Implication of Apoptosis for the Pathogenesis of Trypanosoma cruzi Infection

Apoptosis is induced during the course of immune response to different infectious agents, and the ultimate fate is the recognition and uptake of apoptotic bodies by neighboring cells or by professional phagocytes. Apoptotic cells expose specific ligands to a set of conserved receptors expressed on m...

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Main Authors: Débora Decote-Ricardo, Marise P. Nunes, Alexandre Morrot, Celio G. Freire-de-Lima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fimmu.2017.00518/full