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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-1-31
pubmed:abstractText
Cutaneous leishmanial lesions as well as serum samples from both infected human and Swiss-albino mice were used to investigate the role of Fas system (Fas-FasL) as an inducer of apoptosis and other leishmanicidal cytokines in the disease development in cutaneous leishmaniasis. Soluble Fas was estimated by ELISA, other leishmanicidal cytokines were detected by PAP technique and tissue Fas by RT-PCR. Results showed a significant increase in interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma), tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), nitric oxide (NO) and soluble Fas in both infected human and mice. As regards the tissue Fas, there was marked expression in human samples while in murine samples, the expression was reduced in chronic infected mice than in the late acute infected animals which can explain the progression of the lesion in the animals. This study confirms the role of Fas system as an inducer of apoptosis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0253-5890
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
31
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
245-56
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
The role of Fas system [Fas-FasL] as an inducer of apoptosis in cutaneous leishmaniasis: a combined human and experimental study.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Egypt.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article