MicroRNAs: biological regulators in pathogen–host interactions

SM Acuna, LM Floeter-Winter, SM Muxel - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
An inflammatory response is essential for combating invading pathogens. Several effector
components, as well as immune cell populations, are involved in mounting an immune …

The pathogenicity and virulence of Leishmania-interplay of virulence factors with host defenses

AK Gupta, S Das, M Kamran, SA Ejazi, N Ali - Virulence, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Leishmaniasis is a group of disease caused by the intracellular protozoan parasite of the
genus Leishmania. Infection by different species of Leishmania results in various host …

Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis induces macrophage miR-294 and miR-721 expression and modulates infection by targeting NOS2 and L-arginine …

SM Muxel, MF Laranjeira-Silva, RA Zampieri… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis is an intracellular protozoan parasite responsible for
the cutaneous leishmaniasis. The parasite replicates inside mammalian macrophage to …

Leishmania-Host Interactions—An Epigenetic Paradigm

F Afrin, I Khan, HA Hemeg - Frontiers in immunology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Leishmaniasis is one of the major neglected tropical diseases, for which no vaccines exist.
Chemotherapy is hampered by limited efficacy coupled with development of resistance and …

Melatonin and Leishmania amazonensis Infection Altered miR-294, miR-30e, and miR-302d Impacting on Tnf, Mcp-1, and Nos2 Expression

JCR Fernandes, JI Aoki, S Maia Acuña… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Leishmaniases are neglected diseases that cause a large spectrum of clinical
manifestations, from cutaneous to visceral lesions. The initial steps of the inflammatory …

MicroRNA exporter HuR clears the internalized pathogens by promoting pro‐inflammatory response in infected macrophages

A Goswami, K Mukherjee, A Mazumder… - EMBO molecular …, 2020 - embopress.org
HuR is a miRNA derepressor protein that can act as miRNA sponge for specific miRNAs to
negate their action on target mRNAs. Here we have identified how HuR, by inducing …

Probing the molecular mechanism of aggressive infection by antimony resistant Leishmania donovani

B Mukherjee, K Mukherjee, P Nanda… - Cytokine, 2021 - Elsevier
The disease visceral leishmaniasis (VL) or kala azar is caused by the protozoan parasite,
Leishmania donovani (LD). For many decades the pentavalent antimonial drugs countered …

Going ballistic: Leishmania nuclear subversion of host cell plasticity

H Lecoeur, E Prina, M Gutiérrez-Sanchez… - Trends in …, 2022 - cell.com
Intracellular parasites have evolved intricate strategies to subvert host cell functions for their
own survival. These strategies are particularly damaging to the host if the infection involves …

Leishmania species‐dependent functional duality of toll‐like receptor 2

A Jafarzadeh, M Nemati, I Sharifi, A Nair, D Shukla… - IUBMB …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Toll‐like receptors (TLRs) are a subset of pattern recognition receptors (PRR) in innate
immunity and act as a connecting link between innate and adaptive immune systems …

The miRNA 361-3p, a regulator of GZMB and TNF is associated with therapeutic failure and longer time healing of cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by L.(viannia) …

TS Lago, JA Silva, EL Lago, EM Carvalho… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
L.(viannia) braziliensis infection causes American Tegumentary Leishmaniasis (ATL), with
prolonged time to healing lesions. The potent inflammatory response developed by the host …