Profile of central and effector memory T cells in the progression of chronic human chagas disease.

• Main Authors: Jacqueline Araújo Fiuza (Author), Ricardo Toshio Fujiwara (Author), Juliana Assis Silva Gomes (Author), Manoel Otávio das Costa Rocha (Author), Ana Thereza Chaves (Author), Fernanda Fortes de Araújo (Author), Rafaelle Christine Gomes Fares (Author), Andrea Teixeira-Carvalho (Author), Olindo de Assis Martins-Filho (Author), Guilherme Grossi Lopes Cançado (Author), Rodrigo Correa-Oliveira (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Chronic Chagas disease presents several different clinical manifestations ranging from asymptomatic to severe cardiac and/or digestive clinical forms. Several studies have demonstrated that immunoregulatory mechanisms are important processes for the control of the intense immune activity...