Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10972531 | International Journal for Parasitology | 2014 | 10 Pages |
Abstract
- Effects of oestradiol (E2) and progesterone (P4) on expression of actin, tubulin, myosin in Taenia crassiceps are described.
- Using videomicroscopy, we demonstrate that steroids increase the function of flame cells (FCs).
- FCs were affected in the ciliary tuft, associated to changes in expression of actin, tubulin and myosin.
- Exposition of T. crassiceps cysticerci to E2 and P4 promotes differential protein expression pattern.
- For the first known time, it is demonstrated that E2and P4 affect the assembly and function of FCs.
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Authors
Javier R. Ambrosio, Pedro Ostoa-Saloma, M. Isabel Palacios-Arreola, Azucena RuÃz-Rosado, Pedro L. Sánchez-Orellana, Olivia Reynoso-Ducoing, Karen E. Nava-Castro, Nancy MartÃnez-Velázquez, Galileo Escobedo, Elizabeth G. Ibarra-Coronado,