Current understanding of the Trypanosoma cruzi-cardiomyocyte interaction

Frontiers in Immunology

Volumn 3, Issue OCT, 2012, Pages

  Calvet, Claudia M ^a   Melo, Tatiana G ^a   Garzoni, Luciana R ^a   Oliveira, Francisco O R ^a   Silva Neto, Daysec T ^a   Meirelles, Maria N S L ^a   Pereira, Mirian C S ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cardiomyocyte; Cell junction; Cell recognition; Cytoskeleton; Endocytosis; Extracel lular matrix; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874201562     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16643224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2012.00327     Document Type: Review

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