Beatriz S. Stolf

TL;DR: The agent of Chagas disease, Trypanosoma cruzi, is divided into two highly divergent genetic subgroups, lineages 1 and 2, which include all typed strains isolated from humans, insect vectors, and sylvatic mammals, which are likely to be distinct species, or at least subspecies because of their different ecological and epidemiological traits.

TL;DR: Investigation of the role of PDI in in vitro infection of J774 macrophages by amastigotes and promastigote forms of the protozoan Leishmania chagasi provides evidence that PDI not only associates with phagocyte NADPH oxidase but also thatPDI is crucial for efficient macrophage infection by L. chagasia.

TL;DR: The phylogeny of Trypanosoma cruzi reveals major lineages - ribosomal RNA - molecular Epidemiology - molecular epidemiology - phylogeny.

TL;DR: A protocol based on template switch and T7 amplification that led to efficient and linear amplification of 1300x aRNA can be used routinely in cDNA microarray analysis, leading to improved quality of data with high fidelity and reproducibility.

TL;DR: It is proposed that CD100 may have a role in atherosclerotic plaque development, and may possibly be employed in targeted treatments of these atheromas.