2017
Profiling gene expression of antimony response genes in Leishmania (Viannia) panamensis and infected macrophages and its relationship with drug susceptibility
Barrera MC, Rojas LJ, Weiss A, Fernandez O, McMahon-Pratt D, Saravia NG, Gomez MA. Profiling gene expression of antimony response genes in Leishmania (Viannia) panamensis and infected macrophages and its relationship with drug susceptibility. Acta Tropica 2017, 176: 355-363. PMID: 28843396, PMCID: PMC5633519, DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2017.08.017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLeishmania resistanceDrug susceptibilityDrug resistanceHost cell gene expressionClinical strainsCell gene expressionExpression of ABCA2THP-1 cellsPrimary human macrophagesLeishmania susceptibilityGene expressionAntimonial drugsCutaneous leishmaniasisInfected macrophagesLeishmania panamensisIntracellular amastigotesHuman macrophagesResistant strainsSusceptible parasitesAntimonialsIntracellular parasitesLeishmania speciesMacrophagesL. panamensisAQP-9
2009
Role of Toll-like receptors in the response of human macrophages to Leishmania panamensis infection (133.17)
Gallego C, Saravia N, Valderrama L, Golenbock D. Role of Toll-like receptors in the response of human macrophages to Leishmania panamensis infection (133.17). The Journal Of Immunology 2009, 182: 133.17-133.17. DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.182.supp.133.17.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchToll-like receptorsOutcome of infectionPanamensis infectionHuman macrophagesTLR ligandsL. panamensisExpression of TLR1L. panamensis infectionsLeishmania panamensis infectionActivation of TLR2Production of TNFαAmerican cutaneous leishmaniasisHuman primary macrophagesL. panamensis promastigotesPossible roleHealthy donorsCutaneous leishmaniasisTNFα productionInnate recognitionWild-type (WT) mouse macrophagesInfectionPrimary macrophagesTLR2MacrophagesPhagocytic cells