1999
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1999.00491.x
|View full text |Cite
|
Sign up to set email alerts
|

Treatment of two patients with diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania mexicana modifies the immunohistological profile but not the disease outcome

Abstract: SummaryTwo patients with diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania mexicana were treated with two leishmanicidal drugs (pentamidine and allopurinol) combined with recombinant interferon-␥ restoring Th-1 favouring conditions in the patients. Parasites decreased dramatically in the lesions and macrophages diminished concomitantly, while IL-12-producing Langerhans cells and interferon-␥-producing NK and CD8 ϩ lymphocytes increased in a reciprocal manner. The CD4ϩ/CD8 ϩ ratio in the peripheral blood nor… Show more

Help me understand this report

Search citation statements

Order By: Relevance

Paper Sections

Select...
1
1
1

Citation Types

1
32
0
7

Year Published

2002
2002
2020
2020

Publication Types

Select...
7
1

Relationship

1
7

Authors

Journals

citations
Cited by 41 publications
(40 citation statements)
references
References 35 publications
1
32
0
7
Order By: Relevance
“…Rabbit anti-L. mexicana antiserum was generated as described previously (19,20) and used at 1:50,000. It showed the same specificity as a monoclonal anti-L. mexicana reference antibody provided by F. Modabber (Leishmania Vaccine Steering Committee, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland), i.e., reactivity with L. mexicana but not with Leishmania braziliensis or L. major (I. Becker, unpublished observations).…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Rabbit anti-L. mexicana antiserum was generated as described previously (19,20) and used at 1:50,000. It showed the same specificity as a monoclonal anti-L. mexicana reference antibody provided by F. Modabber (Leishmania Vaccine Steering Committee, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland), i.e., reactivity with L. mexicana but not with Leishmania braziliensis or L. major (I. Becker, unpublished observations).…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…70 Una posible vía de degradación de los pará-sitos intracelulares incluye a la granulisina, la cual se ha vinculado de forma directa con el control de M. tuberculosis. [81][82][83][84][85][86][87] La degradación de material de Leishmania en episodios apoptóticos no sólo puede tener un papel en el control del número de parásitos, sino también representar una oportunidad para procesar antígenos de difícil obtención debido a la inhibición que causa el parásito sobre la célula hospedera. Pese a ello, es poco lo que se conoce sobre los mecanismos que permiten activar clonas específicas de linfocitos T CD8 + .…”
Section: Comentarios Y Perspectivasunclassified
“…Se ha notificado un elevado número de células T CD8 + en lesiones y sangre periférica durante la fase aguda de la infección y el proceso de eliminación de L. major [42][43][44][45] y L. mexicana. 46 Los pacientes infectados con L. braziliensis presentan una mayor proporción de células T CD4 + , en comparación con las CD8 + , durante la infección activa y en el proceso curativo esta relación cambia hasta casi llegar al equilibrio al incrementarse el número de linfocitos T CD8 + . 43 En otro estudio se reconoció que las lesiones de individuos con LCL también infectados con L. braziliensis exhiben un gran porcentaje de linfocitos T en apoptosis, y con mayor frecuencia en linfocitos T CD8 + que en linfocitos T CD4 + .…”
unclassified
See 1 more Smart Citation
“…The successful use of interferon gamma in 8 patients lends further support to the use of systemic interferon gamma as an adjunctive treatment for leishmaniasis. [144][145][146][147][148] However, in 4 cases, patients relapsed 2 to 3 months after treatment. 147,148 Discoid LE and subacute cutaneous LE Discoid LE (DLE) and subacute cutaneous LE (SCLE) are autoimmune inflammatory disorders of the skin.…”
Section: Leishmaniasismentioning
confidence: 99%