Mice Mucosal Leishmaniasis model shown high parasite load, increased cytotoxicity and impaired IL-10+ cells response
Alisson Amaral Da-Rocha, Júlio Souza dos-Santos, Igor Santos Bittencourt, Douglas B. De-Almeida, Naiara Carla Manhães, Hozany Praxedes, João Victor Paiva Romano, Elias Barbosa da Silva-Júnior, Antônio José da Silva-Gonçalves, Márcia Pereira de Oliveira, Luciana Polaco Covre, Daniel Cláudio Oliveira Gomes, Alda Maria Da‐Cruz, Alessandra Marcia da Fonseca-Martins, Herbert Leonel de Matos Guedes
This study evaluates the immunopathological effects of Leishmania amazonensis infection in BALB/c mice via mucosal and dermal routes, finding higher parasite load and inflammation in the mucosa.
Frontiers in Immunology · Aug 4, 2025Peer-reviewedImmunology