1. Immune responses to infectious diseases

 

 

• Detection of antigen-specific T lymphocytes in peripheral blood in chagasic patients.

• Infection of human astrocytes withCryptococcus gatii. var. grubi & Cryptococcus neoformans

• Immunogenicity of a synthetic peptide derived from KMP-11 protei of Trypanosoma cruzi

• Prevalence of anti-chagasic antibodies in patients with esophageal achalasia at the Hospital Universitario Fundacion Santa Fe de Bogota

• Expression of CCL5 (RANTES) and TNFα in blood and heart from chagasic patients.

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2. Flow cytometry applications

 

• Simultaneous detection of IgG, IgM and IgA immune complexes in erythrocytes by flow cytometry.

• Determination of double positive T-Lymphocytes  CD4+/CD8+ in peripheral blood of healthy donors from a blood bank in Bogotá, Colombia.

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3.  Zebrafish as a model

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•  Trypanosoma cruzi tropism and adhesion.

•  Human tumors xenotrasplantation.