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Agnieszka Gegotek, Elzbieta Skrzydlewska
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2023)
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Akshaya Balasubramanian, Mark S. Sundrud
Summary: Nearly 50 ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters encoded by mammalian genomes play important roles in maintaining directional transport of substances. Recent evidence suggests that these transporters, especially MDR1, have significant functions in T lymphocyte development and function, including antioxidant functions that shape the antigen-specific effector and memory T cell compartments.
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Daolin Tang, Rui Kang
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ANTIOXIDANTS & REDOX SIGNALING
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Leonardo Cortazzo da Silva, Juliana Ide Aoki, Lucile Maria Floeter-Winter
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Alicia Ponte-Sucre, Francisco Gamarro, Jean-Claude Dujardin, Michael P. Barrett, Rogelio Lopez-Velez, Raquel Garcia-Hernandez, Andrew W. Pountain, Roy Mwenechanya, Barbara Papadopoulou
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Ana Perea-Martinez, Raquel Garcia-Hernandez, Jose Ignacio Manzano, Francisco Gamarro
Summary: Leishmaniasis is a neglected tropical disease that affects humans and animals worldwide. Current chemotherapy treatments for this disease often lead to drug resistance and therapeutic failure. This study evaluated the transcriptomic changes in host cells infected with different clinical Leishmania infantum isolates from patients with therapeutic failure. The results showed that these isolates modulate the host cell response and induce phenotypic changes that may contribute to parasite survival and therapeutic failure.
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Lorenzo Tagliazucchi, Ana Perea-Martinez, Greta Fiorini, Jose Ignacio Manzano, Filippo Genovese, Raquel Garcia-Hernandez, Diego Pinetti, Francisco Gamarro, Maria Paola Costi
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BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
(2017)