Parasites and steroid hormones: Corticosteroid and sex steroid synthesis, their role in the parasite physiology and development

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue JUN, 2015, Pages

  Romano, Marta C ^a   Jiménez, Pedro ^a   Miranda Brito, Carolina ^a   Valdez, Ricardo A ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

cysticerci; Corticosteroids; Parasites; Sex steroids; Steroid synthesis; Steroidogenic enzymes; Taenias

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; ECDYSTEROID; GLUCOCORTICOID; SEX HORMONE;

CORTICOSTEROID METABOLISM; CYSTICERCUS (CESTODE LARVA); DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HORMONE ACTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LIPOGENESIS; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SHORT SURVEY; TAENIA CRASSICEPS; TAENIA SOLIUM;

EID: 84935057425     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2015.00224     Document Type: Short Survey

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