Cruzipain, a major Trypanosoma cruzi antigen, promotes arginase-2

MP AOKI, NL GUIÑAZU, AV PELLEGRINI, TOMOMI GOTOH, DT MASIH AND S GEA.

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-CELL PHYSIOLOGY

American Physiological Society

Año: 2004 vol. 286 p. 206 - 206

0363-6143

b> Aoki, Maria P., Natalia L. Guin˜azu´ , Andrea V. Pellegrini, Tomomi Gotoh, Diana T. Masih, and Susana Gea. Cruzipain, a major Trypanosoma cruzi antigen, promotes arginase-2 expression and survival of neonatal mouse cardiomyocytes. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 286: C206–C212, 2004. First published September 17, 2003; 10.1152/ajpcell.00282.2003.—An intense myocarditis is frequently found in the acute phase of Trypanosoma cruzi infection. Despite the cardiac damage, infected individuals may remain asymptomatic for