SA Laucella, M Postan, D Martin, B Hubby Fralish, MC Albareda, MG Alvarez, B Lococo, G Barbieri, RJ Viotti, RL Tarleton. (2004) " Frequency of interferon- gamma -producing T cells specific for Trypanosoma cruzi inversely correlates with disease severity in chronic human Chagas disease. " J Infect Dis 189. 909-18 PMID: 14976609 DOI: 10.1086/381682 | Abstract and Keywords

Z Wu, M Roberts, M Porter, F Walker, EJ Wherry, J Kelly, M Gadina, EM Silva, GA DosReis, MF Lopes, J O'Shea, WJ Leonard, R Ahmed, RM Siegel. (2004) " Viral FLIP impairs survival of activated T cells and generation of CD8+ T cell memory. " J Immunol 172. 6313-23 PMID: 15128821 | Abstract and Keywords

DL Martin, RL Tarleton. (2005) " Antigen-specific T cells maintain an effector memory phenotype during persistent Trypanosoma cruzi infection. " J Immunol 174. 1594-601 PMID: 15661921 | Abstract and Keywords

DL Martin, DB Weatherly, SA Laucella, MA Cabinian, MT Crim, S Sullivan, M Heiges, SH Craven, CS Rosenberg, MH Collins, A Sette, M Postan, RL Tarleton. (2006) " CD8+ T-Cell responses to Trypanosoma cruzi are highly focused on strain-variant trans-sialidase epitopes. " PLoS Pathog 2. e77 PMID: 16879036 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.0020077 | Abstract and Keywords

A Padilla, D Xu, D Martin, R Tarleton. (2007) " Limited role for CD4+ T-cell help in the initial priming of Trypanosoma cruzi-specific CD8+ T cells. " Infect Immun 75. 231-5 PMID: 17043105 DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01245-06 | Abstract and Keywords

J Kotner, R Tarleton. (2007) " Endogenous CD4(+) CD25(+) regulatory T cells have a limited role in the control of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in mice. " Infect Immun 75. 861-9 PMID: 17101658 DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01500-06 | Abstract and Keywords

F Tzelepis, BC de Alencar, ML Penido, C Claser, AV Machado, O Bruna-Romero, RT Gazzinelli, MM Rodrigues. (2008) " Infection with Trypanosoma cruzi restricts the repertoire of parasite-specific CD8+ T cells leading to immunodominance. " J Immunol 180. 1737-48 PMID: 18209071 | Abstract and Keywords

JM Bustamante, LM Bixby, RL Tarleton. (2008) " Drug-induced cure drives conversion to a stable and protective CD8+ T central memory response in chronic Chagas disease. " Nat Med 14. 542-50 PMID: 18425131 DOI: 10.1038/nm1744 | Abstract and Keywords

LM Bixby, RL Tarleton. (2008) " Stable CD8+ T cell memory during persistent Trypanosoma cruzi infection. " J Immunol 181. 2644-50 PMID: 18684955 | Abstract and Keywords

DL Martin, K Murali-Krishna, RL Tarleton. (2010) " Generation of Trypanosoma cruzi-specific CD8+ T-cell immunity is unaffected by the absence of type I interferon signaling. " Infect Immun 78. 3154-9 PMID: 20457790 DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00275-10 | Abstract and Keywords