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High Fat Diet Modulates Trypanosoma cruzi Infection Associated Myocarditis

BACKGROUND: Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease, has high affinity for lipoproteins and adipose tissue. Infection results in myocarditis, fat loss and alterations in lipid homeostasis. This study was aimed at analyzing the effect of high fat diet (HFD) on regulating acute T. cru...

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Autores principales: Nagajyothi, Fnu, Weiss, Louis M., Zhao, Dazhi, Koba, Wade, Jelicks, Linda A., Cui, Min-Hui, Factor, Stephen M., Scherer, Philipp E., Tanowitz, Herbert B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4183439/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25275627
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003118