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Transcriptional Profiling of the Bladder in Urogenital Schistosomiasis Reveals Pathways of Inflammatory Fibrosis and Urothelial Compromise

Urogenital schistosomiasis, chronic infection by Schistosoma haematobium, affects 112 million people worldwide. S. haematobium worm oviposition in the bladder wall leads to granulomatous inflammation, fibrosis, and egg expulsion into the urine. Despite the global impact of urogenital schistosomiasis...

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Main Authors: Ray, Debalina, Nelson, Tyrrell A., Fu, Chi-Ling, Patel, Shailja, Gong, Diana N., Odegaard, Justin I., Hsieh, Michael H.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2012
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3510078/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23209855
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001912
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