How to master the host immune system? Leishmania parasites have the solutions!

M Rossi, N Fasel - International immunology, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Infection by protozoan parasites of the genus Leishmania results in the development of
leishmaniasis, an increasingly prevalent group of diseases affecting over 12 million people …

The pathogenicity and virulence of Leishmania-interplay of virulence factors with host defenses

AK Gupta, S Das, M Kamran, SA Ejazi, N Ali - Virulence, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Leishmaniasis is a group of disease caused by the intracellular protozoan parasite of the
genus Leishmania. Infection by different species of Leishmania results in various host …

Mechanisms of immune evasion in leishmaniasis

G Gupta, S Oghumu, AR Satoskar - Advances in applied microbiology, 2013 - Elsevier
Diseases caused by Leishmania present a worldwide problem, and current therapeutic
approaches are unable to achieve a sterile cure. Leishmania is able to persist in host cells …

Toll‐Like Receptors in Leishmania Infections: Guardians or Promoters?

MS Faria, FCG Reis, APCA Lima - Journal of parasitology …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Protozoa of the genus Leishmania cause a wide variety of pathologies ranging from self‐
healing skin lesions to visceral damage, depending on the parasite species. The outcome of …

Redundant and regulatory roles for Toll-like receptors in Leishmania infection

P Chauhan, D Shukla… - Clinical & …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are germline-encoded, non-clonal innate immune receptors,
which are often the first receptors to recognize the molecular patterns on pathogens …

Emerging strategies and challenges of molecular therapeutics in antileishmanial drug development

D Gupta, PK Singh, PK Yadav, T Narender… - International …, 2023 - Elsevier
Molecular therapy refers to targeted therapies based on molecules which have been
intelligently directed towards specific biomolecular structures and include small molecule …

TLR-2 agonist Pam3CSK4 has no therapeutic effect on visceral leishmaniasis in BALB/c mice and may enhance the pathogenesis of the disease

X Liao, J He, R Wang, J Zhang, S Wei, Y Xiao, Q Zhou… - Immunobiology, 2023 - Elsevier
Most of the existing Leishmania-related research about TLR-2 agonists was focusing on
their role as adjuvants in the vaccine, few studied its therapeutic effect. This paper aims to …

Immunomodulation by chemotherapeutic agents against Leishmaniasis

P Saha, D Mukhopadhyay, M Chatterjee - International …, 2011 - Elsevier
Leishmaniasis is caused by protozoan parasites of the genus Leishmania and causes a
wide spectrum of clinical manifestations ranging from self-healing cutaneous lesions to the …

Combination of Mycobacterium indicus pranii and Heat-Induced Promastigotes Cures Drug-Resistant Leishmania Infection: Critical Role of Interleukin-6-Producing …

S Dey, D Mukherjee, SS Sultana, S Mallick… - Infection and …, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
The major issues in available therapeutic modalities against leishmaniasis are cost, toxicity,
and the emergence of drug resistance. The aim of this work was to develop a successful …

Paradoxical immune response in leishmaniasis: The role of toll‐like receptors in disease progression

IE Bamigbola, S Ali - Parasite immunology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Toll‐like receptors (TLRs), members of pattern recognition receptors, are expressed
on many cells of the innate immune system, and their engagements with antigens regulate …