Platelet-Derived Microvesicles Contribute to the Pathophysiogenesis of Human Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: A Nano-Flow Cytometric Approach in Plasma Samples from Patients before and under Antimonial Treatment
Cutaneous leishmaniasis is a neglected tropical disease caused, in Brazil, mainly by <i>Leishmania braziliensis</i>, which is a protozoan transmitted during the blood feeding of infected female sandflies. To control leishmaniasis, the participation of CD4<sup>+</sup> Th1 cell...
Main Authors: | Vanessa Fernandes de Abreu Costa, Thaize Quiroga Chometon, Katherine Kelda Gomes de Castro, Melissa Silva Gonçalves Ponte, Maria Inês Fernandes Pimentel, Marcelo Rosandiski Lyra, Alvaro Luiz Bertho |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2024-03-01
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Series: | Microorganisms |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/12/3/526 |
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