2020
Profiles of Local and Systemic Inflammation in the Outcome of Treatment of Human Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Caused by Leishmania (Viannia)
Navas A, Fernández O, Gallego-Marín C, del Mar Castro M, Rosales-Chilama M, Murillo J, Cossio A, McMahon-Pratt D, Saravia N, Gómez MA. Profiles of Local and Systemic Inflammation in the Outcome of Treatment of Human Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Caused by Leishmania (Viannia). Infection And Immunity 2020, 88: 10.1128/iai.00764-19. PMID: 31818959, PMCID: PMC7035935, DOI: 10.1128/iai.00764-19.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeripheral blood mononuclear cellsOutcome of treatmentInnate immune responseCutaneous leishmaniasisTreatment failureCL patientsBiopsy specimensImmune responseResponse of PBMCLocal innate immune responseTreatment of CLBlood mononuclear cellsEnd of treatmentLesion biopsy specimensHuman cutaneous leishmaniasisEfficacy of treatmentGene expression profilesImmune response genesImmune correlatesClinical cureSystemic inflammationPretreatment expressionMeglumine antimoniateMononuclear cellsCare treatment
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