Heparan sulfate proteoglycan triggers focal adhesion kinase signaling during Trypanosoma cruzi invasion

BACKGROUND Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiologic agent of Chagas disease, is capable of triggering different signaling pathways that modulate its internalisation in mammalian cells. Focal adhesion kinase (FAK), a non-receptor tyrosine kinase protein, has been demonstrated as a mechanism of T. cruzi invas...

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Main Authors: Tatiana G Melo, Eveline A Coutinho, Mirian Claudia S Pereira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/pdf/mioc/v115/1678-8060-mioc-115-e200143.pdf