The Leukotriene B4/BLT1 Axis Is a Key Determinant in Susceptibility and Resistance to Histoplasmosis

Adriana Secatto; Elyara Maria Soares; Gisele Aparecida Locachevic; Patricia Aparecida Assis; Francisco Wanderlei Garcia Paula-Silva; Carlos Henrique Serezani; Alexandra Ivo de Medeiros; Lúcia Helena Faccioli

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0085083

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The Leukotriene B₄/BLT₁ Axis Is a Key Determinant in Susceptibility and Resistance to Histoplasmosis

Adriana Secatto,

Affiliation Departamento de Análises Clínicas, Toxicológicas e Bromatológicas, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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Elyara Maria Soares,

Affiliation Departamento de Análises Clínicas, Toxicológicas e Bromatológicas, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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Gisele Aparecida Locachevic,

Affiliation Departamento de Análises Clínicas, Toxicológicas e Bromatológicas, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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Patricia Aparecida Assis,

Affiliation Departamento de Análises Clínicas, Toxicológicas e Bromatológicas, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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Francisco Wanderlei Garcia Paula-Silva,

Affiliations Departamento de Análises Clínicas, Toxicológicas e Bromatológicas, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil, Departamento de Odontopediatria, Faculdade de Odontologia de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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Carlos Henrique Serezani,

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
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Alexandra Ivo de Medeiros ,

* E-mail: medeirosai@fcfar.unesp.br (AIDM); faccioli@fcfrp.usp.br (LHF)

Affiliation Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”, Araraquara, São Paulo, Brazil
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Lúcia Helena Faccioli

* E-mail: medeirosai@fcfar.unesp.br (AIDM); faccioli@fcfrp.usp.br (LHF)

Affiliation Departamento de Análises Clínicas, Toxicológicas e Bromatológicas, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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The Leukotriene B₄/BLT₁ Axis Is a Key Determinant in Susceptibility and Resistance to Histoplasmosis

Adriana Secatto,
Elyara Maria Soares,
Gisele Aparecida Locachevic,
Patricia Aparecida Assis,
Francisco Wanderlei Garcia Paula-Silva,
Carlos Henrique Serezani,
Alexandra Ivo de Medeiros,
Lúcia Helena Faccioli

Published: January 21, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0085083

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