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SUBMITTER: Pinheiro RO
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5882777 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pinheiro Roberta Olmo RO Schmitz Veronica V Silva Bruno Jorge de Andrade BJA Dias André Alves AA de Souza Beatriz Junqueira BJ de Mattos Barbosa Mayara Garcia MG de Almeida Esquenazi Danuza D Pessolani Maria Cristina Vidal MCV Sarno Euzenir Nunes EN
Frontiers in immunology 20180328
Leprosy is an infectious disease that may present different clinical forms depending on host immune response to <i>Mycobacterium leprae</i>. Several studies have clarified the role of various T cell populations in leprosy; however, recent evidences suggest that local innate immune mechanisms are key determinants in driving the disease to its different clinical manifestations. Leprosy is an ideal model to study the immunoregulatory role of innate immune molecules and its interaction with nervous ...[more]