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 …

Although novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2)‐mediated
pulmonary inflammation has recently attracted great attention, its pathology and …

Chemokines were originally defined as cytokines that affect the movement of immune cells.
In recent years, due to the increasing importance of immune cells in the tumor …

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 …

Th17 cells play vital role during pathogenesis of leprosy reactions. Previously, we have
reported that IL-23 is involved in Th17 cells differentiation. Subsequently, our group also …

Leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease, is an age‐old chronic granulomatous infection
characterized by prominent cutaneous and neurologic findings. Long known to be caused …

Leprosy type 1 reaction (T1R) is a cell-mediated inflammatory reaction which involves skin
and peripheral nerves in leprosy. Lesions with T1R have higher production of IL-17 cytokine …

While there are conflicting data concerning interleukin (IL)-17 levels in the serum of patients
with leprosy compared with those in healthy controls, higher levels have been more evident …

Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is a severe complication in patients with
decompensated liver cirrhosis and is commonly treated with broad spectrum antibiotics …

Leprosy is a disease with spectral clinical manifestations along with two types of reactions,
type 1 reaction (T1R) and type 2 reaction (T2R). T1R especially occurs because of the …