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metadata.dc.type: | Artigo de Periódico |
Título : | Insulin-like growth factor-I induced and constitutive arginase activity differs among isolates of Leishmania derived from patients with diverse clinical forms of Leishmania braziliensis infection |
Otros títulos : | Transactions of the royal society of tropical medicine and hygiene |
Autor : | Vendrame, Célia M. V. Souza, Luana D. Carvalho, Márcia D. T. Salgado, Kátia Carvalho Filho, Edgar Marcelino de Goto, Hiro |
metadata.dc.creator: | Vendrame, Célia M. V. Souza, Luana D. Carvalho, Márcia D. T. Salgado, Kátia Carvalho Filho, Edgar Marcelino de Goto, Hiro |
Resumen : | Arginase activity has been related to leishmaniasis development, thus we studied the constitutive and insulin-like growth factor (IGF) I-induced arginase activity of Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis isolates from patients with different clinical forms of American tegumentary leishmaniasis (ATL). Isolates from mucosal leishmaniasis presented higher basal levels of arginase activity than isolates from other clinical forms of ATL. Isolates from disseminated leishmaniasis that present mucosal lesion in some cases reached the arginase activity similar to that of isolates from mucosal leishmaniasis upon IGF-I stimulation. Differences in arginase activity may influence disease outcomes such as evolution to mucosal lesion in patients with L. (V.) braziliensis infection. |
Palabras clave : | Leishmania braziliensis Cutaneous leishmaniasis Mucosal leishmaniasis Disseminated leishmaniasis Arginase Insulin-like growth factor I |
URI : | http://www.repositorio.ufba.br/ri/handle/ri/5683 |
Fecha de publicación : | 2010 |
Aparece en las colecciones: | Artigo Publicado em Periódico (Faculdade de Medicina) |
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