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Wagner L Tafuri

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Dos Santos C, Ramos G, De Paula R, Faria K, Moreira P, Pereira R, et al.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother . 2020 Apr; 64(7). PMID: 32284386
The treatment of dogs naturally infected with using meglumine antimoniate (MA) encapsulated in conventional liposomes (LC) in association with allopurinol has been previously reported to promote a marked reduction in...
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Alves A, Pereira R, de Andrade H, Mosser D, Tafuri W
Int J Exp Pathol . 2019 Nov; 100(4):222-233. PMID: 31696580
The objectives of this work were to study some pathological aspects of kidneys obtained from dogs naturally infected with Leishmania infantum and from dogs experimentally infected with two different strains...
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Lima I, Solca M, Tafuri W, de Freitas L, Dos-Santos W
Parasit Vectors . 2019 Oct; 12(1):487. PMID: 31619264
Background: The liver plays a central role in the development of canine visceral leishmaniasis. Studies of natural infection in animals and humans indicate a direct relationship between resolution of infection...
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Christensen S, Belew A, El-Sayed N, Tafuri W, Silveira F, Mosser D
PLoS Negl Trop Dis . 2019 Mar; 13(3):e0007152. PMID: 30845223
Diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis (DCL) is a rare form of leishmaniasis where parasites grow uncontrolled in diffuse lesions across the skin. Meta-transcriptomic analysis of biopsies from DCL patients infected with Leishmania...
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Pinheiro L, Paranaiba L, Alves A, Parreiras P, Gontijo N, Soares R, et al.
Front Microbiol . 2018 Jun; 9:969. PMID: 29896161
The subgenus includes several species that have human and veterinary importance. One of those members, was isolated from the guinea pig in the 1940s. Several histopathological studies have already been...
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Castro R, de Amorim I, Pereira R, Silva S, Pinheiro L, Pinto A, et al.
Vet Parasitol . 2018 Jan; 250:22-29. PMID: 29329619
Hepatic fibropoiesis in canine visceral leishmaniasis (CVL) were evaluated by histological (morphometrical collagen deposition) and immunohistochemical assays characterizing alpha-actin (α-SMA), vimentin, calprotectin (L1 antigen), and TGF-β in 46 naturally infected...
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Paranaiba L, Pinheiro L, Macedo D, Menezes-Neto A, Torrecilhas A, Tafuri W, et al.
Parasitology . 2017 Dec; 145(10):1265-1273. PMID: 29223169
One of the Leishmania species known to be non-infective to humans is Leishmania (Mundinia) enriettii whose vertebrate host is the guinea pig Cavia porcellus. It is a good model for...
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Paranaiba L, Pinheiro L, Torrecilhas A, Macedo D, Menezes-Neto A, Tafuri W, et al.
PLoS Pathog . 2017 May; 13(5):e1006303. PMID: 28542526
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Marques F, Soares R, Almeida G, Souza C, Melo M, Pinto S, et al.
Parasitol Int . 2016 Nov; 66(1):884-888. PMID: 27729245
American tegumentary leishmaniasis (ATL) is a neglected disease widely distributed in Latin America. In Brazil, it is caused by different Leishmania species belonging to the Subgenera Viannia and Leishmania. ATL...
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Madeira I, Pereira D, Sousa A, Vilela C, Amorim I, Caliari M, et al.
Int J Exp Pathol . 2016 Jun; 97(2):139-49. PMID: 27242326
Hepatic fibropoiesis has been confirmed in canine visceral leishmaniasis. In fibrotic disease, hepatic stellate cells (HSC) play an important role in fibropoiesis, undergoing activation by TGF-β to acquire characteristics of...