Nox2-derived superoxide radical is crucial to control acute Trypanosoma cruzi infection

Trypanosoma cruzi is a flagellated protozoan that undergoes a complex life cycle between hematophagous insects and mammals. In humans, this parasite causes Chagas disease, which in thirty percent of those infected, would result in serious chronic pathologies and even death. Macrophages participate i...

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Main Authors: Carolina Prolo, Damián Estrada, Lucía Piacenza, Diego Benítez, Marcelo A. Comini, Rafael Radi, María Noel Álvarez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-10-01
Series:Redox Biology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213231721002445