Presence of anti-Trypanosoma cruzi antibodies in the sera of mice with experimental autoimmune myocarditis.
The existence of antigens shared in common by T. cruzi and heart muscle cells is suggested by the presence of antibodies binding to the parasite surface in the serum of mice with autoimmune myocarditis induced by immunization with syngenic heart antigens.
Cátedra de Patología II, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina.
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Chambó
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Cabeza Meckert
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Laguens
D000818:Animals; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000097:blood*; D000953:Antigens, Protozoan / Q000276:immunology; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000276:immunology*; D000939:Epitopes / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D009206:Myocardium / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D014349:Trypanosoma cruzi / Q000276:immunology*
D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan; D000953:Antigens, Protozoan; D000939:Epitopes