Serum Levels of Migration Inhibitory Factor (MIF) and In Situ Expression of MIF and Its Receptor CD74 in Lepromatous Leprosy Patients: A Preliminary Report

Leprosy is a chronic disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae that affects the skin and peripheral nerves. It may present as one of two distinct poles: the self-limiting tuberculoid leprosy and the highly infectious lepromatous leprosy (LL) characterized by M. leprae-specific absence of cellular immun...

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Hauptverfasser: Marco Alonso Martinez-Guzman, Anabell Alvarado-Navarro, Vidal Delgado-Rizo, Alejandra Garcia-Orozco, Jorge Arturo Mayorga-Rodríguez, Ana Laura Pereira-Suarez, Mary Fafutis-Morris
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Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-02-01
Schriftenreihe:Frontiers in Immunology
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leprosy
lepromatous leprosy
skin
serum cytokines
migration inhibitory factor
CD74
Online Zugang:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fimmu.2018.00246/full
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