Galectin-1 Prevents Infection and Damage Induced by Trypanosoma cruzi on Cardiac Cells.

• Main Authors: Alejandro F Benatar (Author), Gabriela A García (Author), Jacqeline Bua (Author), Juan P Cerliani (Author), Miriam Postan (Author), Laura M Tasso (Author), Jorge Scaglione (Author), Juan C Stupirski (Author), Marta A Toscano (Author), Gabriel A Rabinovich (Author), Karina A Gómez (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND:Chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy caused by Trypanosoma cruzi is the result of a pathologic process starting during the acute phase of parasite infection. Among different factors, the specific recognition of glycan structures by glycan-binding proteins from the parasite or from the mammalian...