Human chronic chagasic cardiopathy: participation of parasite antigens, subsets of lymphocytes, cytokines and microvascular abnormalities
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
; 94(suppl.1): 263-7, Sept. 1999. ilus
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ABSTRACT
This article tries to demonstrate by new pathological findings (with the use of immunohistochemical technique and confocal laser microscopy) that chronic chagasic cardiomyopathy is a result of multiple factors involving myocarditis, immunodepression, severe fibrosis and microvessels dilatation and that all of these alterations are probably directly related with the presence of Trypanosoma cruzi parasites in the host associated with inadequate immunological response of the host.
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Assunto principal:
Parasitos
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Sistema Cardiovascular
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Cardiomiopatia Chagásica
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Citocinas
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Subpopulações de Linfócitos
Limite:
Animals
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
Assunto da revista:
MEDICINA TROPICAL
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PARASITOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
1999
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Article
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Congress and conference