Carbohydrate-binding proteins mitigate parasitic infection in heart tissue
Monday, October 12, 2015 - 10:00
in Biology & Nature
Chagas disease is the main cause of infectious heart disease in Latin America. Researchers have explored the effect of glycan binding protein interactions between the human host and Typanosoma cruzi parasite. They found that a glycan binding protein expressed in humans modified the infection in cells of the heart muscle, showing the importance of galectins in the response to parasite infection.