ArticleClinical and experimental immunology2003
Evaluation of amastigote reactive cells in human cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania aethiopica.
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- From dogma to data: charting a path forward for clinico-immunological research in Ethiopian cutaneous leishmaniasis.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2026Review
- Unveiling the Interplay Between Dendritic Cells and Natural Killer Cells as Key Players inJournal of immunology research · 2025Article
- Natural killer cells in experimental and human leishmaniasis.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2012Review
- Mononuclear cells from patients recovered from cutaneous leishmaniasis respond to Leishmania major amastigote class I nuclease with a predominant Th1-like response.Clinical and experimental immunology · 2005Article
- The Anti-leishmanial Efficacy ofIranian journal of parasitologyArticle
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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 (IFNgamma) 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 IFNgamma 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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