Enteroglial cells act as antigen-presenting cells in chagasic megacolon.

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Published in Hum Pathol on January 03, 2011

Authors

Alexandre Barcelos Morais da Silveira1, Enio C de Oliveira, Salustiano G Neto, Alejandro O Luquetti, Ricardo Toshio Fujiwara, Rodrigo Correa Oliveira, Axel Brehmer

Author Affiliations

1: Human Anatomy Sector, ICBIM, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, 38.400-902, Minas Gerais, Brazil. alec@icbim.ufu.br

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