Fig. 10

Relationship between parasitism and PI3Kγ expression in the heart tissue of CCC patients. a Quantitative real-time PCR analysis of T. cruzi DNA levels (pg/50 ng of human DNA) in heart tissue from CCC patients. The black line indicates the lowest amount of parasite detected by reaction. b qRT-PCR analysis of the mRNA expression of PIK3CG in the heart tissue of CCC patients segregated by high (n = 5) or low (n = 6) heart parasitism. Unpaired Student’s t-test in b. Data are from one experiment (mean ± s.e.m in b)