Modulation of growth hormone and prolactin secretion in Trypanosoma cruzi-infected mammosomatotrophic cells

Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Pesquisa sobre o Timo. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil / Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry. Department of Endocrinology. Munich, Germany.
Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry. Department of Endocrinology. Munich, Germany.
Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry. Department of Endocrinology. Munich, Germany.
Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry. Department of Endocrinology. Munich, Germany.
Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry. Department of Endocrinology. Munich, Germany.
Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry. Department of Endocrinology. Munich, Germany.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Pesquisa sobre o Timo. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasi

Abstract

In a previous study, we reported an imbalance in the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis of mice acutely infected with the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease.

Keywords in Portuguese

Trypanosoma cruzi
Células Mammosomatotróficas
Hormônio do crescimento
Secreção de Prolactina
Infecção
Doença de Chagas

Keywords

Trypanosoma cruzi
Mammosomatotrophic Cells
Growth Hormone
Prolactin Secretion
infection
Chagas Disease

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Karger Publishers

Citation

SANTANA, Eliane Corrêa de; et al. Modulation of Growth Hormone and Prolactin Secretion in Trypanosoma cruzi -Infected Mammosomatotrophic Cells. Neuroimmunomodulation, v.16, p.208–212, 2009.

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10.1159/000205513

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1021-7401

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/28190

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2030-01-01

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