Human Leucocyte Antigen-G (HLA-G) and Its Murine Functional Homolog Qa2 in the Trypanosoma cruzi Infection

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Transcriptional level in the heart and esophagus of T. cruzi infected mice. Transcript levels for immunomodulatory genes were measured by qRT-PCR in whole heart (a) and esophagus (b) homogenates obtained from infected mice at days 24 and 60 after infection for acute and early chronic infections, respectively. Transcriptional levels for INF-γ, NOS-2, and IL-10 were measured by qRT-PCR in whole heart homogenate (c). Uninfected mice are represented by dashed lines. The results are expressed as relative expression. The data represent the mean ± SEM ( mice/group). indicating statistical significance compared with noninfected mice. , comparison between acute and early chronic infections. , comparison between BALB/c and C57BL/6 infected mice.

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