Brucella Cyclic β-1,2-Glucan Plays a Critical Role in the Induction of Splenomegaly in Mice

Mara S. Roset; Andrés E. Ibañez; Job Alves de Souza Filho; Juan M. Spera; Leonardo Minatel; Sergio C. Oliveira; Guillermo H. Giambartolomei; Juliana Cassataro; Gabriel Briones

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0101279

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Brucella Cyclic β-1,2-Glucan Plays a Critical Role in the Induction of Splenomegaly in Mice

Mara S. Roset ,

* E-mail: gbriones@iibintech.com.ar (GB); mroset@iibintech.com.ar (MSR)

Affiliation Instituto de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas “Rodolfo Ugalde” - Instituto Tecnológico de Chascomús (IIB-INTECH), Universidad Nacional de San Martín (UNSAM), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Andrés E. Ibañez,

Affiliation Laboratorio de Inmunogenética, INIGEM-CONICET, Hospital de Clínicas “José de San Martín,” Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Job Alves de Souza Filho,

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Juan M. Spera,

Affiliation Instituto de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas “Rodolfo Ugalde” - Instituto Tecnológico de Chascomús (IIB-INTECH), Universidad Nacional de San Martín (UNSAM), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Leonardo Minatel,

Affiliation Instituto de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas “Rodolfo Ugalde” - Instituto Tecnológico de Chascomús (IIB-INTECH), Universidad Nacional de San Martín (UNSAM), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Sergio C. Oliveira,

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Guillermo H. Giambartolomei,

Affiliation Laboratorio de Inmunogenética, INIGEM-CONICET, Hospital de Clínicas “José de San Martín,” Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Juliana Cassataro,

Affiliation Instituto de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas “Rodolfo Ugalde” - Instituto Tecnológico de Chascomús (IIB-INTECH), Universidad Nacional de San Martín (UNSAM), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Gabriel Briones

* E-mail: gbriones@iibintech.com.ar (GB); mroset@iibintech.com.ar (MSR)

Affiliation Instituto de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas “Rodolfo Ugalde” - Instituto Tecnológico de Chascomús (IIB-INTECH), Universidad Nacional de San Martín (UNSAM), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Brucella Cyclic β-1,2-Glucan Plays a Critical Role in the Induction of Splenomegaly in Mice

Mara S. Roset,
Andrés E. Ibañez,
Job Alves de Souza Filho,
Juan M. Spera,
Leonardo Minatel,
Sergio C. Oliveira,
Guillermo H. Giambartolomei,
Juliana Cassataro,
Gabriel Briones

Published: July 1, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0101279

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