2004
Does the Leishmania major paradigm of pathogenesis and protection hold for New World cutaneous leishmaniases or the visceral disease?
McMahon‐Pratt D, Alexander J. Does the Leishmania major paradigm of pathogenesis and protection hold for New World cutaneous leishmaniases or the visceral disease? Immunological Reviews 2004, 201: 206-224. PMID: 15361243, DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-2896.2004.00190.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsEvolution, MolecularHost-Parasite InteractionsHumansLeishmaniaLeishmania majorLeishmaniasis, CutaneousLeishmaniasis, VisceralMiceMice, Inbred StrainsVirulenceConceptsMajor histocompatibility complex classDistinct Leishmania speciesLeishmania major infectionResolution of infectionT cell responsesT helper 1Histocompatibility complex classDifferent virulence factorsHost defense mechanismsMajor infectionVisceral diseaseHost macrophage cellsImmune mechanismsVisceral organsParasitic protozoaVaccine developmentCutaneous leishmaniasesSusceptibility/resistanceIntracellular pathogensGenus LeishmaniaControl of diseaseInfectionMacrophage cellsDiseaseLeishmania species
1996
Disruption of CD40–CD40 Ligand Interactions Results in an Enhanced Susceptibility to Leishmania amazonensis Infection
Soong L, Xu J, Grewal I, Kima P, Sun J, Longley B, Ruddle N, McMahon-Pratt D, Flavell R. Disruption of CD40–CD40 Ligand Interactions Results in an Enhanced Susceptibility to Leishmania amazonensis Infection. Immunity 1996, 4: 263-273. PMID: 8624816, DOI: 10.1016/s1074-7613(00)80434-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCD40L-/- miceImmune responseCD40-CD40 ligand interactionCD40L knockout miceLeishmania amazonensis infectionProgressive ulcerative lesionTissue parasite burdenCD40-CD40L interactionCellular immune responsesProtective immune responseWild-type miceHost immune responseImpaired T cellNitric oxide productionAmazonensis infectionUlcerative lesionsInflammatory responseNecrosis factorCD40 ligandT cellsIFN-gammaKnockout miceMacrophage activationParasite burdenOxide production