Autoimmune pathogenesis of chagas heart disease: Looking back, looking ahead

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 185, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1537-1547

  Bonney, Kevin M ^a   Engman, David M ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL INFILTRATION; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RESPONSE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; EOSINOPHIL; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CHAGAS CARDIOMYOPATHY; IMMUNOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; AUTOIMMUNITY; CHAGAS CARDIOMYOPATHY; HUMANS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 84929884191     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: 15252191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2014.12.023     Document Type: Review

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