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    • López, Nandy C.; Valck, Carolina; Ramírez, Galia; Rodríguez, Margarita; Ribeiro, Carolina; Orellana, Juana; Maldonado, Ismael; Albini, Adriana; Anacona, Daniel; Lemus, David; Aguilar, Lorena; Schwaeble, Wilhelm; Ferreira, Arturo (2010)
      Background: In Latin America, 18 million people are infected with Trypanosoma cruzi, the agent of Chagas' disease, with the greatest economic burden. Vertebrate calreticulins (CRT) are multifunctional, intra- and extracellular ...
    • Toledo, Víctor; Ramírez, Galia; Valck, Carolina; López, Nandy; Ribeiro, Carolina H.; Maldonado, Ismael; Aguilar, Lorena; Lemus, David; Ferreira, Arturo (Society of Biology of Chile, 2010)
      Angiogenesis is a complex multi-step process of neovascularization arising from preexisting blood vessels whose generation is regulated by pro- and anti-angiogenic factors. Both Trypanosoma cruzi calreticulin (TcCRT) and ...
    • Aguilar, Lorena; Ramírez, Galia; Valck, Carolina; Molina, María C.; Rojas, Álvaro; Schwaeble, Wilhelm; Ferreira, Viviana; Ferreira, Arturo (Society of Biology of Chile, 2005)
      Trypanosoma cruzi calreticulin (TcCRT), described in our laboratory, retains several important functional features from its vertebrate homologues. We have shown that recombinant TcCRT inhibits the human complement system ...
    • Ramírez, Galia; Valck Calderón, Carolina Eliana; Aguilar, Lorena; Kemmerling Weis, Ulrike; López Muñoz, Rodrigo; Navarro Cabrera, Gonzalo; Morello Casté, Antonio; Ferreira, Jorge; Maya Arango, Juan; Galanti Garrone, Norbel; Ferreira, Arturo (2012)
      In Latin America, there are about 10-12 million people infected with Trypanosoma cruzi, the agent of Chagas' disease, one of the most important neglected tropical parasitism. Identification of molecular targets, specific ...