dc.creatorSchriefer, Nicolaus Albert Borges
dc.creatorBarral, Aldina Maria Prado
dc.creatorCarvalho Filho, Edgar Marcelino de
dc.creatorBarral-Netto, Manoel
dc.creatorSchriefer, Nicolaus Albert Borges
dc.creatorBarral, Aldina Maria Prado
dc.creatorCarvalho Filho, Edgar Marcelino de
dc.creatorBarral-Netto, Manoel
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-07T16:20:03Z
dc.date.available2022-10-07T16:20:03Z
dc.date.issued1995
dc.identifier0009-9104
dc.identifierhttp://www.repositorio.ufba.br/ri/handle/ri/8484
dc.identifierv. 102, n. 3
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/4007189
dc.description.abstractVisceral leishmaniasis (VL) has a fatal course if not properly treated. Recovery from VL is linked to cellular immune response. Unresponsiveness to antimonial therapy reinforces the importance of determining parameters for treatment assessment. We analysed the pre- and post-treatment serum levels of solubleCD4(sCD4).sCD8. SI L-2R, soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (sICAM-1) and neopterin in groups of VL patients either responsive or not to standard antimonial therapy. Pretreatment serum levels of all markers except for sICAM-1 were significantly higher in VL patients than in healthy subjects from the same area (P < 0 05). sICAM-1 levels were similar in healthy controls and in VL patients refractory to antimonial therapy (p = 0 25), but significantly higher in patients responsive to treatment (p = 0.02). The comparison of pre- and post-treatment concentrations showed that all markers, except sCD4 and sICAM-1, presented a significant fall (p < 0. 05) in patients responsive to antimonial therapy. However, only neopterin presented with levels compatible with those of healthy subjects at the end of treatment (p = 0. 30). In refractory patients sICAM-1 presented with post-treatment levels significantly higher than the pretreatment determinations (p = 0.03). while sCD4 experienced a significant drop (p = 0. 01) All markers displayed clearly distinct behaviour according to the patient's response to therapy. This makes all soluble molecules studied suitable for use as indicators of antimonial therapy response. Additionally the comparison of pretreatment levels of the markers between responders and refractory patients to antimonial therapy showed that serum concentrations of sIL-2R and sICAM-1 significantly differed among these two groups (p=0.02 in each case), suggesting that they may be used in future as predictors of antimonial therapy response.
dc.languageen
dc.sourcehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2249.1995.tb03849.x
dc.subjectvisceral leishmaniasis
dc.subjectsoluble markers
dc.subjectantimonial
dc.titleSerum soluble markers in the evaluation of treatment in human visceral leishmaniasis
dc.typeArtigo de Periódico


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