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The kallikrein-kinin system in experimental Chagas disease: a paradigm to investigate the impact of inflammatory edema on GPCR-mediated pathways of host cell invasion by Trypanosoma cruzi

Chronic chagasic myocarditis (CCM) depends on Trypanosoma cruzi persistence in the myocardium. Studies of the proteolytic mechanisms governing host/parasite balance in peripheral sites of T. cruzi infection revealed that tissue culture trypomastigotes (TCTs) elicit inflammatory edema and stimulate p...

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Autores principales: Scharfstein, Julio, Andrade, Daniele, Svensjö, Erik, Oliveira, Ana Carolina, Nascimento, Clarissa R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3555122/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23355836
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2012.00396