PMID: 9180594May 1, 1997Paper

Association of an increase in CD8+ T cells with the presence of Trypanosoma cruzi antigens in chronic, human, chagasic myocarditis

The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
M L HiguchiF Pileggi

Abstract

The role of Trypanosoma cruzi in the pathogenesis of myocarditis in the chronic phase of Chagas' disease is still controversial, with autoimmune mechanisms frequently being proposed. In the present work, we demonstrate that higher numbers of CD8+ T cells are correlated with the presence of parasite antigens, suggesting an important role for the parasite in the development of myocardial inflammation. Quantification of the mean numbers of CD8+ and CD4+ T cells per 400x microscopic field was performed in myocardial specimens from 33 chronic chagasic patients with heart failures (nine biopsies and 24 necropsies), using an immunoperoxidase technique. The cases were grouped according to a semiquantitative score of the relative amounts of T. cruzi antigens: group 1 = absent (14 cases); group 2 = scarce extracellular or intramacrophagic antigens (12 cases); group 3 = many extracellular or intramacrophagic antigens plus T. cruzi intramyocytic pseudocysts (seven cases). The mean numbers of CD8+ and CD4+ T cells in groups 1,2, and 3 were 6.94 and 3.79, 13.89 and 6.24, and 17.91 and 5.97, respectively. The numbers of CD8+ T cells in groups 2 and 3 were significantly higher compared with group 1 (no T. cruzi antigens), but were not differen...Continue Reading

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