Trypanosoma cruzi antioxidant enzymes as virulence factors in chagas disease

Antioxidants and Redox Signaling

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 723-734

  Piacenza, Lucía ^a   Peluffo, Gonzalo ^a   Alvarez, María Noel ^a   Martínez, Alejandra ^a   Radi, Rafael ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

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Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BENZNIDAZOLE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INTERLEUKIN 12; IRON SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; MITOCHONDRIAL TRYPAREDOXIN PEROXIDASE; MYELOPEROXIDASE; NIFURTIMOX; NITRIC OXIDE; PEROXIREDOXIN; PEROXIREDOXIN 5; PEROXYNITRITE; PLASMA PROTEIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE; SUPEROXIDE; SYNTHETASE; TRYPANOTHIONE; TRYPANOTHIONE SYNTHETASE; TRYPAREDOXIN; UBIQUINOL CYTOCHROME C REDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHAGAS DISEASE; DETOXIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; EPIMASTIGOTE; FIBROBLAST; GENE DOSAGE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HEART FAILURE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE EVASION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LIFE CYCLE; MACROPHAGE; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; NITROXIDATIVE STRESS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PARASITEMIA; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPOMASTIGOTE; WILD TYPE;

EID: 84881434341     PISSN: 15230864     EISSN: 15577716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ars.2012.4618     Document Type: Review

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