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Immunoglobulin M antibodies against CRA and FRA recombinant antigens of Trypanosoma cruzi in chronic chagasic patients
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VASCONCELOS, R. H. T. et al. Immunoglobulin M antibodies against CRA and FRA recombinant antigens of Trypanosoma cruzi in chronic chagasic patients. Human Immunology, v. 72, n. 5, p. 402–405, maio 2011.
1879-1166
10.1016/j.humimm.2011.02.015
Autor
Vasconcelos, Romero H. T.
Azevedo, Elisa A. N.
Cavalcanti, Maria G. A. M.
Silva, Edimilson D.
Ferreira, Antonio G. P.
Morais, Clarice N. L.
Gomes, Yara M.
Resumen
Este trabalho foi financiado por doações de Biomanguinhos / Fiocruz e do CNPq ( Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico ). Previous works of our research group have demonstrated aspects of the humoral immune response of chronic Chagas disease using the cytoplasmatic repetitive antigen (CRA) and the flagellar repetitive antigen (FRA) of Trypanosoma cruzi. The aim of this work was to analyze the presence of specific immunoglobulin M (IgM) antibodies in chronic chagasic patients using these recombinant antigens of T. cruzi. The positivity of IgM in chronic chagasic patients against CRA and FRA antigens was determined by indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. We reported no statistical significant differences between the levels of IgM for both recombinant antigens and the different chronic clinical forms of Chagas disease. However, a small proportion of chronic chagasic patients analyzed in this study was positive for this antibody isotype. The findings of this study indicate that the IgM antibodies cannot be used to elucidate the differences in the profile of humoral immune response among chronic chagasic patients with different clinical forms using the CRA and FRA recombinant antigens of T. cruzi. 2050-01-01
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