Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
6292202 Experimental Parasitology 2011 6 Pages PDF
Abstract
► Vascular endothelial growth factor is detected in patients diagnosed of schistosomiasis. ► Reduction of worms, eggs recovery and granuloma formation is observed in mice treated with endostatin (angiogenesis inhibitor). ► Specific antigen of Schistosoma mansoni from cercariae stimulated VEGF and FGF2 production by alveolar macrophages.
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