Leishmania infantum induces high phagocytic capacity and intracellular nitric oxide production by human proinflammatory monocyte.

CONCLUSIONS: Our results showed that L. braziliensis and L. infantum induce different innate immune responses and a highly inflammatory profile, which is characteristic of infection by L. infantum, the species associated with visceral disease. PMID: 32321156 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32321156?dopt=Abstract

Source: Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz - April 24, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Ribeiro CV, Rocha BFB, Oliveira E, Teixeira-Carvalho A, Martins-Filho OA, Murta SMF, Peruhype-Magalhães V Tags: Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz Source Type: research