Chagasí disease contributes significantly to cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in several Latin-American countries. Chronic human Chagas' disease ranges from an asymptomatic to a severe cardiac clinical form. The involvement of the host's immune response in the development and maintenance of chagasic pathology has been demonstrated by several groups. Chronic cardiac...
La desnutrición calórico proteica (DCP) constituye un serio problema de Salud Pública en nuestro país. A la desnutrición se le relaciona con alteraciones en diferentes mecanismos de defensa inmunológica. Algunas moléculas importantes del sistema inmunológico son las citocinas, las cuales juegan un papel central en éste. La disminución o aumento...
Sleep is an indispensable physiological activity, it is considered that the human being spends a third of his life sleeping, which indicates that the functions of sleep are of vital importance. Although the function of sleep is not fully described, several theories are considered, among them, it deters the regulation...