Schistosoma japonicum Soluble Egg Antigens Attenuate Invasion in a First Trimester Human Placental Trophoblast Model

BACKGROUND: Schistosomiasis affects nearly 40 million women of reproductive age, and is known to elicit a pro-inflammatory signature in the placenta. We have previously shown that antigens from schistosome eggs can elicit pro-inflammatory cytokine production from trophoblast cells specifically; howe...

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Autores principales: McDonald, Emily A., Friedman, Jennifer F., Sharma, Surendra, Acosta, Luz, Pond-Tor, Sunthorn, Cheng, Ling, White, Eric S., Kurtis, Jonathan D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3675010/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23755313
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002253

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