Innate immune receptors over expression correlate with chronic chagasic cardiomyopathy and digestive damage in patients.

• Main Authors: Nathalie de Sena Pereira (Author), Tamyres Bernadete Dantas Queiroga (Author), Daniela Ferreira Nunes (Author), Cléber de Mesquita Andrade (Author), Manuela Sales Lima Nascimento (Author), Maria Adelaide Do- (Author), Antônia Cláudia Jácome da Câmara (Author), Lúcia Maria da Cunha Galvão (Author), Paulo Marcos Matta Guedes (Author), Egler Chiari (Author)
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• Udgivet: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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Chronic chagasic cardiomyopathy (CCC) is observed in 30% to 50% of the individuals infected by Trypanosoma cruzi and heart failure is the important cause of death among patients in the chronic phase of Chagas disease. Although some studies have elucidated the role of adaptive immune responses involv...