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Title: Proinflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines in pregnant women chronically infected with Trypanosoma cruzi
Authors: Cardoni, Rita L. 
García, Miriam Martin 
De Rissio, Ana María 
Keywords: Trypanosoma cruzi;Mujeres Embarazadas
Issue Date: Mar-2004
Publisher: Elsevier
Journal: Acta tropica 
Abstract: 
Mother-to-child transmission of intracellular parasites could be related to the production of immunoregulatory cytokines. The levels of gamma interferon (IFN-gamma), tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and lnterleukin (IL)-10 were evaluated during pregnancy in sera of women chronically infected with Trypanosoma cruzi that delivered infected or non-infected children. The levels of IL-10 increased in both, women only pregnant and only infected, compared to non-infected non-pregnant women. However, in pregnant women chronically infected with T. cruzi, IL-10 did not increase significantly, neither in the mothers of infected nor in the mothers of non-infected children. The levels of the inflammatory cytokine TNF-alpha were not affected in normal pregnancy but increased in the infected mothers of non-infected children. The levels of IFN-gamma did not increase in the groups studied, indicating that the production of this pro-inflammatory cytokine was controlled, even when the levels of IL-10 did not increase, as in pregnant women chronically infected with T. cruzi.
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Fil: Cardoni, Rita L. ANLIS Dr.C.G.Malbrán. Instituto Nacional de Parasitología; Argentina.

Fil: García, Miriam Martin. ANLIS Dr.C.G.Malbrán. Instituto Nacional de Parasitología; Argentina.

Fil: De Rissio, Ana María. ANLIS Dr.C.G.Malbrán. Instituto Nacional de Parasitología; Argentina.
URI: http://sgc.anlis.gob.ar/handle/123456789/1922
ISSN: 0001-706X
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2003.09.020
Rights: Closed Access
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