2015
Ex Vivo Host and Parasite Response to Antileishmanial Drugs and Immunomodulators
Gonzalez-Fajardo L, Fernández OL, McMahon-Pratt D, Saravia NG. Ex Vivo Host and Parasite Response to Antileishmanial Drugs and Immunomodulators. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2015, 9: e0003820. PMID: 26024228, PMCID: PMC4449175, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003820.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeripheral blood mononuclear cellsOutcome of infectionIL-10Meglumine antimoniateIL-13Therapeutic strategiesAntileishmanial drugsTherapeutic responseCytokine secretionInfected peripheral blood mononuclear cellsParasite survivalHuman peripheral blood mononuclear cellsL. panamensis infectionsCutaneous leishmaniasis patientsPro-inflammatory cytokinesBlood mononuclear cellsIL-13 secretionIntracellular parasite survivalAssessment of hostViability of LeishmaniaEfficacy of treatmentPromising therapeutic strategySecretion of TNFInnovative therapeutic strategiesMonocyte-derived macrophages
2012
Human Macrophage Response to L. (Viannia) panamensis: Microarray Evidence for an Early Inflammatory Response
Ramírez C, Díaz-Toro Y, Tellez J, Castilho TM, Rojas R, Ettinger NA, Tikhonova I, Alexander ND, Valderrama L, Hager J, Wilson ME, Lin A, Zhao H, Saravia NG, McMahon-Pratt D. Human Macrophage Response to L. (Viannia) panamensis: Microarray Evidence for an Early Inflammatory Response. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2012, 6: e1866. PMID: 23145196, PMCID: PMC3493378, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001866.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMRNA abundance profilesMonocyte-derived macrophagesRegulation of genesDistinct biologic responsesAbundance profilesL. panamensisDifferential gene expressionEarly time pointsMacrophage responseEarly macrophage responseImmune responseLeishmania speciesHuman monocyte-derived macrophagesMicroarray evidenceOutset of infectionGene regulationActivation of PKCHuman macrophage responseGene expressionLeishmania panamensis infectionTime pointsCellular responsesAdaptive immune responsesG proteinsEarly inflammatory response
1998
Permissiveness of human monocytes and monocyte-derived macrophages to infection by promastigotes of Leishmania (Viannia) panamensis.
Bosque F, Milon G, Valderrama L, Saravia N. Permissiveness of human monocytes and monocyte-derived macrophages to infection by promastigotes of Leishmania (Viannia) panamensis. Journal Of Parasitology 1998, 84: 1250-6. PMID: 9920322, DOI: 10.2307/3284682.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPercentage of cellsBlood monocytesInduction of differentiationLeishmania panamensis infectionHuman peripheral blood monocytesHistiocytic cell line UDifferentiated macrophagesExpression of CD68Number of amastigotesPeripheral blood monocytesOutcome of infectionSite of infectionMonocyte-derived macrophagesL. panamensis promastigotesMononuclear phagocytic cellsPhorbol myristate acetatePanamensis infectionNumber of parasitesCell line UBone marrowFresh monocytesLeishmania panamensisMonocytesResident macrophagesStages of differentiation