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- Maasho, K, et al.
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Evaluation of amastigote reactive cells in human cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania aethiopica
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In: Clinical and experimental immunology. - : Oxford University Press (OUP). - 0009-9104 .- 1365-2249. ; 132:2, s. 316-322
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Lymphoproliferative responses to three affinity chromatography purified amastigote antigens of Leishmania pifanoi, P-2, P-4 and P-8, were evaluated in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from patients with Ethiopian cutaneous leishmaniasis. Antigen-stimulated cells were analysed for the percentage of CD4+, CD8+ and CD16/56+ cells and the expressed levels of gamma interferon (IFNγ) and interleukin (IL)-10 were determined in culture supernatants. The amastigote antigens induced cellular responses in leishmaniasis patients with heterologous Leishmania parasite infection. These responses were compared to those of freeze-thawed L. aethiopica promastigote antigen stimulation. The membrane protein (P-8), and to a lesser extent the megasomal/cytoplasmic cysteine proteinase(P-2), induced proliferation with high levels of IFNγ and IL-10 production in cells from patients with active L. aethiopica lesions. CD16/56+ NK cells were the main cell types induced to proliferate in response to P-8 and P-2 stimulation, followed by CD8+ cell populations. P-4 had no such effect. This contrasts from previous studies of New World human leishmaniasis where P-4 and P-8 were stimulatory. The success of a particular molecule in the induction of a response with a protective phenotype may be dependent on the infecting Leishmania spp. To our knowledge, there are no studies that directly compare the New versus Old World cutaneous leishmaniasis in respect of NK cell and IL-10 responses. Our studies indicate that some leishmanial molecules are recognized across the species, while others are apparently more species specific.
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Induction and abrogation of LACK reactive cells in the evolution of human leishmaniasis
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In: Clinical and experimental immunology. - : Oxford University Press (OUP). - 0009-9104 .- 1365-2249. ; 124:2, s. 255-261
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from cutaneous leishmaniasis patients with ongoing Leishmania aethiopica infection and individuals cured/under treatment from L. infantum or L. donovani infection were stimulated in vitro with LACK, the Leishmania homologue of receptors for activated C kinase. The LACK protein is conserved in related leishmanial species and is expressed both in the promastigote and amastigote stages of Leishmania. Our results show that LACK induced marked NK and some CD8+ cell proliferation in PBMC from cutaneous leishmaniasis patients with active disease. These responses were coupled with high levels of IFN-γ and IL-10 production. At the concentration tested, the proliferative responses to freeze-thawed Leishmania antigen (Ft-Leish) were higher, while the levels of IFN-γ were consistently lower than that of LACK. Although cells from individuals cured of leishmaniasis could respond to whole Leishmania lysate by proliferation and IFN-γ production, there was no evident response to LACK. Ethiopian controls tested at the same time also showed LACK induced proliferation with IFN-γ and IL-10 responses. Thus LACK reactivity in terms of proliferation and cytokine induction were present in cells from some healthy donors and most of the patients with active lesions, while this response was absent in individuals cured of L. infantum or L. donovani leishmaniasis. Since cure from leishmaniasis often results in life-long protection, and active but not cured patients showed in vitro responses to LACK stimulation, questions arose as to how this highly immunodominant molecule functions during human leishmanisasis. Some possible mechanisms are discussed.
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- Montelius, S, et al.
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Skin rash for 15 years
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In: Lancet (London, England). - 0140-6736. ; 352:9138, s. 1438-1438
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