Trypanosoma cruzi Needs a Signal Provided by Reactive Oxygen Species to Infect Macrophages.

• Main Authors: Grazielle R Goes (Author), Peter S Rocha (Author), Aline R S Diniz (Author), Pedro H N Aguiar (Author), Carlos R Machado (Author), Leda Q Vieira (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:During Trypanosoma cruzi infection, macrophages produce reactive oxygen species (ROS) in a process called respiratory burst. Several works have aimed to elucidate the role of ROS during T. cruzi infection and the results obtained are sometimes contradictory. T. cruzi has a highly efficien...