Pivotal role for TGF-beta in infectious heart disease: The case of Trypanosoma cruzi infection and consequent Chagasic myocardiopathy - Université Grenoble Alpes
Article Dans Une Revue Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews Année : 2008

Pivotal role for TGF-beta in infectious heart disease: The case of Trypanosoma cruzi infection and consequent Chagasic myocardiopathy

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This paper summarizes recent data from the literature suggesting that transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) participates at least in four different processes influencing development of myocardiopathy in Chagas disease, a major parasitic illness caused by Trypanosoma cruzi infection: (a) invasion of cardiac fibroblasts and myocytes; (b) intracellular parasite cycle; (c) regulation of inflammation and immune response; (d) fibrosis and heart remodeling during acute and chronic disease. All these effects point to an important role of TGF-beta in Chagas disease myocardiopathy and suggest that monitoring the circulating levels of this cytokine could be of help in clinical prognosis and management of patients. Moreover, TGF-beta-interfering therapies appear as interesting adjuvant interventions during acute and chronic phases of T. cruzi infection.

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inserm-00376346 , version 1 (17-04-2009)

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Tania Araújo-Jorge, Mariana C. Waghabi, Maria de Nazaré C Soeiro, Michelle Keramidas, Sabine Bailly, et al.. Pivotal role for TGF-beta in infectious heart disease: The case of Trypanosoma cruzi infection and consequent Chagasic myocardiopathy. Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews, 2008, 19 (5-6), pp.405-413. ⟨10.1016/j.cytogfr.2008.08.002⟩. ⟨inserm-00376346⟩
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