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Mediators of Inflammation
Volume 2015, Article ID 786319, 11 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/786319
Research Article

Erythropoietin Exacerbates Inflammation and Increases the Mortality of Histoplasma capsulatum-Infected Mice

Gisele Aparecida Locachevic,1 Priscilla Aparecida Tartari Pereira,1 Adriana Secatto,1 Caroline Fontanari,1 Alyne Fávero Galvão,1 Morgana Kelly Borges Prado,1 Karina Furlani Zoccal,1 Tânia Petta,1 Luiz Alberto Beraldo Moraes,2 Simone Gusmão Ramos,3 Fabíola Attie de Castro,1 Carlos Artério Sorgi,1 and Lúcia Helena Faccioli1

1Departamento de Análises Clínicas, Toxicológicas e Bromatológicas, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, 14040-903 Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
2Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, 14040-901 Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
3Departamento de Patologia e Medicina Legal, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, 14049-900 Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil

Received 4 March 2015; Accepted 19 May 2015

Academic Editor: Magdalena Klink

Copyright © 2015 Gisele Aparecida Locachevic et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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