Trypanosoma cruzi activates mouse cardiac fibroblasts in vitro leading to fibroblast-myofibroblast transition and increase in expression of extracellular matrix proteins

Early Regulation of Profibrotic Genes in Primary Human Cardiac Myocytes by Trypanosoma cruzi

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Fibronectin-Degrading Activity of Trypanosoma cruzi Cysteine Proteinase Plays a Role in Host Cell Invasion

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

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DTU I isolates of Trypanosoma cruzi induce upregulation of Galectin-3 in murine myocarditis and fibrosis

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The Immunology of Fibrosis

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The TGF-β Pathway as an Emerging Target for Chagas Disease Therapy

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Adhesion of Trypanosoma cruzi Trypomastigotes to Fibronectin or Laminin Modifies Tubulin and Paraflagellar Rod Protein Phosphorylation

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

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The Cardiac Fibroblast: Functional and Electrophysiological Considerations in Healthy and Diseased Hearts

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A Soluble Factor from Trypanosoma cruzi Inhibits Transforming Growth Factor-ß-Induced MAP Kinase Activation and Gene Expression in Dermal Fibroblasts

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A comparative study of posaconazole and benznidazole in the prevention of heart damage and promotion of trypanocidal immune response in a murine model of Chagas disease

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Cx43 contributes to TGF-β signaling to regulate differentiation of cardiac fibroblasts into myofibroblasts

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Cardiac fibroblasts: At the heart of myocardial remodeling

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Fibrosis and Hypertrophy Induced byTrypanosoma cruziin a Three‐Dimensional Cardiomyocyte‐Culture System

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