Murine heart gene expression during acute Chagasic myocarditis.
Chagas disease is transmitted by the parasite, Trypanosoma cruzi. Acute infection is characterized by acute myocarditis, although it is largely asymptomatic. Initial cardiac insult could be a determinant to the posterior development of chronic Chagasic cardiomyopathy, usually after 10 years in only approximately 30% of chronically infected patients. Herein, we characterized the acute gene expression profiling in heart tissue of two strains of mice infected with T. cruzi (tulahuen strain) at 4 weeks and their respective controls. Gene sequence data are available at NCBI under GEO accession number: GSE63847. The output of the genes expression suggests differences in involvement of protein kinase B (AKT), NCAM1, HLA-DRA, and ubiquitin C genes networks. These gene activation differences may correlate with myocardial contractility during the acute infection.
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, United States.
Andrés F
AF
Henao-Martínez
Red Chagas Colombia, Instituto Nacional de Salud, Bogotá, Colombia and Grupo de Epidemiología y Bioestadística, Universidad CES, Colombia.
Gabriel
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Parra-Henao
Acute; Chagas; Gene expression; Murine; Myocarditis