2024
Leishmania major surface components and DKK1 signalling via LRP6 promote migration and longevity of neutrophils in the infection site
Ihedioha O, Marcarian H, Sivakoses A, Beverley S, McMahon-Pratt D, Bothwell A. Leishmania major surface components and DKK1 signalling via LRP6 promote migration and longevity of neutrophils in the infection site. Frontiers In Immunology 2024, 15: 1473133. PMID: 39502693, PMCID: PMC11534728, DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1473133.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchParasite-infected miceBALB/c miceDickkopf-1Infection siteInfected BALB/c micePathogen-associated molecular patternsWild-type BALB/c miceLevels of apoptosisNull mutantsLeishmania infectionDickkopf-1 levelsDraining lymph nodesNeutrophil-platelet aggregatesLeukocyte-platelet aggregatesInfiltration of neutrophilsReduced neutrophil activationDay 3 PIResponse to infectionSignaling pathwayHost-related factorsMolecular patternsMembrane componentsLRP6Lymph nodesTh2 differentiation
2015
Cutaneous leishmaniasis is regulated by Wnt antagonist Dkk-1 from activated platelets (MPF7P.715)
Bothwell A, Chae W, Ehrlich A, Teixeira A, Goldsmith-Pestana K, Maher S, Hwa J, Krause D, McMahon-Pratt D. Cutaneous leishmaniasis is regulated by Wnt antagonist Dkk-1 from activated platelets (MPF7P.715). The Journal Of Immunology 2015, 194: 203.16-203.16. DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.194.supp.203.16.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNeutrophil-platelet aggregate formationDkk-1Cutaneous leishmaniasisLate inflammatory responseSkin inflammatory diseasesT cell differentiationMajor infectionAntigen exposureLymph nodesChronic inflammationTh2 cytokinesInflammatory diseasesInflammatory responseTh2 cellsSkin lesionsSmall molecule inhibitorsParasite burdenGATA-3Functional inhibitionMarked inhibitionLeishmaniasisC-MafHuman plateletsMolecule inhibitorsPlatelets