Human macrophage response to L. (Viannia) panamensis: microarray evidence for an early inflammatory response.

BACKGROUND:Previous findings indicate that susceptibility to Leishmania (Viannia) panamensis infection of monocyte-derived macrophages from patients and asymptomatically infected individuals were associated with the adaptive immune response and clinical outcome. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS:To und...

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Main Authors: Carolina Ramírez, Yira Díaz-Toro, Jair Tellez, Tiago M Castilho, Ricardo Rojas, Nicholas A Ettinger, Irina Tikhonova, Neal D Alexander, Liliana Valderrama, Janet Hager, Mary E Wilson, Aiping Lin, Hongyu Zhao, Nancy G Saravia, Diane McMahon-Pratt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3493378?pdf=render