Cytokine networks as targets for preventing and controlling Chagas heart disease

CC Koh, EGA Neves, TG de Souza-Silva, AC Carvalho… - Pathogens, 2023 - mdpi.com
Chagas disease, a neglected disease caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, is
endemic in 21 Latin American countries, affecting 6–8 million people. Increasing numbers of …

Preclinical advances and the immunophysiology of a new therapeutic Chagas disease vaccine

KM Jones, C Poveda, L Versteeg… - Expert review of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Chronic infection with the protozoal parasite Trypanosoma cruzi leads to a
progressive cardiac disease, known as chronic Chagasic cardiomyopathy (CCC). A new …

Antiparasitic treatment induces an improved CD8+ T cell response in chronic chagasic patients

J Mateus, E Pérez-Antón, P Lasso, A Egui… - The Journal of …, 2017 - journals.aai.org
Chagas disease is a chronic infection caused by Trypanosoma cruzi, an intracellular
protozoan parasite. Chronic chagasic patients (CCPs) have dysfunctional CD8+ T cells that …

An Animal Model of Acute and Chronic Chagas Disease With the Reticulotropic Y Strain of Trypanosoma cruzi That Depicts the Multifunctionality and Dysfunctionality …

J Mateus, P Guerrero, P Lasso, C Cuervo… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Chagas disease (ChD), a complex and persistent parasitosis caused by Trypanosoma cruzi,
represents a natural model of chronic infection, in which some people exhibit cardiac or …

T cell specificity: A great challenge in chagas disease

F Ferragut, GR Acevedo, KA Gómez - Frontiers in Immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The CD4+ and CD8+ T cell immune response against T. cruzi, the parasite causing Chagas
disease, are relevant for both parasite control and disease pathogenesis. Several studies …

Intermediate monocytes and cytokine production associated with severe forms of chagas disease

S Gómez-Olarte, NI Bolaños, M Echeverry… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Monocytes are classified according to their CD14 and CD16 expression into classical
(reparative), intermediate (inflammatory), and non-classical. This study assessed the …

Understanding CD8+ T cell immunity to Trypanosoma cruzi and how to improve it

EVA Rodríguez, CLA Furlan, FF Vernengo… - Trends in …, 2019 - cell.com
The protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi is the causative agent of Chagas' disease, endemic in
Latin America but present worldwide. Research efforts have focused on the examination of …

Phenotypic and Functional Profiles of Antigen-Specific CD4+ and CD8+ T Cells Associated With Infection Control in Patients With Cutaneous Leishmaniasis

A Egui, D Ledesma, E Pérez-Antón… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The host immunological response is a key factor determining the pathogenesis of cutaneous
leishmaniasis. It is known that a Th1 cellular response is associated with infection control …

Highly competent, non-exhausted CD8+ T cells continue to tightly control pathogen load throughout chronic Trypanosoma cruzi infection

AD Pack, MH Collins, CS Rosenberg… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Trypanosoma cruzi infection is characterized by chronic parasitism of non-lymphoid tissues
and is rarely eliminated despite potent adaptive immune responses. This failure to cure has …

Differential expression profile of genes involved in the immune response associated to progression of chronic Chagas disease

I Gómez, MC López, A Egui, G Palacios… - PLOS Neglected …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background Patients with chronic Chagas disease present marked clinical and
immunological heterogeneity. During the disease, multiple immune mechanisms are …