Current understanding of immunity to Trypanosoma cruzi infection and pathogenesis of Chagas disease

FS Machado, WO Dutra, L Esper, KJ Gollob… - Seminars in …, 2012 - Springer
Chagas disease caused by Trypanosoma cruzi remains an important neglected tropical
disease and a cause of significant morbidity and mortality. No longer confined to endemic …

Interleukin-12: a cytokine at the interface of inflammation and immunity

G Trinchieri - Advances in immunology, 1998 - Elsevier
Publisher Summary Although interleukin-12 (IL-12) has been discovered only relatively
recently, a remarkable level of knowledge has been obtained for this cytokine, and many …

Protozoan encounters with Toll-like receptor signalling pathways: implications for host parasitism

RT Gazzinelli, EY Denkers - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2006 - nature.com
Toll-like receptors (TLRs) have emerged as a major receptor family involved in non-self
recognition. They have a vital role in triggering innate immunity and orchestrate the acquired …

Cutting edge: TLR9 and TLR2 signaling together account for MyD88-dependent control of parasitemia in Trypanosoma cruzi infection

A Bafica, HC Santiago, R Goldszmid… - The Journal of …, 2006 - journals.aai.org
Activation of innate immune cells by Trypanosoma cruzi-derived molecules such as GPI
anchors and DNA induces proinflammatory cytokine production and host defense …

Functional diversity in the trans-sialidase and mucin families in Trypanosoma cruzi

ACC Frasch - Parasitology Today, 2000 - cell.com
Trypanosomes are unable to synthesize the monosaccharide sialic acid, but some African
trypanosomes and the American Trypanosoma cruzi can incorporate sialic acid derived from …

Extracellular vesicles in trypanosomatids: host cell communication

AC Torrecilhas, RP Soares, S Schenkman… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Trypanosoma cruzi, Trypanosoma brucei and Leishmania (Trypanosomatidae:
Kinetoplastida) are parasitic protozoan causing Chagas disease, African Trypanosomiasis …

A Review on the Immunological Response against Trypanosoma cruzi

G Macaluso, F Grippi, S Di Bella, V Blanda, F Gucciardi… - Pathogens, 2023 - mdpi.com
Chagas disease is a chronic systemic infection transmitted by Trypanosoma cruzi. Its life
cycle consists of different stages in vector insects and host mammals. Trypanosoma cruzi …

The endless race between Trypanosoma cruzi and host immunity: lessons for and beyond Chagas disease

C Junqueira, B Caetano, DC Bartholomeu… - Expert reviews in …, 2010 - cambridge.org
Infection with the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, the agent of Chagas disease, is
characterised by a variable clinical course–from symptomless cases to severe chronic …

[HTML][HTML] Highly purified glycosylphosphatidylinositols from Trypanosoma cruzi are potent proinflammatory agents

IC Almeida, MM Camargo, DO Procopio… - The EMBO …, 2000 - embopress.org
Intracellular protozoan parasites are potent stimulators of cell‐mediated immunity. The
induction of macrophage proinflammatory cytokines by Trypanosoma cruzi is considered to …

WSX-1 is required for resistance to Trypanosoma cruzi infection by regulation of proinflammatory cytokine production

S Hamano, K Himeno, Y Miyazaki, K Ishii, A Yamanaka… - Immunity, 2003 - cell.com
WSX-1 is a class I cytokine receptor with homology to the IL-12 receptors and is essential for
resistance to Leishmania major infection. In the present study, we demonstrated that WSX-1 …