Trypanosoma cruzi Disrupts Thymic Homeostasis by Altering Intrathymic and Systemic Stress-Related Endocrine Circuitries

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Lepletier, Ailin ^a   de Carvalho, Vinicius Frias ^a   e Silva, Patricia Machado Rodrigues ^a   Villar, Silvina ^b   Pérez, Ana Rosa ^b   Savino, Wilson ^a   Morrot, Alexandre ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROMOCRIPTINE; CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; METOCLOPRAMIDE; PROLACTIN;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOFLUOROMETRY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOSTASIS; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; THYMUS ATROPHY;

ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONES; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; THYMOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 84888253802     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002470     Document Type: Article

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