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
1993
Developmental Life Cycle of Leishmania—Cultivation and Characterization of Cultured Extracellular Amastigotes1
PAN A, DUBOISE S, EPERON S, RIVAS L, HODGKINSON V, TRAUB‐CSEKO Y, MCMAHON‐PRATT D. Developmental Life Cycle of Leishmania—Cultivation and Characterization of Cultured Extracellular Amastigotes1. Journal Of Eukaryotic Microbiology 1993, 40: 213-223. PMID: 8461895, DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1993.tb04906.x.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsPlethora of proteinsCultured amastigotesDevelopmental life cycleDevelopmental responsesDevelopmental regulationAxenic cultureAxenic linesAmastigote stageBiochemical evidenceLife cycleInfected macrophagesOrganismsEnvironmental parametersLeishmania promastigotesAmastigotesDevelopmental investigationsLeishmaniaProteinParasitesRegulationBiochemistryLinesLeishmania amastigotesCharacterizationLeishmania organisms