MICA and KIR: Immunogenetic Factors Influencing Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction and Digestive Clinical Form of Chronic Chagas Disease

MICA and KIR: Immunogenetic Factors Influencing Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction and Digestive Clinical Form of Chronic Chagas Disease

Tissue damage observed in the clinical forms of chronic symptomatic Chagas disease seems to have a close relationship with the intensity of the inflammatory process. The objective of this study was to investigate whether the MICA (MHC class I-related chain A) and KIR (killer cell immunoglobulin-like...

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Main Authors: Christiane Maria Ayo, Reinaldo Bulgarelli Bestetti, Eumildo de Campos Junior, Luiz Sérgio Ronchi, Aldenis Albaneze Borim, Cinara Cássia Brandão, Luiz Carlos de Matttos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
Subjects:
MHC class I
KIR receptors
Chagas disease
chronic chagasic heart disease
chagasic megacolon
chagasic megaesophagus
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2021.714766/full

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