Parasite regulation by host hormones: An old mechanism of host exploitation?

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 588-593

  Escobedo, Galileo ^a   Roberts, Craig W ^b   Carrero, Julio C ^a   Morales Montor, Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; HORMONE; HORMONE RECEPTOR; SEX HORMONE; STEROID;

ADRENAL GLAND; BINDING AFFINITY; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RATE; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE STRUCTURE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HOST; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MICROENVIRONMENT; PARASITE; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TAENIA CRASSICEPS; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MICE; PARASITES; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; TAENIA; TAENIASIS;

SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TAENIA CRASSICEPS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 27644453206     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2005.09.013     Document Type: Review

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