Paola Minoprio

Proline Racemases: Insights Into Trypanosoma Cruzi   Peptides Containing D-Proline (2009)

Coatnoan, Nicolas, Berneman, Armand, Chamond, Nathalie, Minoprio, Paola

Trypanosoma cruzi   proline racemases (TcPRAC) are homodimeric enzymes that interconvert the L and D-enantiomers of proline. At least two paralogous copies of proline racemase (PR) genes are present...

Experimental chemotherapy for Chagas disease: 15 years of research contributions from in vivo and in vitro studies (2009)

Coatnoan, Nicolas, Berneman, Armand, Chamond, Nathalie, Minoprio, Paola

Chagas disease, which is caused by the intracellular parasite Trypanosoma cruzi   , is a neglected illness with 12-14 million reported cases in endemic geographic regions of Latin America. While the...

Partial Protection of Mice against Trypanosoma cruzi after Immunizing with the TcY 72 Antigenic Preparation (1999)

Yara M Gomes, Frederico GC Abath, Mineo Nakazawa, Paola Minoprio, Ioannis Vouldoukis, Loic Monjour

A 72 kDa Trypanosoma cruzi glycoprotein recognized by the 164C11 monoclonal antibody (IgM isotype) was purified by preparative electrophoresis. The antigenic preparation obtained, named TcY 72, was...

Partial Protection of Mice against Trypanosoma cruzi after Immunizing with the TcY 72 Antigenic Preparation (1999)

Gomes,Yara M, Abath,Frederico GC, Nakazawa,Mineo, Minoprio,Paola, Vouldoukis,Ioannis, Monjour,Loic

A 72 kDa Trypanosoma cruzi glycoprotein recognized by the 164C11 monoclonal antibody (IgM isotype) was purified by preparative electrophoresis. The antigenic preparation obtained, named TcY 72, was...

V{beta}6-bearing T cells are involved in resistance to Trypanosoma cruzi infection in XID mice (1996)

Silva, Anabela Cordeiro Da, Lima, Eduardo Cesar Santos, Vlcentelli, Marie-Heléne, Minoprio, Paola, Martinez-A, C.

BALB.xid mice, carrying an X-linked mutation leading to the absence of CD5+ B cells, are highly resistant to Trypanosoma cruzi Infection. These mice clear blood parasites In the acute phase of...

Skewed V{beta} TCR repertoire of CD8+ T cells in murine Trypanosoma cruzi infection (1994)

Coutinho, Antonio, Hontebeyrle-Joskowicz, Mirellle, Minoprio, Paola, Eisen, Harvey, Bandeira, Antonio

We have followed CD4 and CD8 TCR Vβ repertoires during the acute phase of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in a resistant mouse strain (C57BL/6). No major changes were found in the Vfl TCR...

Theileria annulata in CD5+ Macrophages and B1 B Cells

Moreau, Marie-Françoise, Thibaud, Jean-Laurent, Miled, Leila Ben, Chaussepied, Marie, Baumgartner, Martin, Davis, William C., ...

Theileria parasites infect and transform bovine leukocytes. We have analyzed laboratory-established Theileria sp.-infected leukocyte lines and observed that transformed macrophages express CD5....

Crystal structure, catalytic mechanism, and mitogenic properties of Trypanosoma cruzi proline racemase

Buschiazzo, Alejandro, Goytia, Maira, Schaeffer, Francis, Degrave, Wim, Shepard, William, Grégoire, Christophe, ...

Amino acid racemases catalyze the stereoinversion of the chiral Cα to produce the d-enantiomers that participate in biological processes, such as cell wall construction in prokaryotes. Within this...

Molecular and Structural Discrimination of Proline Racemase and Hydroxyproline-2-Epimerase from Nosocomial and Bacterial Pathogens

Goytia, Maira, Chamond, Nathalie, Cosson, Alain, Coatnoan, Nicolas, Hermant, Daniel, Berneman, Armand, ...

The first eukaryotic proline racemase (PRAC), isolated from the human Trypanosoma cruzi pathogen, is a validated therapeutic target against Chagas' disease. This essential enzyme is implicated in...