Inflammatory and Pro-resolving Lipids in Trypanosomatid Infections: A Key to Understanding Parasite Control

Inflammatory and Pro-resolving Lipids in Trypanosomatid Infections: A Key to Understanding Parasite Control

Pathogenic trypanosomatids (Trypanosoma cruzi, Trypanosoma brucei, and Leishmania spp.) are protozoan parasites that cause neglected diseases affecting millions of people in Africa, Asia, and the Americas. In the process of infection, trypanosomatids evade and survive the immune system attack, which...

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Main Authors: Rodrigo A. López-Muñoz, Alfredo Molina-Berríos, Carolina Campos-Estrada, Patricio Abarca-Sanhueza, Luis Urrutia-Llancaqueo, Miguel Peña-Espinoza, Juan D. Maya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
resolution of inflammation
prostaglandins
leukotrienes
resolvins
lipoxins
Trypanosoma cruzi
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2018.01961/full

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