The immune evasion mechanisms of pathogenic trypanosomatids involve a multitude of phenomena such as the polyclonal activation of lymphocytes, cytokine modulation and the enhanced detoxification of oxygen reactive species. A trypanothione-cascade seems to be involved in the detoxification process. We have recently described and characterized a tryparedoxin (LiTXN1) involved in the Leishmania infantum cytoplasma...
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