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| Provedor de dados: |
BJID
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| País: |
Brazil
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| Título: |
Biochemical association between essential trace elements and susceptibility to Leishmania major in BALB/c and C57BL/6 mice
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| Autores: |
Amini,Marzyeh
Nahrevanian,Hossein
Khatami,Shohreh
Farahmand,Mahin
Mirkhani,Fatemeh
Javadian,Seifoddin
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| Data: |
2009-04-01
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| Ano: |
2009
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| Palavras-chave: |
Balb/c
C57bl/6
CL
Iran
Leishmania major
Treatment
Cu
Zn
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| Resumo: |
Several enzymes that contribute to immune system responses require zinc and copper as trace elements for their activity. We examined zinc and copper levels in two susceptible Balb/c mouse lines and resistant C57bl/6 mice infected with Leishmania major MRHO/IR/75/ER, a prevalent strain that causes cutaneous leishmaniasis in Iran. Serum Zn and Cu were determined by flame atomic absorption spectrophotometry. Higher Cu levels were found in infected C57bl/6 mice and higher Zn levels were found in infected Balb/c mice. Also, Cu/Zn ratios were increased in both the Balb/c and the C57bl/6 mice. We conclude that concentrations of essential trace elements vary during cutaneous leishmaniasis infection and that this variation is associated with susceptibility/resistance to Leishmania major in Balb/c and C57bl/6 mice. We detected Zn deficiency in the plasma of infected Balb/c mice; possibly, therapeutic administration of Zn would be useful for treating this form of leishmaniasis. Increases in Cu level might increase resistance to leishmaniasis. Based on our findings, the Cu/Zn ratio could be a useful marker for the pathophysiology of leishmaniasis.
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| Tipo: |
Info:eu-repo/semantics/other
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702009000200002
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| Editor: |
Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases
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| Relação: |
10.1590/S1413-86702009000200002
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| Formato: |
text/html
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| Fonte: |
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases v.13 n.2 2009
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| Direitos: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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