Characterization of the microtranscriptome of macrophages infected with virulent, attenuated and saprophyte strains of Leptospira spp.

• Main Authors: Leandro Encarnação Garcia (Author), Erivelto Corrêa de Araújo Junior (Author), Larissa Martins Melo (Author), Jaqueline Poleto Bragato (Author), Juliana Regina Peiró (Author), Valéria Marçal Félix de Lima (Author), Márcia Marinho (Author), Daniel Robert Arnold (Author), Flavia Lombardi Lopes (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Leptospirosis is a bacterial zoonosis, caused by Leptospira spp., that leads to significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. Despite considerable advances, much is yet to be discovered about disease pathogenicity. The influence of epigenetic mechanisms, particularly RNA-mediated post-transcription...