Cytokine production profile of heart-infiltrating T cells in Chagas' disease cardiomyopathy

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 133-137

  Cunha Neto, E ^a   Rizzo, L V ^b   Albuquerque, F ^a   Abel, L ^a   Guilherme, L ^a   Bocchi, E ^a   Bacal, F ^a   Carrara, D ^a   Ianni, B ^a   Mady, C ^a   Kalil, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chagas' disease cardiomyopathy; Cytokines; Gamma interferon; Immunology; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON;

ANIMAL; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE MODEL; HEART; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; CHAGAS CARDIOMYOPATHY; CYTOKINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HEART; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; MICE; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0031609201     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X1998000100018     Document Type: Article

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