Article
Comparative analysis of cell phenotypes in different severe clinical forms of Chagas' disease.
Frontiers in bioscience : a journal and virtual library - 1 Jan 2006
Cardoso Glenda M, Morato M J F, Gomes J A S, Rocha M O C, Bonfim I P, Williams-Blangero S, VandeBerg J L, Reis M R, Magalhães E F L, Correa-Oliveira R
Abstract excerpt
The understanding of the role of the immune response in the development of gastrointestinal and cardio-digestive (CD) forms of Chagas disease has received little attention. In this paper, the commitment of each leukocyte population of peripheral blood to the production of IFN-gamma, TNF-alpha, IL-12, IL-4, IL-5 and IL-10 was studied in patients with the CD form of Chagas disease. The data show that cells from...
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