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Leishmania major Self-Limited Infection Increases Blood Cholesterol and Promotes Atherosclerosis Development

Leishmania major infection of resistant mice causes a self-limited lesion characterized by macrophage activation and a Th1 proinflammatory response. Atherosclerosis is an inflammatory disease involving hypercholesterolemia and macrophage activation. In this study, we evaluated the influence of L. ma...

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Autores principales: Fernandes, Luciana R., Ribeiro, Ana Cecília C., Segatto, Marcela, Santos, Luís Felipe F. F., Amaral, Joana, Portugal, Luciane R., Leite, Jacqueline I. A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3655479/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23710353
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/754580