Progesterone Induces Scolex Evagination of the Human Parasite Taenia solium: Evolutionary Implications to the Host-Parasite Relationship

Taenia solium cysticercosis is a health problem in underdeveloped and developed countries. Sex hormones are involved in cysticercosis prevalence in female and male pigs. Here, we evaluated the effects of progesterone and its antagonist RU486 on scolex evagination, which is the initial step in the de...

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Autori principali: Escobedo, Galileo, Camacho-Arroyo, Ignacio, Hernández-Hernández, Olivia Tania, Ostoa-Saloma, Pedro, García-Varela, Martín, Morales-Montor, Jorge
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Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2010
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2796346/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20037735
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/591079
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