Disease severity in patients infected with Leishmania mexicana relates to IL-1β.

Disease severity in patients infected with Leishmania mexicana relates to IL-1β.

Leishmania mexicana can cause both localized (LCL) and diffuse (DCL) cutaneous leishmaniasis, yet little is known about factors regulating disease severity in these patients. We analyzed if the disease was associated with single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in IL-1β (-511), CXCL8 (-251) and/or th...

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Main Authors: Edith A Fernández-Figueroa, Claudia Rangel-Escareño, Valeria Espinosa-Mateos, Karol Carrillo-Sánchez, Norma Salaiza-Suazo, Georgina Carrada-Figueroa, Santiago March-Mifsut, Ingeborg Becker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3358333?pdf=render

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