Substance P Signaling Contributes to Granuloma Formation in Taenia crassiceps Infection, a Murine Model of Cysticercosis

Cysticercosis is an infection with larval cysts of the cestode Taenia solium. Through pathways that are incompletely understood, dying parasites initiate a granulomatous reaction that, in the brain, causes seizures. Substance P (SP), a neuropeptide involved in pain-transmission, contributes to infla...

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Autores principales: Garza, Armandina, Tweardy, David J., Weinstock, Joel, Viswanathan, Balaji, Robinson, Prema
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2010
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2817809/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20150970
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/597086

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2817809/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20150970
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/597086

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