Miercio A. Pereira

Interleukin-6 is required for parasite specific response and host resistance to Trypanosoma cruzi

Wenda Gao, Miercio A. Pereira · International Journal for Parasitology · 2002 · 90 citations

Trypanosoma Cruzi, Parasitic Disease, Parasitic Protozoa +10

<i>Trypanosoma cruzi</i>trans<i>-</i>sialidase: A potent and specific survival factor for human Schwann cells by means of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/Akt signaling

Marina V. Chuenkova, Frank B. Furnari, Webster K. Cavenee et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2001 · 88 citations · Full text

The Trypanosoma cruzi trans-sialidase is a T cell-independent B cell mitogen and an inducer of non-specific Ig secretion

Wenda Gao, Henry H. Wortis, Miercio A. Pereira · International Immunology · 2002 · 77 citations · Full text

A Trypanosomal Protein Synergizes with the Cytokines Ciliary Neurotrophic Factor and Leukemia Inhibitory Factor to Prevent Apoptosis of Neuronal Cells

Marina V. Chuenkova, Miercio A. Pereira · Molecular Biology of the Cell · 2000 · 76 citations

Apoptosis, Immunology, Cell Death +17

The <i>Trypanosoma cruzi trans</i>-Sialidase, through Its Cooh-Terminal Tandem Repeat, Upregulates Interleukin 6 Secretion in Normal Human Intestinal Microvascular Endothelial Cells and Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells

Emma Saavedra, Macario Herrera, Wenda Gao et al. · The Journal of Experimental Medicine · 1999 · 58 citations · Full text

Il-6 Secretion, Immunology, Immune Regulation +22