Benznidazole therapy in Trypanosoma cruzi-infected mice blocks thymic involution and apoptosis of CD4+CD8+ double-positive thymocytes

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1981-1987

  Olivieri, B P ^a   Farias De Oliveira, D A ^a   Araujo Jorge, T C ^a   Cotta De Almeida, V ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZNIDAZOLE; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INVOLUTION; LYMPHOCYTE DEPLETION; LYMPHOID ORGAN; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; ATROPHY; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DEATH; CHAGAS DISEASE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MALE; MICE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NITROIMIDAZOLES; PHENOTYPE; THYMUS GLAND; TRYPANOCIDAL AGENTS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 18244376580     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.49.5.1981-1987.2005     Document Type: Article

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