Antiangiogenic and antitumor effects of Trypanosoma cruzi Calreticulin.

BACKGROUND: In Latin America, 18 million people are infected with Trypanosoma cruzi, the agent of Chagas' disease, with the greatest economic burden. Vertebrate calreticulins (CRT) are multifunctional, intra- and extracellular proteins. In the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) they bind calcium and ac...

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Main Authors: Nandy C López, Carolina Valck, Galia Ramírez, Margarita Rodríguez, Carolina Ribeiro, Juana Orellana, Ismael Maldonado, Adriana Albini, Daniel Anacona, David Lemus, Lorena Aguilar, Wilhelm Schwaeble, Arturo Ferreira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2897838?pdf=render