Immunoneuroendocrine interactions in Chagas disease

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1088, Issue , 2006, Pages 274-283

  Corrêa De Santana, Eliane ^b   Pinto Mariz, Fernanda ^b   Savino, Wilson ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adrenal glands; Extracellular matrix; Hypothalamus; Neurons; Pituitary; T lymphocytes; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL INTERACTION; CHAGAS DISEASE; COCULTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MACROPHAGE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOMODULATION; NEUROSECRETION; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALIA; MUS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

CHAGAS DISEASE; HUMANS; NEUROIMMUNOMODULATION; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS;

EID: 33947108159     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1366.005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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