Androgens Exert a Cysticidal Effect upon Taenia crassiceps by Disrupting Flame Cell Morphology and Function.

Androgens Exert a Cysticidal Effect upon Taenia crassiceps by Disrupting Flame Cell Morphology and Function.

The effects of testosterone (T4) and dihydrotestosterone (DHT) on the survival of the helminth cestode parasite Taenia crassiceps, as well as their effects on actin, tubulin and myosin expression and their assembly into the excretory system of flame cells are described in this paper. In vitro evalua...

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Main Authors: Javier R Ambrosio, Laura Valverde-Islas, Karen E Nava-Castro, M Isabel Palacios-Arreola, Pedro Ostoa-Saloma, Olivia Reynoso-Ducoing, Galileo Escobedo, Azucena Ruíz-Rosado, Lenin Dominguez-Ramírez, Jorge Morales-Montor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4468188?pdf=render

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