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Description:: Chagas heart disease, caused by infection with the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, is still regarded as a major public health problem in Central and South America. The finding of cardiac specific autoimmunity during infection in both humans and experimental animals has provided a basis for investigation of its potential role...
Keyword:: Myosin, Trypanosoma cruzi, Luminescence, Autoimmunity, Chagas, and Cardiac
Subject:: Integrated Graduate Program in the Life Sciences
Creator:: Kenneth Vincent Hyland
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Date Uploaded:: 09/14/2018
Date Modified:: 09/14/2018
Date Created:: 2008-11-10
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Description:: MHC class II-restricted T cell responses are a common driving force of autoimmune disease. Numerous therapeutic strategies target CD4+ T cells hoping to attenuate autoimmune responses and restore self-tolerance. We have previously reported that i.v. treatment with antigen-pulsed, ethylenecarbodiimide (ECDI)-fixed splenocytes (Ag-SP) is an efficient protocol to induce Ag-specific tolerance...
Keyword:: T cell, Autoimmunity, Multiple Sclerosis, Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis, and Tolerance
Subject:: Integrated Graduate Program in the Life Sciences
Creator:: Danielle Marie Turley
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Date Uploaded:: 08/28/2018
Date Modified:: 08/28/2018
Date Created:: 2007-12-07
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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