Exposure of phosphatidylserine on leishmania amazonensis isolates is associated with diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis and parasite infectivity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  França Costa, Jaqueline ^a,b   Wanderley, João Luiz Mendes ^c,d   Deolindo, Poliana ^a,d   Zarattini, Jessica B ^c,d   Costa, Jackson ^a   Soong, Lynn ^e   Barcinski, Marcello André ^a,d   Barral, Aldina ^a,b   Borges, Valeria M ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CÂNCER   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE;

ADULT; AGED; AMASTIGOTE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RESPONSE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIN SKIN TEST; MACROPHAGE FUNCTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PARASITE VIABILITY; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN INDUCTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

LEISHMANIA AMAZONENSIS; MUS;

EID: 84871299265     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036595     Document Type: Article

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