Leprosy, a disease caused by the intracellular parasite Mycobacterium leprae or
Mycobacterium lepromatosis, has affected humans for more than 4,000 years and is a …

Leprosy is an infectious and contagious disease of slow evolution, triggered by
Mycobacterium leprae. Arthritis is its third most common manifestation, after cutaneous and …

Background Leprosy, a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae, is often
late-or misdiagnosed leading to irreversible disabilities. Blood transcriptomic biomarkers …

Leprosy is a chronic neurodermatological disease caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium
leprae. Recent studies show that SNPs in genes related to miRNAs have been associated …

PURPOSE To investigate the tear proteomic and neuromediator profiles, in vivo confocal
microscopy (IVCM) imaging features, and clinical manifestations in neuropathic corneal pain …

Schwann cells (SCs) have long been recognized for their ability to support repair and
promote axon regeneration following injury to the peripheral nervous system. In response to …

In humans, mitochondria play key roles in the regulation of cellular functions, such as the
regulation of the innate immune response and are targets of several pathogenic viruses and …

The initial infection by the obligate intracellular bacillus Mycobacterium leprae evolves to
leprosy in a small subset of the infected individuals. Transmission is believed to occur …

Background In recent years, the mitochondria/immune system interaction has been
proposed, so that variants of mitochondrial genome and levels of heteroplasmy might …

Leprosy is a chronic disease of the skin and peripheral nerves caused by Mycobacterium
leprae. A major public health and clinical problem are leprosy reactions, which are …