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    • Liempi, Ana; Castillo Rivas, Christian; Medina, Lisvaneth; Galanti, Norbel; Maya Arango, Juan; Parraguez Gamboa, Víctor; Kemmerling Weis, Ulrike (Elsevier, 2020)
      Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease, and Toxoplasma gondii, which is responsible for Toxoplasmosis, are two parasites that cause significant protozoan zoonoses and consequently important economic losses ...
    • 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 ...
    • Veas Inostroza, Rhonda; Rojas Pirela, Maura; Castillo Rivas, Christian; Olea Azar, Claudio; Moncada, Mauricio; Ulloa, Pablo; Rojas, Verónica; Kemmerling Weis, Ulrike (Elsevier, 2020)
      Introduction: Chagas disease, caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, has no effective treatment available. On the other hand, microalgae are aquatic organisms that constitute an interesting reservoir of ...
    • 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 ...