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ArticleMemorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz2014

Sympathetic glial cells and macrophages develop different responses to Trypanosoma cruzi infection or lipopolysaccharide stimulation.

Camila Megale de Almeida-Leite, Isabel Cristina Costa Silva, Lúcia Maria da Cunha Galvão, Rosa Maria Esteves Arantes

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Article in Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Camila Megale de Almeida-LeiteDepartamento de Morfologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.
Isabel Cristina Costa SilvaUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.
Lúcia Maria da Cunha GalvãoUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brasil.
Rosa Maria Esteves ArantesUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais · BRUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte · BR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nitric oxide (NO) participates in neuronal lesions in the digestive form of Chagas disease and the proximity of parasitised glial cells and neurons in damaged myenteric ganglia is a frequent finding. Glial cells have crucial roles in many neuropathological situations and are potential sources of NO. Here, we investigate peripheral glial cell response to Trypanosoma cruzi infection to clarify the role of these cells in the neuronal lesion pathogenesis of Chagas disease. We used primary glial cell cultures from superior cervical ganglion to investigate cell activation and NO production after T. cruzi infection or lipopolysaccharide (LPS) exposure in comparison to peritoneal macrophages. T. cruzi infection was greater in glial cells, despite similar levels of NO production in both cell types. Glial cells responded similarly to T. cruzi and LPS, but were less responsive to LPS than macrophages were. Our observations contribute to the understanding of Chagas disease pathogenesis, as based on the high susceptibility of autonomic glial cells to T. cruzi infection with subsequent NO production. Moreover, our findings will facilitate future research into the immune responses and activation mechanisms of peripheral glial cells, which are important for understanding the paradoxical responses of this cell type in neuronal lesions and neuroprotection.

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AnimalsChagas DiseaseFluorescent Antibody TechniqueLipopolysaccharidesMacrophages, PeritonealMice, Inbred BALB CNeurogliaNitric OxideTrypanosoma cruziLipopolysaccharidesNitric Oxide

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PMID25075784
PMCPMC4155848
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