IgG Isotypes Targeting a Recombinant Chimeric Protein of Trypanosoma cruzi in Different Clinical Presentations of Chronic Chagas Disease
Serrano I, Ribeiro G, Santos R, Cruz J, Lanza F, dos Santos E, de Almeida M, de Souza Soares J, Luquetti A, Celedon P, Zanchin N, Santos F, dos Reis M. IgG Isotypes Targeting a Recombinant Chimeric Protein of Trypanosoma cruzi in Different Clinical Presentations of Chronic Chagas Disease. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 2024, 110: 669-676. PMID: 38412539, PMCID: PMC10993828, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0652.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchClinical presentationChronic CDClinical formsSpectrum of clinical presentationsIg profilesSevere cardiac involvementChagas diseaseChronic Chagas diseaseSerum samplesDevelopment of tissue damageHost immune responseCross-sectional studyCardiac involvementIgG3 levelsImmunopathogenic mechanismsDisease progressionProgression of CDRecombinant chimeric proteinImmune responseIgG isotypeIgG3 isotypesTotal IgGMC groupSC groupDisease pathogenesis