Trypanosoma cruzi: The effects of zinc supplementation in the immune response during the course of experimental disease

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 105-109

  Brazão, Vânia ^a   Caetano, Leony Cristina ^a   Vecchio Filipin, Marina Del ^a   Santello, Fabricia Helena ^a   Alonso Toldo, Míriam Paula ^a   do Prado Jr , José Clóvis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Interferon gamma (IFN ); Nitric oxide (NO); Tissue parasitism; Trypanosoma cruzi; Young and older rats; Zinc

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; NITRIC OXIDE; ZINC SULFATE;

AMASTIGOTE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; HEART; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PARASITISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; HEART; INTERFERON-GAMMA; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; NITRIC OXIDE; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; ZINC SULFATE;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 57149118481     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2008.10.004     Document Type: Article

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