The curative effect of fucoidan on visceral leishmaniasis is mediated by activation of MAP kinases through specific protein kinase C isoforms.

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Published in Cell Mol Immunol on February 24, 2014

Authors

Gunjan Sharma1, Susanta Kar1, Writoban Basu Ball1, Kuntal Ghosh2, Pijush K Das1

Author Affiliations

1: Infectious Diseases and Immunology Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata, India.
2: Department of Biochemistry, Calcutta University, Kolkata, India.

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