Thymus-dependent control of host defense mechanisms against Trypanosoma cruzi infection.

Congenitally athymic homozygous (nu/nu) mice were shown to be significantly more susceptible to Trypanosoma cruzi infection than their thymus-bearing heterozygous (nu/+) littermates, as measured by increased parasitemia, mortality rate, and shortened survival time. In addition, transplantation of ne...

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Main Authors: Kierszenbaum, F, Pienkowski, M M
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 1979
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC414271/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/110686
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