Neurotrophin receptor Trkc is an entry receptor for trypanosoma cruzi in neural, glial, and epithelial cells

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 79, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 4081-4087

  Weinkauf, Craig ^a   Salvador, Ryan ^a   Pereiraperrin, Mercio ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

1,4 DIAMINO 1,4 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYLTHIO) 2,3 DICYANOBUTADIENE; 2 MORPHOLINO 8 PHENYLCHROMONE; AG879 PROTEIN; K 252A; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN 3 RECEPTOR; PARASITE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITOR; SOMATOMEDIN C RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL INVASION; CELL STRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHO CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GLIA CELL; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INTESTINE CELL; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCHWANN CELL; SIALYLATION; SKIN INFECTION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURAMINIDASE; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; RECEPTOR, TRKC; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 80855141156     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.05403-11     Document Type: Article

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