Is the anti-tumor property of Trypanosoma cruzi infection mediated by its Calreticulin?
Eight to 10 million people in 21 endemic countries are infected with Trypanosoma cruzi. However, only 30% of those infected develop symptoms of Chagas’ disease, a chronic, neglected tropical disease worldwide. Similar to other pathogens, T. cruzi has evolved to resist the host immune response. Studi...
Main Authors: | Galia Andrea Ramírez-Toloza, Paula Abello, Arturo Ferreira |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Frontiers Media S.A.
2016-07-01
|
Series: | Frontiers in Immunology |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fimmu.2016.00268/full |
Similar Items
-
Is it all that bad when living with an intracellular protozoan? The role of Trypanosoma cruzi calreticulin in angiogenesis and tumor growth
by: GALIA eRAMIREZ-TOLOZA, et al.
Published: (2015-01-01) -
Trypanosoma cruzi Evades the Complement System as an Efficient Strategy to Survive in the Mammalian Host: The Specific Roles of Host/Parasite Molecules and Trypanosoma cruzi Calreticulin
by: Galia Ramírez-Toloza, et al.
Published: (2017-09-01) -
F(ab')2 antibody fragments against Trypanosoma cruzi calreticulin inhibit its interaction with the first component of human complement
by: LORENA AGUILAR, et al.
Published: (2005-01-01) -
SLE: Novel Postulates for Therapeutic Options
by: Kinga K. Hosszu, et al.
Published: (2020-10-01) -
Comparative in vivo antiangiogenic effects of calreticulin from Trypanosoma cruzi and Homo sapiens sapiens
by: Victor Toledo, et al.
Published: (2010-01-01)