CCR2 receptor is essential to activate microbicidal mechanisms to control Toxoplasma gondii infection in the central nervous system.

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Published in Am J Pathol on August 07, 2008

Authors

Luciana Benevides1, Cristiane Maria Milanezi, Lucy Megumi Yamauchi, Cláudia Farias Benjamim, João Santana Silva, Neide Maria Silva

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil.

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