2011
Toll-Like Receptors Participate in Macrophage Activation and Intracellular Control of Leishmania (Viannia) panamensis
Gallego C, Golenbock D, Gomez MA, Saravia NG. Toll-Like Receptors Participate in Macrophage Activation and Intracellular Control of Leishmania (Viannia) panamensis. Infection And Immunity 2011, 79: 2871-2879. PMID: 21518783, PMCID: PMC3191987, DOI: 10.1128/iai.01388-10.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsToll-like receptorsEndosomal Toll-like receptorsTNF-α productionMacrophage activationLeishmania panamensisTumor necrosis factor-alpha secretionNecrosis factor-alpha secretionHost macrophagesL. panamensis infectionsLack of TLR2Specific TLR ligandsBone marrow-derived macrophagesIntracellular parasite survivalTNF-α secretionMurine bone marrow-derived macrophagesMarrow-derived macrophagesHuman primary macrophagesEarly time pointsMyD88/Panamensis infectionMouse macrophage cell lineTLR4 expressionTLR ligandsHost cell responsesAlpha secretion
2010
Murine model of chronic L. (Viannia) panamensis infection: Role of IL‐13 in disease
Castilho TM, Goldsmith‐Pestana K, Lozano C, Valderrama L, Saravia NG, McMahon‐Pratt D. Murine model of chronic L. (Viannia) panamensis infection: Role of IL‐13 in disease. European Journal Of Immunology 2010, 40: 2816-2829. PMID: 20827674, PMCID: PMC3289133, DOI: 10.1002/eji.201040384.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAnimalsChronic DiseaseDisease Models, AnimalEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayFemaleHumansInterferon-gammaInterleukin-13LeishmaniaLeishmaniasis, CutaneousMaleMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMice, KnockoutMiddle AgedReceptors, Interleukin-4Th1 CellsTh2 CellsTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaYoung AdultConceptsL. panamensis infectionsIL-13Panamensis infectionChronic diseasesImmunodeficient miceMurine modelMixed Th1/Th2 responseBALB/c mouse modelTh1/Th2 responsePrevalent etiologic agentHuman cutaneous leishmaniasisPresence of TNFPrevention of leishmaniasisIL-17Immunological mechanismsTh2 responsesIL-10Recurrent lesionsChronic infectionEvident lesionsMice resemblesT cellsImmune responsePersistent infectionLeishmania organisms