Perforin-expressing cytotoxic cells contribute to chronic cardiomyopathy in Trypanosoma cruzi infection

International Journal of Experimental Pathology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 72-86

  Silverio, Jaline Coutinho ^a   De Oliveira Pinto, Luzia Maria ^a   Da Silva, Andréa Alice ^a,b   De Oliveira, Gabriel Melo ^a   Lannes Vieira, Joseli ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; CD8+ T cells; Chagas disease; Cytokines; Perforin; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; CREATINE KINASE MB; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4; PERFORIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CELL LINEAGE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART; HEART DISEASE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INOCULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; SPLEEN CELL; SURVIVAL; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; WILD TYPE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CELLS, CULTURED; CHAGAS CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONNEXIN 43; CREATINE KINASE, MB FORM; CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-10; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MYOCARDITIS; MYOCARDIUM; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; PORE FORMING CYTOTOXIC PROTEINS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC; TIME FACTORS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 74549124839     PISSN: 09599673     EISSN: 13652613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2613.2009.00670.x     Document Type: Article

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