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Apoptotic CD8 T-lymphocytes disable macrophage-mediated immunity to Trypanosoma cruzi infection.
Cell death & disease - 19 May 2016
Cabral-Piccin M P, Guillermo L V C, Vellozo N S, Filardy A A, Pereira-Marques S T, Rigoni T S, Pereira-Manfro W F, DosReis G A, Lopes M F
Abstract excerpt
Chagas disease is caused by infection with the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi. CD8 T-lymphocytes help to control infection, but apoptosis of CD8 T cells disrupts immunity and efferocytosis can enhance parasite infection within macrophages. Here, we investigate how apoptosis of activated CD8 T cells affects M1 and M2 macrophage phenotypes. First, we found that CD8 T-lymphocytes and inflammatory monocytes/macrophages...
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