Unraveling Chagas disease transmission through the oral route: Gateways to Trypanosoma cruzi infection and target tissues

Danielle Silva-dos-Santos, Juliana Barreto de Albuquerque, Bárbara Guerra, +11

PLoS neglected tropical diseases

Parasitic DiseaseParasitic ProtozoaAfrican TrypanosomiasisMedicineTrypanosoma Cruzi Infection +11

Trypanosoma cruzi Infection through the Oral Route Promotes a Severe Infection in Mice: New Disease Form from an Old Infection?

Juliana Barreto de Albuquerque, Danielle Silva-dos-Santos, Ana Rosa Pérez, +11

PLoS neglected tropical diseases

Oral RouteParasitic DiseaseMicrobial PathogensImmunodeficienciesTrypanosoma Cruzi Infection +14

Experimental Trypanosoma cruzi infection alters the shaping of the central and peripheral T-cell repertoire

Daniella Arêas Mendes‐da‐Cruz, Juliana de Meis, Vinícius Cotta‐de‐Almeida, +1

Microbes and Infection

Autoimmune DiseaseParasitic ProtozoaAfrican TrypanosomiasisPathogenesisImmunology +8

<i>Trypanosoma cruzi</i> infection modulates intrathymic contents of extracellular matrix ligands and receptors and alters thymocyte migration

Vinícius Cotta‐de‐Almeida, Adriana Bonomo, Daniella Arêas Mendes‐da‐Cruz, +6

European Journal of Immunology

Chagasic Thymic Atrophy Does Not Affect Negative Selection but Results in the Export of Activated CD4+CD8+ T Cells in Severe Forms of Human Disease

Alexandre Morrot, Eugênia Terra‐Granado, Ana Rosa Pérez, +12

PLoS neglected tropical diseases

Laboratory ImmunologyAdaptive Immune SystemT-regulatory CellImmunologyImmune Regulation +19

Acute Chagas disease in the state of Pará, Amazon Region: is it increasing?

Valéria Santos Cavalcante, Juliana de Meis, Wilson Savino, +4

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Parasitic DiseaseTrypanosoma Cruzi InfectionPlant PathologyDisease OutbreakInfectious Disease Control +14

Thymus Atrophy and Double-Positive Escape Are Common Features in Infectious Diseases

Juliana de Meis, Désio Aurélio Farias-de-Oliveira, Pedro Panzenhagen, +4

Journal of Parasitology Research

Autoimmune DiseaseAllergySusceptible HostLymphocyte DevelopmentPathogenesis +12

The Fas death pathway controls coordinated expansions of type 1 CD8 and type 2 CD4 T cells in<i>Trypanosoma cruzi</i>infection

Landi V. C. Guillermo, Elisabeth M. Silva, Flávia Lima Ribeiro-Gomes, +5

Journal of Leukocyte Biology

Caspase-8 and caspase-9 mediate thymocyte apoptosis in <i>Trypanosoma cruzi</i> acutely infected mice

Désio Aurélio Farias-de-Oliveira, Déa Maria Serra Villa‐Verde, Pedro Panzenhagen, +4

Journal of Leukocyte Biology

ApoptosisImmune RegulationImmunologyCell DeathPathology +16

Caspase-8 Activity Prevents Type 2 Cytokine Responses and Is Required for Protective T Cell-Mediated Immunity against <i>Trypanosoma cruzi</i> Infection

Elisabeth M. Silva, Landi V. C. Guillermo, Flávia Lima Ribeiro-Gomes, +9

The Journal of Immunology