Activated inflammatory T cells correlate with lesion size in human cutaneous leishmaniasis

Immunology Letters

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 226-230

  Antonelli, Lis R V ^a   Dutra, Walderez O ^a   Almeida, Roque P ^b   Bacellar, Olivia ^b   Carvalho, Edgar M ^b   Gollob, Kenneth J ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Human; L. braziliensis; Leishmaniasis; Lesion; T cells; T helper

Indexed keywords

AUTACOID; CD40 LIGAND; CD69 ANTIGEN; CELL MARKER; GAMMA INTERFERON; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SKIN TEST; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 25444484393     PISSN: 01652478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.imlet.2005.06.004     Document Type: Article

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