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SUBMITTER: Lizardo K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6355378 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan - Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lizardo Kezia K Ayyappan Janeesh Plakkal JP Cui Min-Hui MH Balasubramanya Rashmi R Jelicks Linda A LA Nagajyothi Jyothi F JF
Microbes and infection 20180731 1
Infection with Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiologic agent in Chagas disease, may result in heart disease. Over the last decades, Chagas disease endemic areas in Latin America have seen a dietary transition from the traditional regional diet to a Western style, fat rich diet. Previously, we demonstrated that during acute infection high fat diet (HFD) protects mice from the consequences of infection-induced myocardial damage through effects on adipogenesis in adipose tissue and reduced cardiac lipidop ...[more]