Cellular Markers of Active Disease and Cure in Different Forms of Leishmania infantum-Induced Disease

Increased numbers of peripheral blood mononucleocytes (PBMC) and increased IFN-γ secretion following in vitro challenge of blood samples with soluble Leishmania antigen (SLA), have been proposed as biomarkers of specific cell-mediated immunity, indicating that treatment of visceral leishmaniasis (VL...

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Main Authors: Laura Botana, Belén Matía, Juan V. San Martin, Alberto Romero-Maté, Alicia Castro, Laura Molina, Laura Fernandez, Ana Ibarra-Meneses, Marta Aguado, Carmen Sánchez, Luis Horrillo, Carmen Chicharro, Javier Nieto, Sheila Ortega, José Manuel Ruiz-Giardin, Eugenia Carrillo, Javier Moreno
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fcimb.2018.00381/full