Leptin regulates Granzyme-A, PD-1 and CTLA-4 expression in T cell to control visceral leishmaniasis in BALB/c Mice

Leptin induces the phagocytosis and protective immune response in Leishmania donovani infected THP-1 cell line and human PBMCs

(2016) Alti Dayakar et al.   EXPERIMENTAL PARASITOLOGY

Role of CD8+ T cells in protection against Leishmania donovani infection in healed Visceral Leishmaniasis individuals

(2014) Himanshu Kaushal et al.   BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

T-Cell Populations and Cytokine Expression Are Impaired in Thymus and Spleen of Protein Malnourished BALB/c Mice Infected with Leishmania infantum

(2014) Sergio Cuervo-Escobar et al.   PLoS One

Leishmania donovani Targets Dicer1 to Downregulate miR-122, Lower Serum Cholesterol, and Facilitate Murine Liver Infection

(2013) June Ghosh et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Role of Leptin-Mediated Colonic Inflammation in Defense against Clostridium difficile Colitis

(2013) Rajat Madan et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Parasite-Derived Arginase Influences Secondary Anti-Leishmania Immunity by Regulating Programmed Cell Death-1-Mediated CD4+ T Cell Exhaustion

(2013) Z. Mou et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Programmed Death 1-Mediated T Cell Exhaustion during Visceral Leishmaniasis Impairs Phagocyte Function

(2013) K. J. Esch et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Live Attenuated Leishmania donovani p27 Gene Knockout Parasites Are Nonpathogenic and Elicit Long-Term Protective Immunity in BALB/c Mice

(2013) R. Dey et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

CD8 T Cell Exhaustion in Human Visceral Leishmaniasis

(2013) Shalini Gautam et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Leishmaniasis Worldwide and Global Estimates of Its Incidence

(2012) Jorge Alvar et al.   PLoS One

Leishmania Induces Survival, Proliferation and Elevated Cellular dNTP Levels in Human Monocytes Promoting Acceleration of HIV Co-Infection

(2012) David J. Mock et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Expression of IL-10-triggered STAT3-dependent IL-4Rα is required for induction of arginase 1 in visceral leishmaniasis

(2011) Arunima Biswas et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Role of leptin in human visceral leishmaniasis?

(2011) A. Dayakar et al.   MEDICAL HYPOTHESES

Control of Toxoplasma reactivation by rescue of dysfunctional CD8+ T-cell response via PD-1-PDL-1 blockade

(2011) R. Bhadra et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Mucosal co-immunization of mice with recombinant lactococci secreting VapA antigen and leptin elicits a protective immune response against Rhodococcus equi infection

(2011) S. Cauchard et al.   VACCINE

Chagasic Thymic Atrophy Does Not Affect Negative Selection but Results in the Export of Activated CD4+CD8+ T Cells in Severe Forms of Human Disease

(2011) Alexandre Morrot et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Evaluation of Blood Agar Microtiter Plates for Culturing Leishmania Parasites To Titrate Parasite Burden in Spleen and Peripheral Blood of Patients with Visceral Leishmaniasis

(2010) R. Maurya et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

CNS Leptin Action Modulates Immune Response and Survival in Sepsis

(2010) J. Tschop et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Leptin signaling in intestinal epithelium mediates resistance to enteric infection by Entamoeba histolytica

(2010) X Guo et al.   Mucosal Immunology

Low serum leptin serves as a biomarker of malnutrition in elderly patients

(2010) Bahareh Amirkalali et al.   NUTRITION RESEARCH

Protein, Calories, and Immune Defenses

(2010) Bill Woodward   NUTRITION REVIEWS

CD8 Cells of Patients with Diffuse Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Display Functional Exhaustion: The Latter Is Reversed, In Vitro, by TLR2 Agonists

(2010) Joselín Hernández-Ruiz et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Arginase: an emerging key player in the mammalian immune system

(2009) Markus Munder   BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY

Arginase in Parasitic Infections: Macrophage Activation, Immunosuppression, and Intracellular Signals

(2009) Cinthia C. Stempin et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICINE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Protein-energy malnutrition as a risk factor for visceral leishmaniasis: a review

(2009) G. MALAFAIA   PARASITE IMMUNOLOGY

B7-H1 Blockade Increases Survival of Dysfunctional CD8+ T Cells and Confers Protection against Leishmania donovani Infections

(2009) Trupti Joshi et al.   PLoS Pathogens

The Interaction between Nutrition and Infection

(2008) Peter Katona et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Leptin Receptor Signaling is Required for Vaccine-Induced Protection Against Helicobacter pylori

(2008) Andrea Wehrens et al.   HELICOBACTER

Glucose metabolism in lymphocytes is a regulated process with significant effects on immune cell function and survival

(2008) Nancie J. MacIver et al.   JOURNAL OF LEUKOCYTE BIOLOGY

Maternal and child undernutrition: global and regional exposures and health consequences

(2008) Robert E Black et al.   LANCET