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    • Liempi Manquel, Ana; Castillo Varela, Christian; Carrillo Werner, Ileana; Muñoz Clavijo, Lorena; Droguett Ossa, Daniel; Galanti Garrone, Norbel; Maya Arango, Juan; Kemmerling Weis, Ulrike (Academic Press, 2016)
      Congenital Chagas disease, caused by Trypanosoma cruzi, is partially responsible for the progressive globalization of Chagas disease despite of its low transmission rate. The probability of congenital transmission depends ...
    • Carrillo Werner, Ileana; Droguett Ossa, Daniel; Castillo Varela, Christian; Liempi Manquel, Ana; Muñoz Clavijo, Lorena; Maya Arango, Juan; Galanti Garrone, Norbel; Kemmerling Weis, Ulrike (Academic Press-Elsevier, 2016)
      Congenital Chagas disease is caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi that must cross the placental barrier during transmission. The trophoblast constitutes the first tissue in contact with the maternal-blood ...
    • Castillo Rivas, Christian; Muñoz Villanueva, Lorena; Carrillo Werner, Ileana; Liempi Manquel, Ana; Gallardo Arce, Christian; Galanti Garrone, Norbel; Maya Arango, Juan; Kemmerling Weis, Ulrike (Wiley, 2017-07)
      ProblemTrypanosoma cruzi and Toxoplasma gondii present, respectively, low and high congenital transmission rates. The placenta as an immune regulatory organ expresses TLRs, leading to the secretion of cytokines. Both ...
    • Campos Estrada, Carolina; González Herrera, Fabiola; Greif, Gonzalo; Carrillo Werner, Ileana; Guzmán Rivera, Daniela; Liempi Manquel, Ana; Robello, Carlos; Kemmerling Weis, Ulrike; Castillo Rivas, Christian; Maya Arango, Juan Diego (Wiley, 2020)
      Chagas disease is a vector-borne disease caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. Current therapy involves benznidazole. Benznidazole and other drugs can modify gene expression patterns, improving the response ...
    • Guzmán Rivera, Daniela; Liempi Manquel, Ana; González Herrera, Fabiola; Fuentes Retamal, Sebastián; Carrillo, Ileana; Abarca Bustos, Patricio; Castillo Rivas, Christian; Kemmerling Weis, Ulrike; Pesce Reyes, Bárbara; Maya Arango, Juan Diego (American Society for Microbiology (ASM), 2020)
      Chagas disease, caused by the protozoan Trypanosome cruzi, endemic in Latin America but distributed worldwide because of migration. Without appropriate treatment, the disease progresses from an acute asymptomatic phase to ...