Chagas disease: Immunology of the disease at a glance

AC Cristovão-Silva, MCA Brelaz-de-Castro… - Cytokine & Growth …, 2021 - Elsevier
Chagas disease is an important neglected disease that affects 6–7 million people
worldwide. The disease has two phases: acute and chronic, in which there are different …

Chemokine receptor gene polymorphisms and COVID-19: Could knowledge gained from HIV/AIDS be important?

RK Mehlotra - Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 2020 - Elsevier
Emerging results indicate that an uncontrolled host immune response, leading to a life-
threatening condition called cytokine release syndrome (also termed “cytokine storm”), is the …

The impact of pulmonary tuberculosis on immunological and metabolic features of diabetic patients

H Chen, L Su, J Bao, K Zhang, Y Li, E Mao - Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Impaired immune responses have been observed in patients with type-2 diabetes mellitus
(T2DM), which increases susceptibility to tuberculosis infection. However, the effect of the …

Genetic Polymorphism at CCL5 Is Associated With Protection in Chagas' Heart Disease: Antagonistic Participation of CCR1+ and CCR5+ Cells in Chronic Chagasic …

AM Batista, LE Alvarado-Arnez, SM Alves… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Chronic cardiomyopathy is the main clinical manifestation of Chagas disease (CD), a
disease caused by Trypanosoma cruzi infection. A hallmark of chronic chagasic …

Translational repression of Ccl5 and Cxcl10 by 4E‐BP1 and 4E‐BP2 restrains the ability of mouse macrophages to induce migration of activated T cells

M William, LP Leroux, V Chaparro… - European Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Signaling through the mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) is a major
regulatory node of pro‐inflammatory mediator production by macrophages (MΦs). However …

γ-Oryzanol-Rich Black Rice Bran Extract Enhances the Innate Immune Response

SY Shin, HW Kim, HH Jang, YJ Hwang… - Journal of medicinal …, 2017 - liebertpub.com
The innate immune response is an important host primary defense system against
pathogens. γ-Oryzanol is one of the nutritionally important phytoceutical components in rice …

Transcriptome profile during rabies virus infection: identification of human CXCL16 as a potential new viral target

L Feige, I Sáenz-De-Santa-María… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Rabies virus (RABV), the causative agent for rabies disease is still presenting a major public
health concern causing approximately 60,000 deaths annually. This neurotropic virus …

Age-Specific Association of CCL5 Gene Polymorphism with Pulmonary Tuberculosis: A Case–Control Study

A Varzari, E Tudor, N Bodrug, A Corloteanu… - Genetic testing and …, 2018 - liebertpub.com
Objectives: Chemokines play a key role in immune regulation and response, and have been
implicated in the pathogenesis of tuberculosis (TB). In this study, we investigated whether …

The possible role of CCR5Δ32 mutation in Crimean‐Congo hemorrhagic fever infection

A Rustemoglu, D Ekinci, AF Nursal… - Journal of medical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Crimean‐Congo hemorrhagic fever infection (CCHF) is a viral zoonosis. The pathogenesis
of this disease has not been established so far, however, cytokines account for its …

Association between Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1-2518 (A/G) Single Nucleotide Polymorphism and Chronic Periodontitis in End-stage Renal Disease …

K Ksiazek, M Buraczynska - Immunological Investigations, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 (MCP-1) plays an important role in the
development of periodontitis. The purpose of this investigation was to evaluate association …