Nitric oxide (NO) has been shown to be lethal for a variety of intracellular pathogens including Leishmania. In murine models, the inducible nitric oxide synthase gene (iNOS) is expressed in activated macrophages and is involved in the synthesis of NO. Because the role of NO and iNOS in human leishmaniasis was less clear, we examined the expression of the iNOS gene in human macrophages infected with Leishmania in vitro and in biopsy tissue from subjects with cutaneous leishmaniasis. / Pentavalent antimony (Sb5+) in the form of Pentostam(TM) or Glucantime(TM) is still the treatment of choice despite its toxicity. Aldara(TM) (5% imiquimod) is an immune-response modifying agent that has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration in the USA for treating genital warts caused by papillomaviruses. We conducted an open-label, prospective study of combined Glucantime(TM) + Aldara(TM) therapy in subjects with CL who had previously failed a complete course of Glucantime(TM) treatment at regular doses. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.31183 |
| Date | January 2001 |
| Creators | Arevalo, Iracema. |
| Contributors | Matlashewski, Greg (advisor), Ward, Brian (advisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Science (Institute of Parasitology.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 001810095, proquestno: MQ70371, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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