Therapeutic Potential of Quercetin-Loaded Nanoemulsion against Experimental Visceral Leishmaniasis: In Vitro/Ex Vivo Studies and Mechanistic Insights

SS Das, AK Dubey, PRP Verma, SK Singh… - Molecular …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is one of the most fatal and neglected tropical diseases caused
by Leishmania donovani (L. donovani). The applications of currently available …

Immunoinformatics-aided design of a potential multi-epitope peptide vaccine against Leishmania infantum

B Vakili, M Eslami, GR Hatam, B Zare, N Erfani… - International journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) or kala-azar, the most severe form of the disease, is endemic in
more than eighty countries across the world. To date, there is no approved vaccine against …

[HTML][HTML] Ubc13: the Lys63 ubiquitin chain building machine

CD Hodge, L Spyracopoulos, JNM Glover - Oncotarget, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Ubc13 is an ubiquitin E2 conjugating enzyme that participates with many different E3 ligases
to form lysine 63-linked (Lys63) ubiquitin chains that are critical to signaling in inflammatory …

Arginase and its mechanisms in Leishmania persistence

G Pessenda, JS da Silva - Parasite immunology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Leishmaniasis is a neglected infectious disease with clinical presentations ranging from
asymptomatic or mild symptoms to chronic infection and eventual death. The mechanisms of …

Cell penetrating peptide: A potent delivery system in vaccine development

B Hasannejad-Asl, F Pooresmaeil… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
One of the main obstacles to most medication administrations (such as the vaccine
constructs) is the cellular membrane's inadequate permeability, which reduces their …

Tissue-resident memory T cells in chronic liver diseases: Phenotype, development and function

Y Li, Z You, R Tang, X Ma - Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Tissue-resident memory (TRM) T cells are a unique subset of memory T cells that are critical
for the first line of defense against pathogens or antigens in peripheral non-lymphoid tissues …

A recombinant chimeric protein-based vaccine containing T-cell epitopes from amastigote proteins and combined with distinct adjuvants, induces immunogenicity and …

DP Lage, DL Vale, FP Linhares, CS Freitas… - Vaccines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Currently, there is no licensed vaccine to protect against human visceral leishmaniasis (VL),
a potentially fatal disease caused by infection with Leishmania parasites. In the current …

A candidate vaccine for human visceral leishmaniasis based on a specific T cell epitope-containing chimeric protein protects mice against Leishmania infantum …

DP Lage, PAF Ribeiro, DS Dias, DVC Mendonça… - npj Vaccines, 2020 - nature.com
Leishmaniases are neglected diseases caused by infection with Leishmania parasites and
there are currently no prophylactic vaccines. In this study, we designed in silico a synthetic …

Virus-like Particle Display of the α-Gal Carbohydrate for Vaccination against Leishmania Infection

APV Moura, LCB Santos, CRN Brito… - ACS central …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Secreted and surface-displayed carbohydrates are essential for virulence and viability of
many parasites, including for immune system evasion. We have identified the α-Gal …

[HTML][HTML] A poly (lactic-co-glycolic) acid nanovaccine based on chimeric peptides from different Leishmania infantum proteins induces dendritic cells maturation and …

E Athanasiou, M Agallou, S Tastsoglou… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Visceral leishmaniasis, caused by Leishmania (L.) donovani and L. infantum protozoan
parasites, can provoke overwhelming and protracted epidemics, with high case-fatality rates …