Leishmania pifanoi Amastigote Antigen P-4: Epitopes Involved in T-Cell Responsiveness in Human Cutaneous Leishmaniasis
Haberer J, Da-Cruz A, Soong L, Oliveira-Neto M, Rivas L, McMahon-Pratt D, Coutinho S. Leishmania pifanoi Amastigote Antigen P-4: Epitopes Involved in T-Cell Responsiveness in Human Cutaneous Leishmaniasis. Infection And Immunity 1998, 66: 3100-3105. PMID: 9632572, PMCID: PMC108319, DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.7.3100-3105.1998.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeripheral blood mononuclear cellsTh1-like responseCytokine productionCutaneous leishmaniasisExperimental murine cutaneous leishmaniasisTh1-like immune responseDetectable interleukin-4Leishmaniasis vaccine developmentCutaneous leishmaniasis patientsMurine cutaneous leishmaniasisBlood mononuclear cellsT cell responsivenessGamma interferon productionT cell proliferationIFN-gamma responsesHuman cutaneous leishmaniasisLeishmaniasis patientsMononuclear cellsImmune responseInterleukin-4Proliferative responseWhole parasite homogenatesIFN-gammaEpitope studiesMultiple epitopes