The MASP Family of Trypanosoma cruzi: Changes in Gene Expression and Antigenic Profile during the Acute Phase of Experimental Infection

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  dos Santos, Sara Lopes ^a   Freitas, Leandro Martins ^a   Lobo, Francisco Pereira ^a   Rodrigues Luiz, Gabriela Flávia ^a   Mendes, Tiago Antônio de Oliveira ^a   Oliveira, Anny Carolline Silva ^a   Andrade, Luciana Oliveira ^a   Chiari, Égler ^a   Gazzinelli, Ricardo Tostes ^a   Teixeira, Santuza Maria Ribeiro ^a   Fujiwara, Ricardo Toshio ^a   Bartholomeu, Daniella Castanheira ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; MUCIN ASSOCIATED SURFACE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN FUNCTION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL INVASION; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HOST CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOUSE; MYOBLAST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN MICROARRAY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPOMASTIGOTE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CELL LINE; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MYOBLASTS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 84865957453     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001779     Document Type: Article

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