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Therapeutic potential of fucoidan in the reduction of hepatic pathology in murine schistosomiasis japonica
BACKGROUND: Hepatic granuloma formation and fibrosis as the consequence of tissue entrapped eggs produced by female schistosomes characterize the pathology of Schistosoma japonicum infection. It has been proposed that fucoidan, a sulfated polysaccharide existing naturally in brown seaweed Fucus vesi...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7487607/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32894174 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-020-04332-7 |