Comparative analysis of cell phenotypes in different severe clinical forms of Chagas' disease

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 11, Issue 1 P.889-1198, 2006, Pages 1158-1163

  Cardoso, Glenda M ^a   Morato, M J F ^a,b   Gomes, J A S ^a   Rocha, M O C ^c   Bonfim, I P ^d   Williams Blangero, S ^e   VandeBerg, J L ^e   Reis, M R ^a   Magalhaes E F L ^f   Correa Oliveira, Rodrigo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b CENTRO UNIVERSITÁRIO NEWTON PAIVA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^d Unidade Hospitalar Dr Arquimedes Vieira de Brito   (Brazil)

^e Department of Genetics   (United States)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blood; Cell; Chagas' disease; Clinical forms; Cytokine; Disease; Parasite

Indexed keywords

EID: 32844460181     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/1870     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. World Heath Organization: Disease Watch - Tropical Disease Research/Nat Rev Microbiol 1, 14-15 (2003)
2. Lemos EM, Reis D, Adad SJ, Silva GC, Crema E & Correa-Oliveira R: Decreased CD4+ circulating lymphocytes in patients with gastrointestinal Chagas' disease. Clin Immunolol Immunopathol 88(2), 150-155 (1998)
3. Golgher D & Gazzinelli RT: Innate and acquired immunity in the pathogenesis of Chagas' disease. Autoimmunity 37(5), 399-409 (2004)
4. Samudio M, Montenegro-James S, Cabral M, Martinez J, Arias AR & James MA: Cytokine responses in Trypanosoma cruzi-infected children in Paraguay. Am J. Trop. Med. Hyg 58(1), 119-121 (1998)
5. Talvani A, Rocha MOC, Barcelos LS, Gomes IM, Ribeiro AL & Teixeira MM: Elevated concentration of CCL2 and tumor necrosis factor-alpha in chagasic cardiomyopathy. Clin Infect Dis 38, 943-950 (2004)
6. Ward LS, Guariento ME, Fernandes GA & Maciel RMB: Serum cytokines in chronic Chagas' disease. Rev Soc Bras Med Trop 32(3), 285-289 (1999)
7. Samudio M, Montenegro-James S, Cabral M, Martinez J, Arias AR, Woroniecky O & James MA: Differential expression of systemic cytokine profile in Chagas' disease is associated with endemicity of Trypanosoma cruzi infections. Acta Trop 69, 89-97 (1998)
8. Gomes JAS, Bahia-Oliveira LMG, Rocha MOC, Martins-Filho OA, Gazzinelli G & Correa-Oliveira R: Evidence that development of severe cardiomyopathy in human Chagas' disease is due to a Th1-specific immune response. Infect Immun 71(3), 1185-1193 (2003)
9. D'Avila Reis D, Lemos EM, Silva GC, Adad SJ, NcCurley T, Correa-Oliveira R & Machado CRS: Phenotypic characterization of the inflammatory cells in chagasic megaoesophagus. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 95(2), 177-178 (2001)
10. Straumann A & Somin HU: The physiological and pathophysiological roles of eosinophils in the gastrointestinal tract. Allergy 59, 15-25 (2004)
11. Oliveira RB, Troncon LEA, Dantas RO & Menenghelli UG: Gastrointestinal manifestations of Chagas' disease. Am J Gastroenterol 91(6), 884-889 (1998)
12. Galvão da Silva AP & Abrahamsohn IA: Interleukin-12 stimulation of lymphoproliferative response in Trypanosoma cruzi infection. Immunology 104(3), 349-354 (2001)
13. Rothenberg ME, Mishra A, Brandt EB & Hogan SP: Gastrointestinal eosinophils. Immunol Rev 179, 139-155 (2001)
14. Tubaro E, Santiangeli C, Carvallo G, Belogi L, Guida G, Croce C & Modesti A: Effect of a new de-N-acetyllysoglycosphingolipid on chemically-induced inflammatory bowel disease: possible mechanism of action. Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol 348, 670-678 (1993)