Autoimmunity in Chagas' disease: Identification of cardiac myosin-B13 Trypanosoma cruzi protein crossreactive T cell clones in heart lesions of a chronic Chagas' cardiomyopathy patient

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1709-1712

  Cunha Neto, Edécio ^a   Coelho, Verônica ^a   Guilherme, Luíza ^a   Fiorelli, Alfredo ^a   Stolf, Noedir ^a   Kalil, Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

autoimmunity; Chagas' disease cardiomyopathy; immunology; immunopathology; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

CROSS REACTING ANTIBODY; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CASE REPORT; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0029861783     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI118969     Document Type: Article

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