Differential Role of TGF-β in Extracellular Matrix Regulation During <i>Trypanosoma cruzi</i>-Host Cell Interaction

by Tatiana Araújo Silva, Luis Felipe de Carvalho Ferreira, Mirian Claudia de Souza Pereira, Claudia Magalhães Calvet
Published 2019-09-01

Trypanosoma janseni n. sp. (Trypanosomatida: Trypanosomatidae) isolated from Didelphis aurita (Mammalia: Didelphidae) in the Atlantic Rainforest of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: integrat...

by Camila Madeira Tavares Lopes, Rubem Figueiredo Sadok Menna-Barreto, Márcio Galvão Pavan, Mirian Cláudia De Souza Pereira, André Luiz R Roque

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

by Laura Lacerda Coelho, Isabela Resende Pereira, Mirian Claudia de Souza Pereira, Liliane Mesquita, Joseli Lannes-Vieira, Daniel Adesse, Luciana Ribeiro Garzoni
Published 2018-01-01

Current understanding of the Trypanosoma cruzi-cardiomyocyte interaction

by Claudia Magalhães Calvet, Tatiana Galvão Melo, Luciana Ribeiro Garzoni, Francisco Odencio Rodrigues Oliveira-Jr, Dayse Teixeira Silva Neto, Maria de Nazareth Silveira Leal Meirelles, Mirian Claudia De Souza Pereira
Published 2012-10-01

Acute Chagas disease induces cerebral microvasculopathy in mice.

by Lindice Mitie Nisimura, Vanessa Estato, Elen Mello de Souza, Patricia A Reis, Marcos Adriano Lessa, Hugo Caire Castro-Faria-Neto, Mirian Claudia de Souza Pereira, Eduardo Tibiriçá, Luciana Ribeiro Garzoni
Published 2014-07-01

Interactions between 4-aminoquinoline and heme: Promising mechanism against Trypanosoma cruzi

by Guilherme Curty Lechuga, Júlio Cesar Borges, Claudia Magalhães Calvet, Humberto Pinheiro de Araújo, Aline Araujo Zuma, Samara Braga do Nascimento, Maria Cristina Machado Motta, Alice Maria Rolim Bernardino, Mirian Claudia de Souza Pereira, Saulo Cabral Bourguignon
Published 2016-12-01

Antileishmanial Activity of 2-Methoxy-4H-spiro-[naphthalene-1,2′-oxiran]-4-one (Epoxymethoxy-lawsone): A Promising New Drug Candidate for Leishmaniasis Treatment

by Luiz Filipe Gonçalves Oliveira, Franklin Souza-Silva, Luzia Monteiro de Castro Côrtes, Lea Cysne-Finkelstein, Mirian Cláudia de Souza Pereira, Francisco Odêncio de Oliveira Junior, Rosa Teixeira Pinho, Suzana Corte Real, Saulo Cabral Bourguignon, Vitor Francisco Ferreira, Carlos Roberto Alves
Published 2018-04-01

4-aminopyridyl-based lead compounds targeting CYP51 prevent spontaneous parasite relapse in a chronic model and improve cardiac pathology in an acute model of Trypanosoma cruzi inf...

by Claudia Magalhaes Calvet, Jun Yong Choi, Diane Thomas, Brian Suzuki, Ken Hirata, Sharon Lostracco-Johnson, Liliane Batista de Mesquita, Alanderson Nogueira, Marcelo Meuser-Batista, Tatiana Araujo Silva, Jair Lage Siqueira-Neto, William R Roush, Mirian Claudia de Souza Pereira, James H McKerrow, Larissa M Podust
Published 2017-12-01