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Parasite-Derived Arginase Influences Secondary Anti-Leishmania Immunity by Regulating Programmed Cell Death-1–Mediated CD4+ T Cell Exhaustion
5 Mar 2013
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The breakdown of L-arginine to ornithine and urea by host arginase supports Leishmania proliferation in macrophages. Studies using arginase-null mutants show that Leishmania-derived arginase plays an important role in disease pathogenesis. We investigated the role of parasite-derived arginase in secondary (memory) anti-Leishmania immunity in the resistant C57BL/6 mice. We found that C57BL/6 mice infected with...
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