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

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

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0127928

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

Javier R. Ambrosio,

Affiliation Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, D.F., México
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Laura Valverde-Islas,

Affiliation Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, D.F., México
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Karen E. Nava-Castro,

Affiliation Departamento de Ciencias Ambientales, Centro de Ciencias de la Atmósfera, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, D.F., México
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M. Isabel Palacios- Arreola,

Affiliation Departamento de Inmunología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, D.F., México
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Pedro Ostoa-Saloma,

Affiliation Departamento de Inmunología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, D.F., México
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Olivia Reynoso-Ducoing,

Affiliation Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, D.F., México
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Galileo Escobedo,

Affiliation Unidad de Medicina Experimental, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Hospital General de México, D.F., México
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Azucena Ruíz-Rosado,

Affiliations Departamento de Inmunología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, D.F., México, Division of Experimental Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Segar Cancer Center, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Lenin Dominguez-Ramírez,

Affiliation Departmento de Ciencias Químico-Biológicas, Escuela de Ciencias, Universidad de las Américas Puebla, Santa Catarina Mártir Cholula, Puebla, Mexico
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Jorge Morales-Montor

* E-mail: jmontor66@biomedicas.unam.mx

Affiliation Departamento de Inmunología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, D.F., México
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Androgens Exert a Cysticidal Effect upon Taenia crassiceps by Disrupting Flame Cell Morphology and Function

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

Published: June 15, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0127928

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