The unsolved jigsaw puzzle of the immune response in Chagas disease

GR Acevedo, MC Girard, KA Gómez - Frontiers in immunology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Trypanosoma cruzi interacts with the different arms of the innate and adaptive host's immune
response in a very complex and flowery manner. The history of host-parasite co-evolution …

Chagas disease: Immunology of the disease at a glance

AC Cristovão-Silva, MCA Brelaz-de-Castro… - Cytokine & Growth …, 2021 - Elsevier
Chagas disease is an important neglected disease that affects 6–7 million people
worldwide. The disease has two phases: acute and chronic, in which there are different …

Localized cardiac small molecule trajectories and persistent chemical sequelae in experimental Chagas disease

Z Liu, R Ulrich vonBargen, AL Kendricks… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Post-infectious conditions present major health burdens but remain poorly understood. In
Chagas disease (CD), caused by Trypanosoma cruzi parasites, antiparasitic agents that …

CD8+ T cell cytotoxicity mediates pathology in the skin by inflammasome activation and IL-1β production

FO Novais, AM Carvalho, ML Clark, LP Carvalho… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Deregulated CD8+ T cell cytotoxicity plays a central role in enhancing disease severity in
several conditions. However, we have little understanding of the mechanisms by which …

Prognosis of chronic Chagas heart disease and other pending clinical challenges

RM Torres, D Correia, MCP Nunes… - Memórias do Instituto …, 2022 - SciELO Brasil
In this chapter, the main prognostic markers of Chagas heart disease are addressed, with an
emphasis on the most recent findings and questions, establishing the basis for a broad …

miRNAs may play a major role in the control of gene expression in key pathobiological processes in Chagas disease cardiomyopathy

L Laugier, LRP Ferreira, FM Ferreira… - PLoS neglected …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Chronic Chagas disease cardiomyopathy (CCC), an especially aggressive inflammatory
dilated cardiomyopathy caused by lifelong infection with the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi …

Understanding the oral transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi as a veterinary and medical foodborne zoonosis

N Velásquez-Ortiz, JD Ramírez - Research in veterinary science, 2020 - Elsevier
Chagas disease is a neglected tropical disease transmitted by the protozoan Trypanosoma
cruzi that lately has been highlighted because several outbreaks attributed to oral …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Biomarkers of therapeutic responses in chronic Chagas disease: state of the art and future perspectives

MJ Pinazo, MC Thomas, J Bustamante… - Memórias do Instituto …, 2015 - SciELO Brasil
The definition of a biomarker provided by the World Health Organization is any substance,
structure, or process that can be measured in the body, or its products and influence, or …

Therapeutic miR-21 silencing reduces cardiac fibrosis and modulates inflammatory response in chronic chagas disease

CKV Nonaka, GL Sampaio… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Chagas disease, caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi), remains a serious
public health problem for which there is no effective treatment in the chronic stage. Intense …