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| Gatto,Mariana; Oliveira,Larissa Ragozo Cardoso; Dias,Fernanda De Nuzzi; Araújo Júnior,João Pessoa; Lima,Carlos Roberto Gonçalves; Lordelo,Eliana Peresi; Santos,Rodrigo Mattos dos; Kurokawa,Cilmery Suemi. |
| Abstract Background The present study evaluated the effect of treatment with benznidazole on mRNA expression of IFN-γ, IL-17, IL-10, TGF-β and FoxP3 in spleen and heart tissue of BALB/c mice in the acute phase of an experimental infection with Trypanosoma cruzi, strains JLP or Y. Methods The mRNA expression of cytokines and parasite load were assessed by q-PCR. Dependent groups were compared using Student's paired t-test and independent groups were compared using Student's unpaired t-test. Results Infection with the JLP or Y strains increased expression of IFN-γ in the heart and of IL-10 and IL-17 in the spleen and heart compared to uninfected animals. Treatment increased the expression of IFN-γ and decreased the expression of IL-17, IL-10, TGF- β and... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Chagas disease; Trypanosoma cruzi; Immune response; Cytokines; Q-PCR. |
| Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992017000100320 |
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