Human monocyte infection by Leishmania (Viannia) panamensis. Role of complement receptors and correlation of susceptibility in vitro with clinical phenotype.
Robledo S, Wozencraft A, Valencia A, Saravia N. Human monocyte infection by Leishmania (Viannia) panamensis. Role of complement receptors and correlation of susceptibility in vitro with clinical phenotype. The Journal Of Immunology 1994, 152: 1265-76. PMID: 8301130, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.152.3.1265.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeripheral blood monocytesClinical phenotypeHuman monocytesDistinctive clinical outcomesDifferent clinical groupsComplement receptors CR1Human monocyte cell line UPercentage of cellsPatterns of susceptibilityMonocyte infectionPanamensis infectionClinical outcomesDisease 5Number of parasitesStationary phase promastigotesBlood monocytesComplement receptorsCell line UHealthy individualsReceptors CR1Leishmania panamensisExperimental infectionInfectionUnexposed controlsAntireceptor antibodies