA-MACROGLOBULINS; ANIMALS; CHAGAS CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHAGAS DISEASE; ENDOPEPTIDASES; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MYOCARDIUM; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; SERUM GLOBULINS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0036719851     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.9.5115-5123.2002     Document Type: Article

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