WEB 2086, a platelet-activating factor antagonist, inhibits prophenoloxidase-activating system and hemocyte microaggregation reactions induced by Trypanosoma rangeli infection in Rhodnius prolixus hemolymph

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 685-692

  Machado, Evandro M M ^a   Azambuja, Patrícia ^a   Garcia, Eloi S ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hemocyte microaggregation; PAF; Prophenoloxidase; Rhodnius prolixus; Trypanosoma rangeli; WEB 2086

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; APAFANT; AZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CATECHOL OXIDASE; ENZYME PRECURSOR; PRO PHENOLOXIDASE; PRO-PHENOLOXIDASE; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATING FACTOR; TRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

BLOOD; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FAT; INOCULATION; INSECT; LARVA; MICROAGGREGATE; MORTALITY; PARASITE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; DRUG ANTAGONISM; HEMOLYMPH; IMMUNOLOGY; LARVA; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RHODNIUS; TRYPANOSOMA;

ANIMALS; AZEPINES; CATECHOL OXIDASE; ENZYME PRECURSORS; HEMOCYTES; HEMOLYMPH; LARVA; PLATELET ACTIVATING FACTOR; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; RHODNIUS; TRIAZOLES; TRYPANOSOMA;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; RHODNIUS; RHODNIUS PROLIXUS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA RANGELI;

EID: 33746985559     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2006.03.008     Document Type: Article

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