Pentoxifylline Reverses Chronic Experimental Chagasic Cardiomyopathy in Association with Repositioning of Abnormal CD8+ T-Cell Response

A Human Type 5 Adenovirus-Based Trypanosoma cruzi Therapeutic Vaccine Re-programs Immune Response and Reverses Chronic Cardiomyopathy

(2015) Isabela Resende Pereira et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Chemokines and Chemokine Receptors: Positioning Cells for Host Defense and Immunity

(2014) Jason W. Griffith et al.   Annual Review of Immunology

Tumor Necrosis Factor Is a Therapeutic Target for Immunological Unbalance and Cardiac Abnormalities in Chronic Experimental Chagas’ Heart Disease

(2014) Isabela Resende Pereira et al.   MEDIATORS OF INFLAMMATION

Severity of chronic experimental Chagas' heart disease parallels tumour necrosis factor and nitric oxide levels in the serum: models of mild and severe disease

(2014) Isabela Resende Pereira et al.   MEMORIAS DO INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ

South-south cooperation for Chagas disease

(2013) Roberto Salvatella et al.   LANCET

Analytical Performance of a Multiplex Real-Time PCR Assay Using TaqMan Probes for Quantification of Trypanosoma cruzi Satellite DNA in Blood Samples

(2013) Tomas Duffy et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Inhibition of TNF-α protects against hepatic ischemia–reperfusion injury in rats via NF-κB dependent pathway

(2012) Mona F. Mahmoud et al.   NAUNYN-SCHMIEDEBERGS ARCHIVES OF PHARMACOLOGY

LV Mass Assessed by Echocardiography and CMR, Cardiovascular Outcomes, and Medical Practice

(2012) Anderson C. Armstrong et al.   JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging

Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase in Heart Tissue and Nitric Oxide in Serum of Trypanosoma cruzi-Infected Rhesus Monkeys: Association with Heart Injury

(2012) Cristiano Marcelo Espinola Carvalho et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

CD8+ T-Cells Expressing Interferon Gamma or Perforin Play Antagonistic Roles in Heart Injury in Experimental Trypanosoma Cruzi-Elicited Cardiomyopathy

(2012) Jaline Coutinho Silverio et al.   PLoS Pathogens

ECG scar quantification correlates with cardiac magnetic resonance scar size and prognostic factors in Chagas' disease

(2011) D. G. Strauss et al.   HEART

The revised Trypanosoma cruzi subspecific nomenclature: Rationale, epidemiological relevance and research applications

(2011) Bianca Zingales et al.   INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Immunoendocrinology of the Thymus in Chagas Disease

(2011) Ana Rosa Pérez et al.   NEUROIMMUNOMODULATION

Pentoxifylline inhibits intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) and lung injury in experimental phosgene-exposure rats

(2010) Xiao-di Zhang et al.   INHALATION TOXICOLOGY

Mathematical Modeling of Chimeric TCR Triggering Predicts the Magnitude of Target Lysis and Its Impairment by TCR Downmodulation

(2010) S. E. James et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Chagas disease

(2010) Anis Rassi et al.   LANCET

Gap junction reduction in cardiomyocytes following transforming growth factor-β treatment and Trypanosoma cruzi infection

(2010) Mariana C Waghabi et al.   MEMORIAS DO INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ

Divergent Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor–Related Remodeling Responses in Heart Failure

(2009) Tariq Hamid et al.   CIRCULATION

CD8+ T cells in Trypanosoma cruzi infection

(2009) Angel M Padilla et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN IMMUNOLOGY

Immunological mechanisms of pentoxifylline in chronic heart failure

(2009) Steven M. Shaw et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HEART FAILURE

Perforin and Gamma Interferon Expression Are Required for CD4+ and CD8+ T-Cell-Dependent Protective Immunity against a Human Parasite, Trypanosoma cruzi, Elicited by Heterologous Plasmid DNA Prime-Recombinant Adenovirus 5 Boost Vaccination

(2009) B. C. G. de Alencar et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Chronic Trypanosoma cruzi-elicited cardiomyopathy: from the discovery to the proposal of rational therapeutic interventions targeting cell adhesion molecules and chemokine receptors - how to make a dream come true

(2009) Joseli Lannes-Vieira et al.   MEMORIAS DO INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ

Relationship between CD107a expression and cytotoxic activity

(2008) Esin Aktas et al.   CELLULAR IMMUNOLOGY

Right Ventricular Function in Cardiovascular Disease, Part II

(2008) François Haddad et al.   CIRCULATION

Importance of TNF-alpha in the course of acute infection with Trypanosoma cruzi: influence of its inhibition by pentoxifylline treatment

(2008) Sonia G Andrade et al.   MEMORIAS DO INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ

Treatment of chronically Trypanosoma cruzi-infected mice with a CCR1/CCR5 antagonist (Met-RANTES) results in amelioration of cardiac tissue damage

(2008) Gabriela A. Medeiros et al.   MICROBES AND INFECTION