Trypanosoma cruzi extracellular amastigotes and host cell signaling: more pieces to the puzzle

Among the different infective stages that Trypanosoma cruzi employs to invade cells, extracellular amastigotes have recently gained attention by our group. This is true primarily because these amastigotes are able to infect cultured cells and animals, establishing a sustainable infective cycle. Ext...

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Main Authors: Éden Ramalho Ferreira, Alexis eBonfim-Melo, Renato A Mortara, Diana eBahia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fimmu.2012.00363/full