Schistosoma mansoni: Egg-induced downregulation of hepatic stellate cell activation and fibrogenesis

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 409-420

  Anthony, Barrie ^a   Mathieson, William ^b,c   de Castro Borges, William ^b,d   Allen, Jeremy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Immunocytochemistry; Liver fibrosis; Relative gene expression; Schistosomes; Trematodes

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; F ACTIN; FAT DROPLET; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL ELONGATION; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EGG; FIBROGENESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVER CELL CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; STELLATE CELL; STRESS FIBER;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HEPATIC STELLATE CELLS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PPAR GAMMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TREMATODA;

EID: 76849108398     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2009.12.009     Document Type: Article

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