2000
The Immunologically Protective P-4 Antigen ofLeishmania Amastigotes A DEVELOPMENTALLY REGULATED SINGLE STRAND-SPECIFIC NUCLEASE ASSOCIATED WITH THE ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM*
Kar S, Soong L, Colmenares M, Goldsmith-Pestana K, McMahon-Pratt D. The Immunologically Protective P-4 Antigen ofLeishmania Amastigotes A DEVELOPMENTALLY REGULATED SINGLE STRAND-SPECIFIC NUCLEASE ASSOCIATED WITH THE ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM*. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2000, 275: 37789-37797. PMID: 10969068, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m002149200.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEndoplasmic reticulumSpecific nuclease activityBlot analysisImmunofluorescence microscopic analysisIntracellular amastigote stageProtein sequence dataSingle-strand nucleasePeripheral blood mononuclear cellsSouthern blot analysisNorthern blot analysisBlood mononuclear cellsMembrane proteinsRNA stabilitySubcellular localizationFuture vaccine studiesDNA repairSequence dataTerminal domainAmerican cutaneous leishmaniasisSequence analysisNuclease activityAmastigote stagePromastigote stageSpecific nucleasesT helper
1996
T-Cell Responsiveness of American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Patients to PurifiedLeishmania pifanoiAmastigote Antigens andLeishmania braziliensisPromastigote Antigens: Immunologic Patterns Associated with Cure
Coutinho S, Oliveira M, Da-Cruz A, De Luca P, Mendonça S, Bertho A, Soong L, McMahon-Pratt D. T-Cell Responsiveness of American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Patients to PurifiedLeishmania pifanoiAmastigote Antigens andLeishmania braziliensisPromastigote Antigens: Immunologic Patterns Associated with Cure. Experimental Parasitology 1996, 84: 144-155. PMID: 8932764, DOI: 10.1006/expr.1996.0100.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAntigens, ProtozoanAntimonyAntiprotozoal AgentsCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCells, CulturedCytokinesFemaleHumansInterferon-gammaInterleukin-2Interleukin-4LeishmaniaLeishmania braziliensisLeishmaniasis, CutaneousLymphocyte ActivationMaleMeglumineMeglumine AntimoniateOrganometallic CompoundsT-LymphocytesConceptsT cell responsesEnd of therapyBeneficial T cell responsesCell responsesCytokine productionProliferative responseAmerican cutaneous leishmaniasis patientsType 1 cytokine productionType 2 cytokine productionPeripheral blood mononuclear cellsCutaneous leishmaniasis patientsType 1 cytokinesLymphocyte proliferative responsesBlood mononuclear cellsLow proliferative responseT cell responsivenessMixed type 1T cell stimulationAmerican cutaneous leishmaniasisImmunologic patternActive diseaseReactive CD4Amastigote antigensLeishmaniasis patientsMononuclear cells