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Deficiency in mannose-binding lectin-associated serine protease-2 does not increase susceptibility to Trypanosoma cruzi infection
(American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2015)
Trypanosoma cruzi is the causative agent of Chagas’ disease, a chronic illness affecting 10 million people
around the world. The complement system plays an important role in fighting microbial infections. The recognitio ...
Short Report: Mannose-Binding Lectin and Toll-Like Receptor Polymorphisms and Chagas Disease in Chile
(2012)
Mannose-binding lectin (MBL) and Toll-like receptor (TLR) polymorphisms may influence susceptibility
and manifestation of Trypanosoma cruzi infection. In northern Chile, we examined 61 asymptomatic patients with
chronic ...
Trypanosoma cruzi calreticulin: immune evasion, infectivity, and tumorigenesis
(Elsevier, 2020)
To successfully infect, Trypanosome cruzi evades and modulates the host immune response. T. cruzi calreticulin (TcCalr) is a multifunctional, endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-resident chaperone that, translocated to the external ...