Dehydroepiandrosterone affects Trypanosoma cruzi tissue parasite burdens in rats

Acta Tropica

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 143-150

  Santos, Carla Domingues ^a   Toldo, Míriam Paula Alonso ^a   Levy, Antonio Marcos Apparecida ^b   Kawasse, Laura Midori ^a   Zucoloto, Sérgio ^a   do Prado Jr , José Clóvis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DANTE PAZZANESE DE CARDIOLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dehydroepiandrosterone; Lytic antibody; Rats; Tissue parasitism; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

PRASTERONE;

ANTIPARASITE DEFENSE; HORMONE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; PROTOZOAN; RODENT; STEROID; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

AMASTIGOTE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; RAT; THYMUS ATROPHY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; FEMALE; HEART; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 34347377896     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2007.04.010     Document Type: Article

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