Four whole-istic aspects of schistosome granuloma biology: fractal arrangement, internal regulation, autopoietic component and closure

Four whole-istic aspects of schistosome granuloma biology: fractal arrangement, internal regulation, autopoietic component and closure

This paper centers on some whole-istic organizational and functional aspects of hepatic Schistosoma mansoni granuloma, which is an extremely complex system. First, it structurally develops a collagenic topology, originated bidirectionally from an inward and outward assembly of growth units. Inward g...

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Main Authors: HL Lenzi, W de S Romanha, RM Zorzenon dos Santos, A Rosas, EM Mota, PPA Manso, LFG Caputo, M Pelajo-Machado
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2006-10-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
Subjects:
Schistosoma mansoni
granuloma
fractal
leptin
ocludin
connexin-43
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