Rapamycin Treatment Reduces Acute Myocarditis Induced by Trypanosoma cruzi Infection

Chagas disease affects millions of people mainly in Latin America and is a protozoan illness caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. Chagasic cardiomyopathy is the leading cause of mortality of infected patients, due to compromised electrical and mechanical cardiac function induced by tissue remod...

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Main Authors: Thabata L.A. Duque, Cynthia M. Cascabulho, Gabriel M. Oliveira, Andrea Henriques-Pons, Rubem F.S. Menna-Barreto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2019-12-01
Series:Journal of Innate Immunity
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Online Access:https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/504322