Oral Exposure to Phytomonas serpens Attenuates Thrombocytopenia and Leukopenia during Acute Infection with Trypanosoma cruzi

Mice infected with Trypanosoma cruzi, the agent of Chagas disease, rapidly develop anemia and thrombocytopenia. These effects are partially promoted by the parasite trans-sialidase (TS), which is shed in the blood and depletes sialic acid from the platelets, inducing accelerated platelet clearance a...

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Main Authors: da Silva, Rosiane V., Malvezi, Aparecida D., Augusto, Leonardo da Silva, Kian, Danielle, Tatakihara, Vera Lúcia H., Yamauchi, Lucy M., Yamada-Ogatta, Sueli F., Rizzo, Luiz V., Schenkman, Sergio, Pinge-Filho, Phileno
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2013
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3699546/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23844182
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0068299
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