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Tipo:	Artigo de Periódico
Título:	Humoral immunity in leishmaniasis - prevention or promotion of parasite growth?
Autor(es):	Ricardo Gonçalves Kajal Hamidzadeh David Mosser
Resumo:	Leishmaniasis can present as a “spectrum” of clinical outcomes. There is evidence that these divergent clinical outcomes are attributable to genetic differences in the human host [1] as well the species of infecting parasite [2]. The spectrum of disease has largely been described by defining the polar opposites of T cell immune responses. In the mouse model, a TH1 immune response is associated with low numbers of Leishmania parasites in lesions, whereas a TH2 immune response has been associated with unrestricted parasite growth. In the present work, we revisit leishmaniasis and seek to better define the clinical spectrum as a function of divergent humoral immune responses. We describe examples in human, canine, and even some murine models of leishmaniasis that reveal a direct correlation between high anti-parasite antibody responses and unrestricted parasite growth. Therefore, we propose that the spectral nature of this disease may be due to quantitative and qualitative differences in the antibodies that are produced during disease. In human visceral leishmaniasis, a decrease in anti-parasite antibody levels may actually predict disease resolution. Thus, rather than defining this disease as a simple TH1/TH2 dichotomy, we propose that clinical leishmaniasis depends on the degree of humoral immunity, with high IgG predicting parasite persistence. These observations have obvious implications for vaccine development in leishmaniasis, and they may extend to other diseases caused by intracellular pathogens.
Assunto:	Leishmania Vacinas Imunidade Humoral Imunoglobulina G
Idioma:	eng
País:	Brasil
Editor:	Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Sigla da Instituição:	UFMG
Departamento:	ICB - DEPARTAMENTO DE PATOLOGIA
Tipo de Acesso:	Acesso Aberto
Identificador DOI:	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cytox.2020.100046
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/1843/58676
Data do documento:	2020
metadata.dc.url.externa:	https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590153220300264?via%3Dihub
metadata.dc.relation.ispartof:	Cytokine: X
Aparece nas coleções:	Artigo de Periódico

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