The role of cytokines in the pathogenesis and staging of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense sleeping sickness
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Date
2016
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Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology
Abstract
Human African trypanosomiasis due to Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense is invariably fatal if untreated with up to 12.3 million people at a risk of developing the disease in Sub-Saharan Africa. The disease is characterized by a wide spectrum of clinical presentation coupled with differences in disease progression and severity. While the factors determining this varied response have not been clearly characterized, inflammatory cytokines have been partially implicated as key players. In this review, we consolidate available literature on the role of specific cytokines in the pathogenesis of T. b. rhodesiense sleeping sickness and further discuss their potential as stage biomarkers. Such information would guide upcoming research on the immunology of sleeping sickness and further assist in the selection and evaluation of cytokines as disease stage or diagnostic biomarkers.
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Human African Trypanosomiasis, Cytokines, Immune response, Biomarkers, Sleeping sickness
Citation
Kato, C. D., Matovu, E., Mugasa, C., Nanteza, A., & Alibu, V. P. (2016). The role of cytokines in the pathogenesis and staging of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense sleeping sickness. Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology, 12(1), 1-10.https://doi.org/10.1186/s13223-016-0113-5