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Chemokines, inflammation and Trypanosoma cruzi infection
Mauro M Teixeira1, Ricardo T Gazzinelli, João S Silva
1Departmento Bioquímica e Imunologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Antônio Carlos, 6627, Pampulha, 31270-901, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. mmtex@icb.ufmg.br
Trends in Parasitology
|May 31, 2002
Abstract:
The inflammatory response that follows the infection with Trypanosoma cruzi is essential for host resistance to infection but is also responsible for the diverse pathology observed in Chagas disease. Here, we examine the stimuli and mechanisms underlying chemokine production following infection in vitro and in vivo, and the ability of chemokines to coordinate the influx of inflammatory and immune cells to the site of parasite infection, and to control T. cruzi growth.