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- Title
Innate and acquired immunity in the pathogenesis of Chagas disease.
- Authors
Golgher, Denise; Gazzinelli, Ricardo T
- Abstract
The apparent discrepancy between the intensity of inflammatory reaction and scarce number of parasites in chronic chagasic myocarditis prompt several investigators to hypothesize that an autoimmune process was involved in the pathogenesis of Chagas disease. Here, we recapitulate diverse molecular and cellular mechanisms of innate and acquired immunity involved in the control of parasite replication and in the build up of myocarditis observed during infection with Trypanosoma cruzi. In addition, we review the immunoregulatory mechanisms responsible for preventing excessive immune response elicited by this protozoan parasite. Ongoing studies in this research area may provide novel therapeutic strategies that could enhance the immunoprotective response while preventing the deleterious parasite-elicited responses observed during Chagas disease.
- Publication
Autoimmunity, 2004, Vol 37, Issue 5, p399
- ISSN
0891-6934
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1080/08916930410001713115