Immunology of leprosy

LAR Froes Jr, MAB Trindade… - International Reviews of …, 2022‏ - Taylor & Francis
Leprosy is a disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae (ML) with diverse clinical
manifestations, which are strongly correlated with the host's immune response. Skin lesions …

New insights into the pathogenesis of leprosy: contribution of subversion of host cell metabolism to bacterial persistence, disease progression, and transmission

CS de Macedo, FA Lara, RO Pinheiro… - …, 2020‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Chronic infection by the obligate intracellular pathogen Mycobacterium leprae may lead to
the development of leprosy. Of note, in the lepromatous clinical form of the disease, failure of …

Differential expression of programmed death 1 (PD-1) on various immune cells and its role in human leprosy

M Tarique, H Naz, M Suhail, A Turan, C Saini… - Frontiers in …, 2023‏ - frontiersin.org
Leprosy is a chronic bacterial disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae. Leprosy patients
have been found to have defects in T cells activation, which is critical to the clearance of the …

An update on leprosy immunopathogenesis: systematic review

MJA Silva, CS Silva, TP Brasil, AK Alves… - Frontiers in …, 2024‏ - frontiersin.org
Introduction Leprosy is a chronic infectious condition and the main cause of neuropathy that
occurs brought on by M. leprae. It is known that the biological characteristics of the human …

[HTML][HTML] Reduced vitamin D receptor (VDR) and cathelicidin antimicrobial peptide (CAMP) gene expression contribute to the maintenance of inflammatory immune …

ALG de Oliveira, AT Chaves, MS Cardoso… - Microbes and …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Leprosy is an infectious disease influenced by genetic, immunological, and environmental
factors. Reduced gene expressions may be associated with the immunological response …

Immunological biomarkers of subclinical infection in household contacts of leprosy patients

EA Queiroz, NI Medeiros, RT Mattos, APM Carvalho… - Immunobiology, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Hansen's disease (or leprosy) still persists as a serious public health issue. Its diagnosis is
based primarily on the detection of clinical signs that are characteristic of the disease …

Th17 cells and cytokines in leprosy: understanding the immune response and polarization

LM Zaniolo, AS Damazo - Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de …, 2023‏ - SciELO Brasil
While there are conflicting data concerning interleukin (IL)-17 levels in the serum of patients
with leprosy compared with those in healthy controls, higher levels have been more evident …

Presence of senescent and memory CD8+ leukocytes as immunocenescence markers in skin lesions of elderly leprosy patients

PHL Da Silva, KKG De Castro, MA Mendes… - Frontiers in …, 2021‏ - frontiersin.org
Leprosy is an infectious disease that remains endemic in approximately 100 develo**
countries, where about 200,000 new cases are diagnosed each year. Moreover …

[HTML][HTML] Central Nervous System Tuberculosis in a Murine Model: Neurotropic Strains or a New Pathway of Infection?

D Rembao-Bojórquez, C Sánchez-Garibay… - Pathogens, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
Tuberculosis (TB) of the central nervous system (CNS) is a lethal and incapacitating
disease. Several studies have been performed to understand the mechanism of bacterial …

Expression of FoxP3 in different forms of leprosy and reactions

CP Lima, EM Costa, LF Sampaio - Jornal Brasileiro de Patologia e …, 2019‏ - SciELO Brasil
Although regulatory T cells (Treg) are important in the immune regulation of various
pathological processes, the role of these cells in the immunology of leprosy still needs to be …