Dual Role of Insulin-Like Growth Factor (IGF)-I in American Tegumentary Leishmaniasis
Background. Cytokines and growth factors involved in the tissue inflammatory process influence the outcome of Leishmania infection. Insulin-like growth factor (IGF-I) constitutively present in the skin may participate in the inflammatory process and parasite-host interaction. Previous work has shown...
Main Authors: | Carolina de O Mendes-Aguiar, Camilla Lopes-Siqueira, Fabrício Pettito-Assis, Márcia Pereira-Oliveira, Manoel Paes de Oliveira-Neto, Claude Pirmez, Alda Maria Da-Cruz, Hiro Goto |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2021-01-01
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Series: | Journal of Immunology Research |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/6657785 |
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