| Literature DB >> 21832098 |
Maria Zilma Andrade Rodrigues1, Maria Fernanda Rios Grassi, Sanjay Mehta, Xing-Quan Zhang, Luana Leandro Gois, Robert T Schooley, Roberto Badaro.
Abstract
To evaluate the effects of HIV on immune responses in cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL), we quantified cytokine levels from plasma and stimulated peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from individuals infected with HIV and/or CL. Gamma interferon (IFN-γ) and interleukin 13 (IL-13) levels and the ratio of IFN-γ to IL-10 produced in response to stimulation with soluble Leishmania antigens were significantly lower in HIV-Leishmania-coinfected patients than in CL-monoinfected patients.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21832098 PMCID: PMC3187026 DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00076-11
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Vaccine Immunol ISSN: 1556-679X