Splenic CD4(+) T Cells in Progressive Visceral Leishmaniasis Show a Mixed Effector-Regulatory Phenotype and Impair Macrophage Effector Function through Inhibitory Receptor Expression

Visceral leishmaniasis (VL), caused by infection with the intracellular protozoan Leishmania donovani, is a chronic progressive disease with a relentlessly increasing parasite burden in the spleen, liver and bone marrow. The disease is characterized by fever, splenomegaly, cachexia, and pancytopenia...

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Autores principales: Medina-Colorado, Audrie A., Osorio, Elvia Y., Saldarriaga, Omar A., Travi, Bruno L., Kong, Fanping, Spratt, Heidi, Soong, Lynn, Melby, Peter C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5245871/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28103263
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0169496

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5245871/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28103263
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0169496

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