2014
Chronicity of Dermal Leishmaniasis Caused by Leishmania panamensis Is Associated with Parasite-Mediated Induction of Chemokine Gene Expression
Navas A, Vargas DA, Freudzon M, McMahon-Pratt D, Saravia NG, Gómez MA. Chronicity of Dermal Leishmaniasis Caused by Leishmania panamensis Is Associated with Parasite-Mediated Induction of Chemokine Gene Expression. Infection And Immunity 2014, 82: 2872-2880. PMID: 24752514, PMCID: PMC4097649, DOI: 10.1128/iai.01133-13.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSelf-healed patientsChronic cutaneous leishmaniasisDermal leishmaniasisChemokine gene expressionClinical outcomesBiopsy specimensChronic diseasesInflammatory responseLeishmania panamensisExpression levelsCCR5 receptor geneInduction of CXCL5Montenegro skin testLesion biopsy specimensL. panamensisSelf-healing diseaseNew therapeutic targetsReverse transcription-quantitative PCRTranscription-quantitative PCRChemotactic chemokinesInflammation contributesSkin testAsymptomatic infectionInflammatory activationImmune cells
2006
Comparative immunohistological analysis of the Montenegro skin test reaction in asymptomatic infection and in acute and chronic cutaneous leishmaniasis
Guarín N, Palma G, Pirmez C, Valderrama L, Tovar R, Saravia NG. Comparative immunohistological analysis of the Montenegro skin test reaction in asymptomatic infection and in acute and chronic cutaneous leishmaniasis. Biomédica 2006, 26: 38-48. PMID: 17361840, DOI: 10.7705/biomedica.v26i1.1498.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSkin test reactionsMontenegro skin testSkin testChronic lesionsAcute lesionsAsymptomatic infectionT lymphocytesImmune responseB cellsComparative immunohistological analysisProportion of CD4Chronic cutaneous leishmaniasisType hypersensitivity reactionCellular immune responsesSkin test sitesTest reactionsLeishmaniasis lesionsCellular infiltrateHypersensitivity reactionsLeishmania infectionChronic diseasesInflammatory responseChronic patientsT cellsCutaneous leishmaniasis