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SUBMITTER: Daftarian PM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3814840 | biostudies-other | 2013 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Daftarian Pirouz M PM Stone Geoffrey W GW Kovalski Leticia L Kumar Manoj M Vosoughi Aram A Urbieta Maitee M Blackwelder Pat P Dikici Emre E Serafini Paolo P Duffort Stephanie S Boodoo Richard R Rodríguez-Cortés Alhelí A Lemmon Vance V Deo Sapna S Alberola Jordi J Perez Victor L VL Daunert Sylvia S Ager Arba L AL
The Journal of infectious diseases 20130729 11
<h4>Background</h4>Amphotericin B (AmB), the most effective drug against leishmaniasis, has serious toxicity. As Leishmania species are obligate intracellular parasites of antigen presenting cells (APC), an immunopotentiating APC-specific AmB nanocarrier would be ideally suited to reduce the drug dosage and regimen requirements in leishmaniasis treatment. Here, we report a nanocarrier that results in effective treatment shortening of cutaneous leishmaniasis in a mouse model, while also enhancing ...[more]