Modulation of Intrathymic Sphingosine-1-Phosphate Levels Promotes Escape of Immature Thymocytes to the Periphery with a Potential Proinflammatory Role in Chagas Disease
The sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) system regulates both thymic and lymph nodes T cell egress which is essential for producing and maintaining the recycling T cell repertoire. Infection with the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi induces a hormonal systemic deregulation that has impact in the thymi...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2015-01-01
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Series: | BioMed Research International |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/709846 |