TY - JOUR AU - Galdino, Hélio AU - Maldaner, Anetícia Eduarda AU - Pessoni, Lívia Lara AU - Soriani, Frederico M. AU - Pereira, Ledice Inácia de Araújo AU - Pinto, Sebastião Alves AU - Duarte, Fernanda Bugalho AU - Gomes, Clayson Moura AU - Fleuri, Anna Karoline Aguiar AU - Dorta, Miriam Leandro AU - de Oliveira, Milton Adriano Pelli AU - Teixeira, Mauro Martins AU - Batista, Aline Carvalho AU - Joosten, Leo A. B. AU - Vieira, Leda Quercia AU - Ribeiro-Dias, Fátima PY - 2014 DA - 2014/05/09 TI - Interleukin 32γ (IL-32γ) is highly expressed in cutaneous and mucosal lesions of American Tegumentary Leishmaniasis patients: association with tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and IL-10 JO - BMC Infectious Diseases SP - 249 VL - 14 IS - 1 AB - The interleukin 32 (IL-32) is a proinflammatory cytokine produced by immune and non-immune cells. It can be induced during bacterial and viral infections, but its production was never investigated in protozoan infections. American Tegumentary Leishmaniasis (ATL) is caused by Leishmania protozoan leading to cutaneous, nasal or oral lesions. The aim of this study was to evaluate the expression of IL-32 in cutaneous and mucosal lesions as well as in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) exposed to Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis. SN - 1471-2334 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-14-249 DO - 10.1186/1471-2334-14-249 ID - Galdino2014 ER -