immune escape mechanisms in leishmaniasis
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Immune Escape Mechanisms in Leishmaniasis. Nancy Noben-Trauth, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Tropical Medicine The George Washington University Medical Center [email protected] , 994-0531. Visceral Leishmaniasis. Cutaneous Leishmaniasis. Self-healing ulcer. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Immune Escape Mechanisms Immune Escape Mechanisms in Leishmaniasisin Leishmaniasis
Nancy Noben-Trauth, Ph.D.Nancy Noben-Trauth, Ph.D.Assistant ProfessorAssistant Professor
Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Tropical Medicine
The George Washington University Medical Center
[email protected], 994-0531
Visceral Visceral LeishmaniasisLeishmaniasis
Cutaneous Cutaneous LeishmaniasisLeishmaniasis
Self-healing ulcer
“Leishmanization” with live leishmania
The Th1/Th2 Paradigm in Immunology The Th1/Th2 Paradigm in Immunology
Susceptible ResistantIL-4 IL-13 IL-10 IFN TNF IL-2
Th2 Th1AutoimmunityInflammation
AllergyInfections
Th2 Th1IL-4IL-13
IFN
Th2=BAD(Infection)
Th1=GOOD(Cure)
LeishmaniaLeishmania
Susceptible ResistantIL-4 IL-13 IL-10 IFN TNF IL-2
Th2 Th1
Th2 IL-10A New Immune EscapeMechanism
The The NEWNEW Paradigm in Paradigm in LeishmaniaLeishmania
IL-4R KO mice are defective in Th2 responses, but remain susceptible to Leishmania major infection
Susceptible ResistantIL-4 IL-13 IL-10 IFN TNF IL-2
Th2 Th1
Th2
Possible GWU CollaborationsPossible GWU Collaborations
IL-4R KO mice to studyModels of InflammationIL-10 gene analysis
Macrophages from IL-4RKO mice produce IL-10