Leishmania RNA virus: when the host pays the toll
Hartley M, Ronet C, Zangger H, Beverley S, Fasel N. Leishmania RNA virus: when the host pays the toll. Frontiers In Cellular And Infection Microbiology 2012, 2: 99. PMID: 22919688, PMCID: PMC3417650, DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2012.00099.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsToll-like receptor 3Mucocutaneous leishmaniasisHyper-inflammatory immune responseLeishmania parasitesPotent innate immunogenExperimental animal modelsType 1 interferonLeishmania RNA virusAnti-leishmanial drugsMetastatic leishmaniasisDestructive inflammationMetastatic complicationsMetastatic diseaseInflammatory cascadeInflammatory stateRNA virusesSecondary lesionsImmune responseAnimal modelsClinical isolatesDisease severityReceptor 3Leishmania guyanensisMetastatic factorsClinical interventions