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ArticleScientific reports2021

Vaccine-linked chemotherapy induces IL-17 production and reduces cardiac pathology during acute Trypanosoma cruzi infection.

Julio V Cruz-Chan, Liliana E Villanueva-Lizama, Leroy Versteeg, Ashish Damania, Maria José Villar, Cristina González-López, Brian Keegan, Jeroen Pollet, Fabian Gusovsky, Peter J Hotez and 2 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Julio V Cruz-ChanTexas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Liliana E Villanueva-LizamaTexas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Leroy VersteegTexas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Ashish DamaniaTexas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Maria José VillarTexas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Cristina González-LópezLaboratorio de Parasitología, Centro de Investigaciones Regionales "Dr. Hideyo Noguchi", Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mérida, Mexico.
Brian KeeganTexas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Jeroen PolletTexas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Fabian GusovskyGlobal Health Research, Eisai, Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA.
Peter J HotezTexas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Maria Elena BottazziTexas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Kathryn M JonesTexas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA. kathrynj@bcm.edu.
Baylor College of Medicine · USTexas Children's Hospital · USAutonomous University of Yucatán · MXEisai (United States) · USRice University · USWageningen University & Research · NL

Funding

Tumor BiologyP30CA125123 · NCI · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI Michael M Ittmann · 2007 to 2026
$73.9M
Virology CoreP30AI036211 · NIAID · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI BUTEL, JANET S · 1994 to 2015
$21.7M
BD Biosciences Special Order LSRIIS10RR024574 · NCRR · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI LUMPKIN, ELLEN A · 2009 to 2009
$430k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA125123NCRR NIH HHS S10 RR024574NIAID NIH HHS P30 AI036211
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chagas disease resulting from Trypanosoma cruzi infection leads to a silent, long-lasting chronic neglected tropical disease affecting the poorest and underserved populations around the world. Antiparasitic treatment with benznidazole does not prevent disease progression or death in patients with established cardiac disease. Our consortium is developing a therapeutic vaccine based on the T. cruzi flagellar-derived antigen Tc24-C4 formulated with a Toll-like receptor 4 agonist adjuvant, to complement existing chemotherapy and improve treatment efficacy. Here we demonstrate that therapeutic treatment of acutely infected mice with a reduced dose of benznidazole concurrently with vaccine treatment - also known as "vaccine-linked chemotherapy"-induced a T

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AnimalsChagas DiseaseFemaleInterleukin-17MiceMice, Inbred BALB CNitroimidazolesProtozoan VaccinesTrypanocidal AgentsTrypanosoma cruzibenzonidazoleInterleukin-17NitroimidazolesProtozoan VaccinesTrypanocidal Agents

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PMCPMC7865072
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