Nanotechnology based solutions for anti-leishmanial impediments: a detailed insight

H Jamshaid, FU Din, GM Khan - Journal of Nanobiotechnology, 2021 - Springer
As a neglected tropical disease, Leishmaniasis is significantly instigating morbidity and
mortality across the globe. Its clinical spectrum varies from ulcerative cutaneous lesions to …

[HTML][HTML] Current status of nanoscale drug delivery and the future of nano-vaccine development for leishmaniasis–A review

P Prasanna, P Kumar, S Kumar, VK Rajana… - Biomedicine & …, 2021 - Elsevier
The study of tropical diseases like leishmaniasis, a parasitic disease, has not received much
attention even though it is the second-largest infectious disease after malaria. As per the …

Chimeric vaccines designed by immunoinformatics-activated polyfunctional and memory T cells that trigger protection against experimental visceral leishmaniasis

RCF De Brito, JC Ruiz, JMO Cardoso, TLVDP Ostolin… - Vaccines, 2020 - mdpi.com
Many vaccine candidates against visceral leishmaniasis (VL) have been proposed;
however, to date, none of them have been efficacious for the human or canine disease. On …

Targeted Deletion of Centrin in Leishmania braziliensis Using CRISPR-Cas9-Based Editing

R Sharma, F Avendaño Rangel… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Leishmania braziliensis is the main causative agent of Tegumentary Leishmaniasis in the
Americas. However, difficulties related to genome manipulation, experimental infection, and …

The expression of PD-1 and its ligands increases in Leishmania infection and its blockade reduces the parasite burden

A Jafarzadeh, S Kumar, N Bodhale, S Jafarzadeh… - Cytokine, 2022 - Elsevier
The expression of programmed cell death protein-1 (PD-1) and its ligands-PD-L1 and PD-L2-
on T cells and macrophages', respectively, increases in Leishmania infection. The PD-1/PD …

Unraveling the role of immune checkpoints in leishmaniasis

R de Freitas e Silva, E Von Stebut - Frontiers in immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Leishmaniasis are Neglected Tropical Diseases affecting millions of people every year in at
least 98 countries and is one of the major unsolved world health issues. Leishmania is a …

[HTML][HTML] Boosting immunity to treat parasitic infections: Asaia bacteria expressing a protein from Wolbachia determine M1 macrophage activation and killing of …

I Varotto-Boccazzi, S Epis, I Arnoldi, Y Corbett… - Pharmacological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Leishmaniases are severe vector-borne diseases affecting humans and animals, caused by
Leishmania protozoans. Over one billion people and millions of dogs live in endemic areas …

Subcutaneous Immunization of Leishmania HSP70-II Null Mutant Line Reduces the Severity of the Experimental Visceral Leishmaniasis in BALB/c Mice

JC Solana, L Ramírez, ECL Cook, E Hernández-García… - Vaccines, 2020 - mdpi.com
Leishmania infantum parasites cause a severe form of visceral leishmaniasis in human and
viscerocutaneous leishmaniasis in dogs. Recently, we reported that immunization with an …

A New Strategy for Mapping Epitopes of LACK and PEPCK Proteins of Leishmania amazonensis Specific for Major Histocompatibility Complex Class I

EP Ferreira-Sena, DJ Hardoim, FO Cardoso… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Leishmaniasis represents a complex of diseases with a broad clinical spectrum and
epidemiological diversity, considered a major public health problem. Although there is …

Hemoglobin Endocytosis and Intracellular Trafficking: A Novel Way of Heme Acquisition by Leishmania

I Ansari, R Basak, A Mukhopadhyay - Pathogens, 2022 - mdpi.com
Leishmania species are causative agents of human leishmaniasis, affecting 12 million
people annually. Drugs available for leishmaniasis are toxic, and no vaccine is available …