Autoimmunity and Chagas’ Disease

Structure of integrin, a glycoprotein involved in the transmembrane linkage between fibronectin and actin

1986 • 854 citations

Vaccination against autoimmune encephalomyelitis with T-lymphocite line cells reactive against myelin basic protein

1981 • 520 citations

Molecular basis for trypanosome antigenic variation

1982 • 369 citations

DO RADICALLY DISSIMILAR TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI STRAINS (ZYMODEMES) CAUSE VENEZUELAN AND BRAZILIAN FORMS OF CHAGAS' DISEASE?

1981 • 247 citations

A monoclonal antibody defining antigenic determinants on subpopulations of mammalian neurones and Trypanosoma cruzi parasites

1982 • 222 citations

Resistance against Trypanosoma cruzi associated to anti-living trypomastigote antibodies.

1982 • 217 citations

Chagasic Cardiopathy

1974 • 204 citations

Immunity to Trypanosoma cruzi

1980 • 203 citations

Contribuição para o estudo da anatomia patolojica da "Molestia de Carlos Chagas": (Esquizotripanoze humana ou tireoidite parazitaria)

1911 • 177 citations

Circulating antibodies to mouse laminin in Chagas disease, American cutaneous leishmaniasis, and normal individuals recognize terminal galactosyl(alpha 1-3)-galactose epitopes.

1987 • 170 citations

Antibodies to laminin in Chagas' disease.

1982 • 170 citations

Sequencing of laminin B chain cDNAs reveals C-terminal regions of coiled-coil alpha-helix.

1984 • 169 citations

The Genome of Trypanosoma cruzi Contains a Constitutively Expressed, Tandemly Arranged Multicopy Gene Homologous to a Major Heat Shock Protein

1987 • 129 citations

Chagasic Cardiopathy

1974 • 110 citations

[Epidemiology of Chagas' disease].

1961 • 108 citations

Trypanosoma cruzi cell surface proteins: identification of one major glycoprotein

1979 • 107 citations

Circulating antibodies to peripheral nerve in American trypanosomiasis (Chagas' disease).

1979 • 107 citations

Cell surface antigens of Trypanosoma cruzi: Use of monoclonal antibodies to identify and isolate an epimastigote specific glycoprotein

1981 • 99 citations

Cloning of a major surface-antigen gene of Trypanosoma cruzi and identification of a nonapeptide repeat

1986 • 99 citations

Trypanosoma cruzi. Surface antigens of blood and culture forms.

1981 • 92 citations

Trypanosoma cruzi Infection Inhibited by Peptides Modeled from a Fibronectin Cell Attachment Domain

1986 • 92 citations

The genome of Trypanosoma cruzi contains a constitutively expressed, tandemly arranged multicopy gene homologous to a major heat shock protein.

1987 • 87 citations

Histopathology of the conducting tissue of the heart in Chagas' myocarditis

1978 • 85 citations

Effect of chagasic sera on the rat isolated atrial preparation: immunological, morphological and functional aspects

1976 • 80 citations

A head-to-tail tandem organization of hsp70 genes inTrypanosoma cruzi

1988 • 79 citations

Mapping of surface glycoproteins of Trypanosoma cruzi by two-dimensional electrophoresis. A correlation with the cell invasion capacity

1984 • 78 citations

Identification and isolation of Trypanosoma cruzi trypomastigote cell surface protein with properties expected of a fibronectin receptor

1986 • 78 citations

Trypanosoma cruzi: immunological consequences of parasite modification of host cells.

1980 • 77 citations

Protective immunisation of mice using cell surface glycoprotein from Trypanosoma cruzi

1979 • 71 citations

Trypanosoma cruzi: description of a highly purified surface antigen defined by human antibodies.

1983 • 69 citations

Specific inhibition of the morphogenesis of Trypanosoma cruzi by a monoclonal antibody

1982 • 67 citations

Lectin receptors in Trypanosoma cruzi an N-acetyl-d-glucosamine-containing surface glycoprotein specific for the trypomastigote stage

1983 • 67 citations

Clinical Trypanosoma rangeli infection as a complication of Chagas‘ disease

1987 • 64 citations

Mechanisms of Myocardial Damage in Trypanosoma cruzi Infection

1983 • 59 citations

Molecular mimicry of a carbohydrate epitope on a major surface glycoprotein of Trypanosoma cruzi by using anti-idiotypic antibodies.

1985 • 56 citations

Antibodies against neurons in chronic Chagas' disease.

1979 • 56 citations

Studies on the structure of a phosphoglycoprotein from the parasitic protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi

1983 • 55 citations

Antibodies to laminin in American cutaneous leishmaniasis

1984 • 54 citations

Antigenic determinants of Trypanosoma cruzi defined by cloning of parasite DNA

1987 • 53 citations

Human and mouse sera recognize the same polypeptide associated with immunological resistance to Trypanosoma cruzi infection.

1985 • 49 citations

A monoclonal antibody with specificity for Trypanosoma cruzi, central and peripheral neurones and glia.

1983 • 47 citations

Cell surface glycoproteins of Trypanosoma cruzi: protective immunity in mice and antibody levels in human chagasic sera

1983 • 43 citations

Trypanosoma cruzi: Antigenic invariance of the cell surface glycoprotein

1980 • 38 citations

Antiheart antibody-dependent cytotoxicity in the sera of mice chronically infected with Trypanosoma cruzi

1988 • 38 citations

The detection of phosphonolipids in the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi

1982 • 37 citations

Chagas' disease: trends in immunological research and prospects for immunoprophylaxis.

1979 • 30 citations

The tubulin genes of Trypanosoma cruzi

1988 • 30 citations

The Cell Surface of Trypanosoma cruzi

1985 • 29 citations

Specific binding of human plasma high density lipoprotein (cruzin) to Trypanosoma cruzi

1988 • 26 citations

The Relationship Between Autoimmunity and Chagas’ Disease: Causal or Coincidental?

1985 • 25 citations

The heat‐shock response in Trypanosoma cruzi

1988 • 24 citations

The initiation and early development of autoimmune diseases

1988 • 23 citations

Identification of monoclonal antibodies against the trypomastigote stage ofTrypanosoma cruzi by use of iminobiotinylated surface polypeptides

1985 • 23 citations

Uptake of fetal proteins by Trypanosoma cruzi immunofluorescence and ultrastructural studies

1976 • 22 citations

Stage and strain specific expression of the tandemly repeated 90 kDa surface antigen gene family in Trypanosoma cruzi

1988 • 22 citations

Cell-mediated Autoimmunity: Antigen Reactive Lymphocytes recruit Specific Effector Lymphocytes

1973 • 20 citations

Variations induced by different methodologies in Trypanosoma cruzi surface antigen profiles

1988 • 20 citations

Variation in antigenic determinants specific to the infective stage of Trypanosoma cruzi

1986 • 19 citations

Trypanosoma cruzi: Susceptibility in mice carrying mutant gene Ipr (lymphoproliferation)

1983 • 19 citations

Trypanosoma cruzi and American Leishmania spp: Immunocytochemical localization of a laminin-like protein in the plasma membrane

1986 • 18 citations

Presence of Trypanosoma cruzi antigen on the surface of both infected and uninfected cells in tissue culture

1980 • 16 citations

Tissue-Reacting Immunoglobulins in Patients with Different Clinical forms of Chagas' Disease *

1981 • 15 citations

African trypanosomiasis: antigens and host-parasite interactions.

1986 • 15 citations

Trypanosoma cruzi: expression of antigens on the membrane surface of parasitized cells.

1985 • 13 citations

Antibodies to laminin in Trypanosoma rangeli-infected subjects

1987 • 13 citations

Trypanosoma cruzi: Ultrastructural visualization of fibronectin bound to culture forms

1987 • 12 citations

Adsorption of Trypanosoma cruzi proteins to mammalian cells in vitro.

1985 • 12 citations

Chagas' disease. Report of a study group.

1960 • 12 citations

Identification and analysis of epimastigote surface and metabolic proteins in Trypanosoma cruzi

1986 • 9 citations

Susceptibility to acute Trypanosoma cruzi infection in autoimmune strains of mice

1985 • 6 citations