Mast Cell Deficiency Protects Susceptible BALB/c Mice from Progressive Murine Cutaneous Leishmaniasis

J Invest Dermatol. 2021 Feb;141(2):450-453. doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2020.06.023. Epub 2020 Jul 16.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Disease Susceptibility / immunology*
  • Humans
  • Leishmania major / immunology*
  • Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / immunology*
  • Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / parasitology
  • Mast Cells / immunology*
  • Mast Cells / metabolism
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred BALB C
  • Mice, Transgenic
  • Neutrophil Infiltration
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit / genetics
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit / metabolism
  • Th17 Cells / microbiology

Substances

  • Kit protein, mouse
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit