Modulation of liver fibrosis and pathophysiological changes in mice infected with Mesocestoides corti (M. vogae) after administration of glucan and liposomized glucan in combination with vitamin C

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 219-226

  Ditteova G ^a   Velebny S ^a   Hrckova G ^a  

^a PARASITOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASCORBIC ACID; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BETA GLUCAN; CHOLESTEROL; COLLAGEN; HYDROXYPROLINE; LARVICIDAL AGENT; LIPOSOME;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CELL STIMULATION; CESTODIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LARVA; LIVER; LIVER FIBROSIS; MESOCESTOIDEA; MESOCESTOIDES CORTI; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARENCHYMA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PHAGOCYTE;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ANTICESTODAL AGENTS; ASCORBIC ACID; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BETA-GLUCANS; CESTODE INFECTIONS; COLLAGEN; DRUG CARRIERS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; GLUCANS; LIPOSOMES; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MESOCESTOIDES; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; PERITONEAL CAVITY;

ANIMALIA; CESTODA; CYCLOPHYLLIDEA; MESOCESTOIDES CORTI; MESOCESTOIDES VOGAE;

EID: 0042027844     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/JOH2002161     Document Type: Article

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