Changes in inflammatory gene expression in brain tissue adjacent and distant to a viable cyst in a rat model for neurocysticercosis.

• Main Authors: Rogger P Carmen-Orozco (Author), Danitza G Dávila-Villacorta (Author), Ana D Delgado-Kamiche (Author), Rensson H Celiz (Author), Grace Trompeter (Author), Graham Sutherland (Author), Cesar Gavídia (Author), Hector H Garcia (Author), Robert H Gilman (Author), Manuela R Verástegui (Author), Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>The parasite Taenia solium causes neurocysticercosis (NCC) in humans and is a common cause of adult-onset epilepsy in the developing world. Hippocampal atrophy, which occurs far from the cyst, is an emerging new complication of NCC. Evaluation of molecular pathways in...