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Schistosome-induced cholangiocyte proliferation and osteopontin secretion correlate with fibrosis and portal hypertension in human and murine schistosomiasis mansoni

Schistosomiasis is a major cause of portal hypertension worldwide. It associates with portal fibrosis that develops during chronic infection. The mechanisms by which the pathogen evokes these host responses remain unclear. We evaluated the hypothesis that schistosome eggs release factors that direct...

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Autores principales: Pereira, Thiago A., Syn, Wing-Kin, Machado, Mariana V., Vidigal, Paula V., Resende, Vivian, Voieta, Izabela, Xie, Guanhua, Otoni, Alba, Souza, Márcia M., Santos, Elisângela T., Chan, Isaac S., Trindade, Guilherme V.M., Choi, Steve S., Witek, Rafal P., Pereira, Fausto E., Secor, William E., Andrade, Zilton A., Lambertucci, José Roberto, Diehl, Anna Mae
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Portland Press Ltd. 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4558314/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26201095
http://dx.doi.org/10.1042/CS20150117