Stable RNA interference of host thrombospondin‐1 blocks <i>Trypanosoma cruzi</i> infection

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Interactions between Trypanosoma cruzi and the extracellular matrix play an important role in cellular invasion. Here we show that T. cruzi increases the levels of thrombospondin-1 (TSP-1) expression in host cells during early infection. Stable RNA interference of host cell TSP-1 knocks down the levels of TSP-1 transcripts and protein expression in mammalian cells causing inhibition of T. cruzi infection....

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