The Immunotherapeutic Role of Regulatory T Cells in Leishmania (Viannia) panamensis Infection
Ehrlich A, Castilho TM, Goldsmith-Pestana K, Chae WJ, Bothwell AL, Sparwasser T, McMahon-Pratt D. The Immunotherapeutic Role of Regulatory T Cells in Leishmania (Viannia) panamensis Infection. The Journal Of Immunology 2014, 193: 2961-2970. PMID: 25098291, PMCID: PMC4170189, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1400728.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAntibodiesAntigen-Antibody ComplexCell ProliferationFemaleImmunotherapy, AdoptiveIndoleamine-Pyrrole 2,3,-DioxygenaseInflammationInterferon-gammaInterleukin-10Interleukin-13Interleukin-17Interleukin-2Leishmania guyanensisLeishmaniasis, MucocutaneousLymphocyte CountMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMice, TransgenicParasite LoadT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryTransforming Growth Factor betaConceptsRegulatory T cellsPanamensis infectionInflammatory responseT cellsLeishmania parasitesDisease pathologyImmunotherapeutic treatment approachesL. panamensis infectionsLeishmania panamensis infectionPercentage of TregsRIL-2/Th2 inflammatory responseIL-13 levelsParasite loadAlternate treatment strategiesT cell proliferationTreg functionalityDisease exacerbationAdoptive transferIL-17IL-10Naive miceCytokine responsesImmunotherapeutic roleCytokine productionInterplay between DNA repair and inflammation, and the link to cancer
Kidane D, Chae WJ, Czochor J, Eckert KA, Glazer PM, Bothwell AL, Sweasy JB. Interplay between DNA repair and inflammation, and the link to cancer. Critical Reviews In Biochemistry And Molecular Biology 2014, 49: 116-139. PMID: 24410153, PMCID: PMC4300235, DOI: 10.3109/10409238.2013.875514.Peer-Reviewed Original Research