Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Regulates Glucocorticoid Synthesis in the Adrenal Glands of Trypanosoma cruzi Acutely-Infected Mice. The Role of TNF-R1

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Villar, Silvina R ^a   Ronco, M Teresa ^b   Fernández Bussy, Rodrigo ^a   Roggero, Eduardo ^a,c   Lepletier, Ailin ^d   Manarin, Romina ^a   Savino, Wilson ^d   Pérez, Ana Rosa ^a   Bottasso, Oscar ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD ABIERTA INTERAMERICANA   (Argentina)

^d INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CYTOCHROME P450; CYTOKINE; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; PARASITE ANTIGEN; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; CORTICOSTERONE; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

ADRENAL CORTEX CELL; ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; STEROIDOGENESIS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; C57BL MOUSE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; INFLAMMATION; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PHOSPHORYLATION;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; CORTICOSTERONE; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; NF-KAPPA B; PHOSPHORYLATION; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP-1; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84878075178     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0063814     Document Type: Article

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