2024
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
2022
Biannual and Quarterly Comparison Analysis of Agglutinating Antibody Kinetics on a Subcohort of Individuals Exposed to Leptospira interrogans in Salvador, Brazil
Cruz J, Nery N, Sacramento G, Victoriano R, Montenegro A, Santana J, Costa F, Ko A, Reis M, Wunder E. Biannual and Quarterly Comparison Analysis of Agglutinating Antibody Kinetics on a Subcohort of Individuals Exposed to Leptospira interrogans in Salvador, Brazil. Frontiers In Medicine 2022, 9: 862378. PMID: 35492362, PMCID: PMC9048256, DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2022.862378.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMicroscopic agglutination testAntibody kineticsEndemic areasReinfection eventsSubcohort of individualsBurden of leptospirosisLife-threatening diseaseProspective cohortClinical manifestationsAsymptomatic infectionHumoral responseRisk factorsImmune responseLeptospirosis infectionAgglutination testPaucity of informationSerological surveyLeptospirosisSample collection timeInfectionLeptospira interrogansSubcohortFurther studiesHigh rateDisease
2010
Cytokines in experimental leptospirosis: Association with severe disease and postimmunization immune response
Chagas-Junior A, Athanazio D, Macedo J, Menezes M, Reis M, McBride F, McBride A. Cytokines in experimental leptospirosis: Association with severe disease and postimmunization immune response. International Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2010, 14: e189-e190. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2010.02.1909.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2008
Schistosoma mansoni Triose Phosphate Isomerase Peptide MAP4 is Able to Trigger Naïve Donor Immune Response Towards a Type‐1 Cytokine Profile
Reis E, Carmo T, Athanazio R, Reis M, Harn D. Schistosoma mansoni Triose Phosphate Isomerase Peptide MAP4 is Able to Trigger Naïve Donor Immune Response Towards a Type‐1 Cytokine Profile. Scandinavian Journal Of Immunology 2008, 68: 169-176. PMID: 18565118, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3083.2008.02131.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeripheral blood mononuclear cellsSchistosoma mansoni soluble egg antigenDendritic cellsCytokine productionAutologous peripheral blood mononuclear cellsType 1 cytokine profileMonocyte-derived dendritic cellsDonor dendritic cellsDonor immune responsesTh1-type responseT cell subsetsBlood mononuclear cellsIFN-gamma productionT cell epitopesMultiple antigen peptideMajor cell populationRecall stimulationCytokine profileIL-10Egg antigenMononuclear cellsT cellsImmune responseIFN-gammaMouse model
2001
Leptospiral Proteins Recognized during the Humoral Immune Response to Leptospirosis in Humans
Guerreiro H, Croda J, Flannery B, Mazel M, Matsunaga J, Reis M, Levett P, Ko A, Haake D. Leptospiral Proteins Recognized during the Humoral Immune Response to Leptospirosis in Humans. Infection And Immunity 2001, 69: 4958-4968. PMID: 11447174, PMCID: PMC98588, DOI: 10.1128/iai.69.8.4958-4968.2001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHumoral immune responseImmune responseNatural infectionLeptospiral proteinsInfection-associated antigenConvalescent-phase seraPositive reactionConvalescent phaseHumoral responseHealthy individualsHuman leptospirosisControl individualsVaccine designImmunodominant antigensQuantitative immunoblot analysisTwo-dimensional immunoblotsProtein antigensPathogenic leptospiral strainsGenus LeptospiraInfectionAntigenLeptospirosisSerumImmunodominant proteinsPatients