Cutaneous leishmaniasis: the complexity of host's effective immune response against a polymorphic parasitic disease

Á Gabriel, A Valério-Bolas… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
This review is aimed at providing a comprehensive outline of the immune response
displayed against cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL), the more common zoonotic infection …

Promising nanotherapy in treating leishmaniasis

A de Souza, DSS Marins, SL Mathias… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Leishmaniases are infectious diseases caused by an intracellular protozoan in humans by
20 different species of Leishmania among more than 53 species. There are at least twelve …

Human microRNAs in host–parasite interaction: a review

S Paul, LM Ruiz-Manriquez, FI Serrano-Cano… - 3 Biotech, 2020 - Springer
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a group of small noncoding RNA molecules with significant
capacity to regulate the gene expression at the post-transcriptional level in a sequence …

Extracellular vesicles of trypomastigotes of Trypanosoma cruzi induce changes in ubiquitin-related processes, cell-signaling pathways and apoptosis

A Cornet-Gomez, L Retana Moreira, T Kronenberger… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Chagas disease is caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. The disease has
an acute and a chronic phase in which approximately 30% of the chronic patients suffer from …

Nanotechnology-aided diagnosis, treatment and prevention of leishmaniasis

O Kammona, E Tsanaktsidou - International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 2021 - Elsevier
Leishmaniasis is a prevalent parasitic infection belonging to neglected tropical diseases. It is
caused by Leishmania protozoan parasites transmitted by sandflies and it is responsible for …

Screening a natural product-based library against kinetoplastid parasites

B Zulfiqar, AJ Jones, ML Sykes, TB Shelper, RA Davis… - Molecules, 2017 - mdpi.com
Kinetoplastid parasites cause vector-borne parasitic diseases including leishmaniasis,
human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) and Chagas disease. These Neglected Tropical …

Preclinical Investigation of Methylene Blue‐mediated Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy on Leishmania Parasites Using Real‐Time Bioluminescence

FV Cabral, CP Sabino, JA Dimmer… - Photochemistry and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a neglected disease that promotes destructive lesions.
Difficulties in treatment are related to accessibility of drugs, resistance and toxicity …

[HTML][HTML] Nitric-oxide releasing chitosan nanoparticles towards effective treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis

FV Cabral, MT Pelegrino, AB Seabra, MS Ribeiro - Nitric Oxide, 2021 - Elsevier
Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a major public health problem caused by Leishmania
parasites that produce destructive and disfiguring skin conditions. There is an urgent need …

In silico identification of human microRNAs pointing centrin genes in Leishmania donovani: Considering the RNAi-mediated gene control

MM Aljedaie, P Alam - Frontiers in Genetics, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Leishmaniasis, a parasitic disease caused by different species of the protozoa parasite
Leishmania, is a neglected tropical human disease that is endemic in about a hundred …

Annatto oil loaded nanostructured lipid carriers: A potential new treatment for cutaneous leishmaniasis

MA Ferreira, RF de Almeida Júnior, TS Onofre… - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Annatto (Bixa orellana L.) is extensively used as food pigment worldwide. Recently, several
studies have found it to have healing and antioxidant properties, as well as effective action …