Impact of Leishmania mexicana infection on dendritic cell signaling and functions.

• Main Authors: Irazú Contreras (Author), José A Estrada (Author), Hannah Guak (Author), Caroline Martel (Author), Alborz Borjian (Author), Benjamin Ralph (Author), Marina T Shio (Author), Sylvie Fournier (Author), Connie M Krawczyk (Author), Martin Olivier (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Leishmania parasites have the ability to modify macrophage signaling pathways in order to survive and multiply within its mammalian host. They are also known to invade other cells including neutrophils, fibroblasts and dendritic cells (DCs). DCs have an important role in immunity as the link between...