Cutaneous manifestations of human and murine leishmaniasis

BM Scorza, EM Carvalho, ME Wilson - International journal of molecular …, 2017 - mdpi.com
The leishmaniases are diseases caused by pathogenic protozoan parasites of the genus
Leishmania. Infections are initiated when a sand fly vector inoculates Leishmania parasites …

Pro-and anti-inflammatory cytokines in cutaneous leishmaniasis: a review

N Maspi, A Abdoli, F Ghaffarifar - Pathogens and global health, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is caused by different species of the genus Leishmania. Pro-
and anti-inflammatory cytokines play different roles in resistance/susceptibility and the …

Host–pathogen interaction in leishmaniasis: immune response and vaccination strategies

H Yasmin, A Adhikary, MN Al-Ahdal, S Roy, U Kishore - Immuno, 2022 - mdpi.com
Leishmaniasis is a zoonotic and vector-borne infectious disease that is caused by the genus
Leishmania belonging to the trypanosomatid family. The protozoan parasite has a digenetic …

Identification of Potential MHC Class-II-Restricted Epitopes Derived from Leishmania donovani Antigens by Reverse Vaccinology and Evaluation of Their CD4+ T …

MR Dikhit, A Kumar, S Das, B Dehury, AK Rout… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is one of the most neglected tropical diseases for which no
vaccine exists. In spite of extensive efforts, no successful vaccine is available against this …

Wound healing in cutaneous leishmaniasis: a double edged sword of IL-10 and TGF-β

A Abdoli, N Maspi, F Ghaffarifar - Comparative immunology, microbiology …, 2017 - Elsevier
Immune responses have a crucial role during the wound healing process in cutaneous
leishmaniasis (CL). However, there are several paradoxes in immunity against CL. On the …

Therapeutic vaccines for leishmaniasis

A Khamesipour - Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Numerous therapeutic strategies are used to treat leishmaniasis. The treatment
of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is solely depends on antimonate derivatives with safety …

The binomial parasite-host immunity in the healing process and in reactivation of human tegumentary leishmaniasis

F Conceição-Silva, J Leite-Silva… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Leishmaniasis is a vector-borne infectious disease caused by different species of protozoa
from the Leishmania genus. Classically, the disease can be classified into two main clinical …

Development of a Novel Formulation with Hypericin To Treat Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Based on Photodynamic Therapy in In Vitro and In Vivo Studies

A Montoya, A Daza, D Muñoz, K Ríos… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
An evaluation of the leishmanicidal activity in vitro and in vivo of hypericin, an expanded-
spectrum photosensitizer found in Hypericum perforatum, is presented. Hypericin was …

Chronic generalized fibrotic skin lesions from disseminated leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania martiniquensis in two patients from northern Thailand infected with …

S Chiewchanvit, N Tovanabutra… - British Journal of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Background Leishmaniasis is a newly emerging infection in Thailand. Most of the previous
human cases have presented with the clinical features of visceral leishmaniasis and were …

[HTML][HTML] Humoral immunity in leishmaniasis–Prevention or promotion of parasite growth?

R Goncalves, SM Christensen, DM Mosser - Cytokine: X, 2020 - Elsevier
Leishmaniasis can present as a “spectrum” of clinical outcomes. There is evidence that
these divergent clinical outcomes are attributable to genetic differences in the human host …