Evaluation of CD4+CD25+ T lymphocyte response time kinetics in patients with chronic Chagas disease after in vitro stimulation with recombinant Trypanosoma cruzi antigens

Introduction CD4+CD25+ T lymphocytes have been implicated in the regulation of host inflammatory response against Trypanosoma cruzi, and may be involved in the clinical course of the disease. Methods Peripheral blood mononuclear cells from patients with chronic Chagas diseas...

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Main Authors: Suellen Carvalho de Moura Braz, Virginia Maria Barros de Lorena, Adriene Siqueira Melo, Maria da Gloria Aureliano Melo Cavalcanti, Yara de Miranda Gomes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2013-05-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822013000300362&lng=en&tlng=en