Leishmaniasis and various immunotherapeutic approaches

Y Taslimi, F Zahedifard, S Rafati - Parasitology, 2018 - cambridge.org
Leishmaniasis is a vector-borne infectious disease caused by multiple Leishmania (L.)
species with diverse clinical manifestations. There is currently no vaccine against any form …

Visceral leishmaniasis: an overview of vaccine adjuvants and their applications

S Ratnapriya, AA Sahasrabuddhe, A Dube - Vaccine, 2019 - Elsevier
Although there has been an extensive research on vaccine development over the last
decade and some vaccines have been commercialized for canine visceral leishmaniasis …

Nanoliposomal artemisinin for the treatment of murine visceral leishmaniasis

MY Want, M Islammudin, G Chouhan… - International journal …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a fatal, vector-borne disease caused by the intracellular
protozoa of the genus Leishmania. Most of the therapeutics for VL are toxic, expensive, or …

Alternative to chemotherapy—The unmet demand against leishmaniasis

N Didwania, M Shadab, A Sabur, N Ali - Frontiers in Immunology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Leishmaniasis is a neglected protozoan disease that mainly affects the tropical as well as
subtropical countries of the world. The primary option to control the disease still relies on …

A Chimera of Th1 Stimulatory Proteins of Leishmania donovani Offers Moderate Immunotherapeutic Efficacy with a Th1‐Inclined Immune Response against Visceral …

S Ratnapriya, Keerti, NK Yadav, A Dube… - BioMed Research …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Immunotherapy, a treatment based on host immune system activation, has been shown to
provide a substitute for marginally effective conventional chemotherapy in controlling …

Interferon inducible guanylate binding protein 1 restricts the growth of Leishmania donovani by modulating the level of cytokines/chemokines and MAP kinases

R Kumar, PK Kushawaha - Microbial Pathogenesis, 2022 - Elsevier
Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) is a zoonotic chronic endemic infectious disease caused by
Leishmania donovani infection and a well-studied model for intracellular parasitism …

Immunomodulatory effects of adjuvants CPG, MPLA, and BCG on the Derp2-induced acute asthma at early life in an animal model of BALB/c Mice

V Mohammadi-Shahrokhi, A Rezaei, A Andalib… - Inflammation, 2017 - Springer
Abstract The Th1-and Treg cell-related immune responses play key roles in the modulation
of Th2 cell-related allergic disorders. The aim was to evaluate the effects of CPG, MPLA, and …

CpG-Adjuvanted Virus-like Particle Vaccine Induces Protective Immunity Against Leishmania donovani Infection

KW Yoon, KB Chu, GD Eom, J Mao… - The Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Visceral leishmaniasis poses a significant public health challenge due to the lack of an
approved human vaccine. We attempted to enhance the efficacy of virus-like particle (VLP) …

Interferon inducible guanylate‐binding protein 1 modulates the lipopolysaccharide‐induced cytokines/chemokines and mitogen‐activated protein kinases in …

R Kumar, PK Kushawaha - Microbiology and Immunology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Guanylate‐binding proteins (GBPs) are a family of interferon (IFN)‐inducible GTPases and
play a pivotal role in the host immune response to microbial infections. These are …

[HTML][HTML] Immunogenicity and efficacy of recombinant 78 kDa antigen of Leishmania donovani formulated in various adjuvants against murine visceral leishmaniasis

R Nagill, T Kaur, J Joshi, S Kaur - Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical …, 2015 - Elsevier
Objective To analyze the protective efficacy of recombinant 78 kDa antigen of Leishmania
donovani in combination with two adjuvants, that is, cationic liposomes or MPL-A against …