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Experimental pulmonary fibrosis induced by Paracoccidioides brasiliensis conidia: measurement of local host responses.

L Franco1, L Najvar, B L Gomez, S Restrepo, J R Graybill, A Restrepo.   

Abstract

Pulmonary fibrosis was induced following inoculation of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis conidia intranasally in BALB/c mice. Fibrosis was associated with formation of granulomas, increase in lung hydroxyproline, and sustained increases in tissue tumor necrosis factor-alpha and transforming growth factor-beta. This study suggests a role for these cytokines in generation of pulmonary fibrosis associated with chronic granulomatous infectious diseases.

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Year:  1998        PMID: 9574786     DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.58.424

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Am J Trop Med Hyg        ISSN: 0002-9637            Impact factor:   2.345


  10 in total

Review 1.  THE POWER OF THE SMALL: THE EXAMPLE OF Paracoccidioides brasiliensis CONIDIA.

Authors:  Angela Restrepo; Luz Elena Cano; Ángel Gonzalez
Journal:  Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo       Date:  2015-09       Impact factor: 1.846

2.  Detection of melanin-like pigments in the dimorphic fungal pathogen Paracoccidioides brasiliensis in vitro and during infection.

Authors:  B L Gómez; J D Nosanchuk; S Díez; S Youngchim; P Aisen; L E Cano; A Restrepo; A Casadevall; A J Hamilton
Journal:  Infect Immun       Date:  2001-09       Impact factor: 3.441

3.  Detection of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis in tissue samples by a nested PCR assay.

Authors:  R Bialek; A Ibricevic; C Aepinus; L K Najvar; A W Fothergill; J Knobloch; J R Graybill
Journal:  J Clin Microbiol       Date:  2000-08       Impact factor: 5.948

4.  Immunization with recombinant Pb27 protein reduces the levels of pulmonary fibrosis caused by the inflammatory response against Paracoccidioides brasiliensis.

Authors:  Elis Araujo Morais; Estefânia Mara do Nascimento Martins; Jankerle Neves Boelone; Dawidson Assis Gomes; Alfredo Miranda Goes
Journal:  Mycopathologia       Date:  2014-12-09       Impact factor: 2.574

5.  Pulmonary abnormalities in mice with paracoccidioidomycosis: a sequential study comparing high resolution computed tomography and pathologic findings.

Authors:  Damaris Lopera; Tonny Naranjo; José Miguel Hidalgo; Bernardo Miguel de Oliveira Pascarelli; Jairo Hernando Patiño; Henrique Leonel Lenzi; Angela Restrepo; Luz Elena Cano
Journal:  PLoS Negl Trop Dis       Date:  2010-06-29

6.  Expression and arrangement of extracellular matrix proteins in the lungs of mice infected with Paracoccidioides brasiliensis conidia.

Authors:  Angel González; Henrique Leonel Lenzi; Ester Maria Motta; Luzia Caputo; Angela Restrepo; Luz Elena Cano
Journal:  Int J Exp Pathol       Date:  2008-04       Impact factor: 1.925

Review 7.  Role of Microbial Agents in Pulmonary Fibrosis
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Authors:  Ozioma S Chioma; Wonder P Drake
Journal:  Yale J Biol Med       Date:  2017-06-23

8.  Therapeutic efficacy of Cintredekin Besudotox (IL13-PE38QQR) in murine lung fibrosis is unaffected by immunity to Pseudomonas aeruginosa exotoxin A.

Authors:  Rogério S Rosada; Ana P Moreira; Fabiani G Frantz; Raj K Puri; Aquilur Rahman; Theodore J Standiford; Carlos R Zárate-Bladés; Célio L Silva; Cory M Hogaboam
Journal:  PLoS One       Date:  2010-01-15       Impact factor: 3.752

9.  Dose response effect of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis in an experimental model of arthritis.

Authors:  Eduardo Alexandre Loth; Samia Khalil Biazim; José Henrique Fermino Ferreira Dos Santos; Rosana Puccia; Rosimeire Costa Brancalhão; Lucinéia de Fátima Chasco; Rinaldo Ferreira Gandra; Rita de Cássia Garcia Simão; Marcello Fabiano de Franco
Journal:  Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo       Date:  2014 May-Jun       Impact factor: 1.846

10.  Depletion of Neutrophils Promotes the Resolution of Pulmonary Inflammation and Fibrosis in Mice Infected with Paracoccidioides brasiliensis.

Authors:  Juan David Puerta-Arias; Paula Andrea Pino-Tamayo; Julián Camilo Arango; Ángel González
Journal:  PLoS One       Date:  2016-09-30       Impact factor: 3.240

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