Characterization of the presence and distribution of Foxp3+ cells in chagasic patients with and without megacolon

Human Immunology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 65-67

  da Silveira, Alexandre B M ^a   Fortes de Araújo, Fernanda ^b   Freitas, Michelle A Ribeiro ^a   Gomes, Juliana Assis Silva ^b   Chaves, Ana Thereza ^b   de Oliveira, Enio C ^c   Neto, Salustiano G ^c   Luquetti, Alejandro O ^c   da Cunha Souza, Gilmar ^a   Bernardino Júnior, Roberto ^a   Fujiwara, Ricardo ^b   d'Ávila Reis, Débora ^d   Correa Oliveira, Rodrigo ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chagas's disease; Chagasic megacolon; Foxp3 cells; Inflammatory process

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN ANTIBODY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3 ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DESTRUCTION; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTE MIGRATION; MALE; MEGACOLON; MUSCLE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

AGED; CHAGAS DISEASE; COLON; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HUMANS; MALE; MEGACOLON; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 58149461555     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2008.10.015     Document Type: Article

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