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...

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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
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2021-01-01
Series:Journal of Immunology Research
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/6657785

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