Trypanosoma cruzi Disrupts Thymic Homeostasis by Altering Intrathymic and Systemic Stress-Related Endocrine Circuitries

Thymic atrophy in acute experimental Chagas disease is associated with an imbalance of stress hormones

(2012) Ailin Lepletier et al.   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Extrathymic CD4+CD8+ lymphocytes in Chagas disease: possible relationship with an immunoendocrine imbalance

(2012) Ana R. Pérez et al.   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Caspase-8 and caspase-9 mediate thymocyte apoptosis in Trypanosoma cruzi acutely infected mice

(2012) D. A. Farias-de-Oliveira et al.   JOURNAL OF LEUKOCYTE BIOLOGY

TNF-α Is Involved in the Abnormal Thymocyte Migration during Experimental Trypanosoma cruzi Infection and Favors the Export of Immature Cells

(2012) Ana Rosa Pérez et al.   PLoS One

Prolactin: Does it exert an up-modulation of the immune response in Trypanosoma cruzi-infected rats?

(2011) Marina Del Vecchio Filipin et al.   VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY

Chagasic Thymic Atrophy Does Not Affect Negative Selection but Results in the Export of Activated CD4+CD8+ T Cells in Severe Forms of Human Disease

(2011) Alexandre Morrot et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Thymus-derived glucocorticoids mediate androgen effects on thymocyte homeostasis

(2010) Yongwen Chen et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

Modulation of Growth Hormone and Prolactin Secretion in Trypanosoma cruzi-Infected Mammosomatotrophic Cells

(2009) Eliane Corrêa-de-Santana et al.   NEUROIMMUNOMODULATION

Cortisol and corticosterone in the songbird immune and nervous systems: local vs. systemic levels during development

(2008) Kim L. Schmidt et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-REGULATORY INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Prolactin can modulate CD4+ T-cell response through receptor-mediated alterations in the expression of T-bet

(2008) Ayako Tomio et al.   IMMUNOLOGY AND CELL BIOLOGY