Lakhal-Naouar Inès, Boussoffara Thouraya, Meddeb-Garnaoui Amel, Ben Achour-Chenik Yosser, Louzir Hechmi, Chenik Mehdi
Institut Pasteur de Tunis, BP 74, 13, Place Pasteur, 1002 Tunis, Tunisia.
Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2009 Jun;16(6):956-8. doi: 10.1128/CVI.00023-09. Epub 2009 Apr 1.
Cellular and humoral immune responses of healed cutaneous leishmaniasis and Mediterranean visceral leishmaniasis patients were evaluated against results for Leishmania major virulence proteins L. major protein disulfide isomerase (LmPDI) and mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase (MAPKK). Only MAPKK induces significant peripheral blood mononuclear cell proliferation with gamma interferon production as well as antibody responses. Thus, MAPKK may be of interest in Leishmania vaccination and serodiagnosis.
针对利什曼原虫主要毒力蛋白——利什曼原虫主要蛋白二硫键异构酶(LmPDI)和丝裂原活化蛋白激酶激酶(MAPKK)的检测结果,对已治愈的皮肤利什曼病和地中海内脏利什曼病患者的细胞免疫和体液免疫反应进行了评估。只有MAPKK能诱导外周血单核细胞显著增殖,并产生γ干扰素以及引发抗体反应。因此,MAPKK可能在利什曼原虫疫苗接种和血清学诊断方面具有研究价值。